Upgrading to a 560 Ti 448 Cores

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce' started by Freakstyle29, Feb 17, 2012.

  1. Freakstyle29

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    Any Antec above 500w, any xfx above 600w, any pc power and cooling above 500w, any enermax above 500w, any coolermaster above 700w, any silversone above 500w, any bequiet above 500w.....
    Man, I dunno, just search for options, any of a good brand above 500w will suffice except if you are plan ing to OC which will leave you no choice but to choose above 600-700w
     
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    Agree and I also forgot to mention Corsair !
     
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    +1 to Corsair.... I run my rig with no probs off a TX650, I also used to have a 9800GTX+ OC'd as a dedicated physX card..... so i see no problem at all you running a 560ti off one of those bad boys!!
     
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    im corsair fan. my main rig uses corsair 1000 for couple of years now. but i just bought this OCZ 600w modular. for a super good price.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017

    its got 10 dollar off instant so u pay 64.99 plus get 25 back from rebate. a nice modular 600w psu for $45.99 awesome.

    i bought this for a phenom II x6 1100t using 6870 flex, 2 hdd's on a micro atx mini tower. if you have a full tower i wouldnt recomend this PSU because it aparently has a very short 24 pin motherboard power cable and will not allow cable management on full tower and some mid tower cases, specially if they accomodate the PSU at the bottom. i just ordered it after looking around for a while on newegg for best deal on modular psu of decent brand. so i have no tested and im just expecting that 600w will suffice for my setup.
     
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    i'm using antec high current gamer 620w and it's just ok with 2500k on 4.5ghz@1.3v and 560ti (not 448core, but i guess there's not much differences in card power need) on 975/2150mhz @ 1.062v (stock 822/2004)

    rly need to buy wattmeter to see what's real power draw on psu :p
     
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    Not to go off-topic but I believe your CPU is going to be a bottleneck for the card of choice. If what it shows you have is of current.
     
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    yes it is my current CPU, I am upgrading a piece at a time and as of now my videocard is way to weak
     

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    Gotcha, my bad. I think I would of started with board and cpu, but thats just me. Good luck with the upgrades.
     
  12. YetYhunter

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    My OC ed GTX480 rns on a 550W PSU for over a year now with no problems .
    So 550W should be enough for you too.
     
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    I think my power supply I have will be ok it has a 33A rating on the +12V rail and the Video Card only needs 31A haha
     
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    that e3300 would bottleneck a 8800 gts.. id go for cpu and mobo first
     
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    Isnt the weakest link is actually your cpu ? I thought the 8800gt is still a good card.
     

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    only 33A on +12V?

    that's really low for 700w psu.. my 620w have 48A on +12v..
    or u have more than one rail for 12v?

    you need +12v for more stuff, not only gpu..
     
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    Plus the gtx 480 draws considerably more power. I'm running mine with a decent oc, 3x hdd, 1x ssd, 6 case fans, oced CPU... On 650w psu. So yeah, op,a decent 600w will be more than enough :)
     
  18. thatguy91

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    The 8800GTS is way outdated now, but I agree with everyone else, the CPU is by far the weakest link in your system.

    If I were you:
    - Save up some more cash, and wait for the Ivy Bridge (no point buying outdated stuff, which the Sandy Bridge is). You don't need a top end motherboard, just one with decent enough features based on the NEW say, z75 chipset (cheaper than the z77).
    - Sell off your current motherboard, CPU, and RAM. You won't get much, but those few dollars can be put towards a new graphics card.
    - Later in the year when you can afford it, buy a card from the GTX 6xx range. No doubt it will be faster than the GTX 560 Ti, and will have Directx 11.1 ready for Windows 8. It will likely be an update for Windows 7 like Directx 11 was for Vista, but drivers would still be better for Windows 8... anyways

    The fact remains, I'm sure your current setup is a little annoying, but don't waste money on a graphics card you can't use, that will be replaced by the time you can use it! Likewise, don't upgrade your cpu/motherboard since the new parts are coming out soon.

    ALTERNATIVELY look at it this way. You might be able to get the motherboard, CPU, and graphics card cut-price once the new ones come out. Usually they don't sell them much cheaper and people get suckered into buying them - so don't even consider buying the older equivalent of what you could have unless its say, 40 percent cheaper than its newer counterpart.
     
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    Been using a 448 core @ 800mhz and a 960t unlocked to 6 cores at 3.4ghz with a 550 watt power supply for the last 3 months not missed a beat, as long as your psu is highly rated doubt you will have an issue, will upgrade mine in future but didnt realise I was going to go down this route when I built my htpc.
     
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    lol .. U r kidding, right ? If SB is outdated then plz suggest a new cpu which is avaliable and up-to-date ..
    @OP, it's true that ur cpu will be a huge bottleneck with 560ti or any gpu like that. I think u should look for a decent z68 mobo and a 2500k atleast. U can spend ur money insted of buying a new gpu and psu.
    Also if possible sell ur cpu+mobo+ram. With that money u can buy rams as well.
     

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