I seem to have hit a brick wall while building a gaming computer to compete with the upcoming MMO's. I decided that the GTX 560 Ti NVIDIA was a great choice of card to use for the budget I had, but there is alot of debait on the internet on the power supply required to run it. People say that it can be run on a good 450W and others say you need a 700W. Nvidia also stated you need a 500W. According to PCspecialist, a 450W is compatable with the card, but now I'm afraid it may be too risky. Does anyone use this card or have any opinions on the subject? I'm trying to keep it as under budget as possible (£700) because I also have College this year. If I choose to go with a higher end power supply, I will have to downgrade the Cpu to an Intel Celeron dual-core G530 is that risky?
2GB GTX 560 Ti NVIDIA power supply requirments?
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If the PCS configurator doesn't complain at you it will be fine, it calculates the max power usage and then adds 20% to be on the safe side
I wouldn't do that.
However you could consider something like this instead, the GPU is slightly worse than the 560Ti but should be perfectly fine for MMO's :
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD BULLDOZER QUAD CORE FX-4170 (4.20GHz/4MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE AMD CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £701.00 including VAT and delivery.
Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/_7RKqwMkC5/
Noting that obviously I don't know what else you would need in terns of keyboard/mouse/keyboard/wireless connection and whether you needed an OS as well (I know some students can get the OS for free, but I dunno, I haven't been a student in a while)
