Graphic Cards Will Sparkle GTS250 on a Cooler Master Extreme Power Duo 600W Work?

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Hi All,
I am planning to buy a Sparkle GTS250 from a member in TE, and my budget is tight, I was going through the forum, and many were having trouble with the CM EP 600W, I was wondering if it will cause problems with the GTS250.

MY system consists of 2 HDDs, A DVD writer, 2x1GB Ram sticks, and according to some power calculators, my PSU should be fine.

Will i have problems like a fried system later on?(I have a APC UPS).

Regards
 
It will be able to run the system but I would highly recommend something like a Gigabyte superb 460W (~2.2k) or a Corsair 400W (~2.8k) considering you have budget constrains
 
Mephistopheles said:
It will be able to run the system but I would highly recommend something like a Gigabyte superb 460W (~2.2k) or a Corsair 400W (~2.8k) considering you have budget constrains
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I highly doubt if the superb 460W could delivery any more power than the extreme power 600W.
 
@ALL, thanks for the suggestions :)

Actually the thing is i cannnot buy any PSU, i can either buy the card or not buy it, in case the system will not run. I am concerned about the system getting fried because of the PSU.

Thanks,
 
I'm sure it does not deliver 460 real watts and it is not 80+ either. While there are bad reviews for the Cooler Master extreme power series, there are pretty much none for the Gigabyte Superb. Maybe slightly higher efficiency, but even that is unsubstantiated. If you have any links that point to how much of clean power it can deliver, please do share.
 
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I'm sure it does not deliver 460 real watts and it is not 80+ either. While there are bad reviews for the Cooler Master extreme power series, there are pretty much none for the Gigabyte Superb. Maybe slightly higher efficiency, but even that is unsubstantiated. If you have any links that point to how much of clean power it can deliver, please do share.
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The thing is that it is quite better than CM EP 600W, and I haven't heard any event of components being fried because of this PSU and as the OP has budget problems, I suggested it.

BTW Im curious to know how you can so surely say it does not have 80+ efficiency (Although I doubt the same, but I'm not sure)

And yeah, you do have a point there that as I cant say with surety about the Superb 460W, I shouldn't suggest it

@OP

It would be better for you to go with Cx400 as it is a tried and tested high quality product.
 
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BTW Im curious to know how you can so surely say it does not have 80+ efficiency (Although I doubt the same, but I'm not sure)
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An 80+ 460W at its price point? It would have had countless reviews. If Gigabyte can manage to sell these and still make profits, I can't imagine them not getting it the 80+ certification. The certification itself would far outweigh the profits for Gigabyte even if the price was bumped up by hundred bucks to recover the costs they incurred to get the certification, it just sounds logical, no?
 
damn said:
An 80+ 460W at its price point? It would have had countless reviews. If Gigabyte can manage to sell these and still make profits, I can't imagine them not getting it the 80+ certification. The certification itself would far outweigh the profits for Gigabyte even if the price was bumped up by hundred bucks to recover the costs they incurred to get the certification, it just sounds logical, no?
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IINM its a FSP 400 OEM inside. So its a 400w unit and has an efficiency of ~75-78% i guess. Not officially 80+ certified.

Its better if OP shifts to Corsair CX400 ~ 2.7k if he has the budget for it.

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Thing is, getting a different PSU is not an option for the OP as he mentioned earlier.

Anyways, in theory you could run your config on that PSU comfortably, including the GTS250.
Even if your PSU supplied "unclean" power, that is what you have to live with (as you said).
For your config (including the GTS250), a peak power usage of 400 Watts in real terms is not an unrealistic figure at all.
Now even if your EP600W dips to 66% power efficiency (for whatever reason), it should still be able to deliver 400W without much stress.

The peak will be as mentioned above, and the normal power usage is likely to hover around 150W.
So it would be fine.
What does bother me, is that your sig mentions your E4300 OC'ed to 3 GHz. This is likely to pull lots of power beyond the usual consumption of that proc.
Perhaps drop its OC down a bit, to accommodate the GTS250?
 
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nj_gamer said:
@ALL, thanks for the suggestions :)

Actually the thing is i cannnot buy any PSU, i can either buy the card or not buy it, in case the system will not run. I am concerned about the system getting fried because of the PSU.

Thanks,
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Or look for a 2nd hand HD5750...
 
Yes it will work but you will have to change your PSU if you are thinking of upgrading other components .

My neighbour is using XFX gts250 with this PSU from last 1.5 years without any issues but he has only 1 500gb HDD and a e7400 along with 3 gb ram .
 
@Everyone,
Thanks for your suggestions :) and will change the PSU soon.

@prathapml
and yeah I'll Under clock the proccy a bit. But will it consume too much power @ 3.0GHz? Its ~66% overclocked.

Regards,
Nj
 
nj_gamer said:
and yeah I'll Under clock the proccy a bit. But will it consume too much power @ 3.0GHz? Its ~66% overclocked.
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It probably would.
The "TDP" rating is already an averaged number of power usage. So at full blast, the processor's maximum power usage is high above the "65/95/125W" ratings. Over-clocking complicates things even more. The OC process does not pull more power in a linear fashion either, sometimes a 15% extra OC can mean double the power usage, and reducing OC by 20% may not make a significant dent to power used (OC itself may not be universally useful to all apps, but that is a different topic). So reducing the OC by just a bit may not be enough, unless you are luckily passing just below the max that your PSU can supply.

The saving grace is that a processor is not always running at full blast, even if C1E/SpeedStep/etc are disabled from BIOS. So while you might be able to still run it all together just fine, the risk of under-powering your hardware and not providing enough power at exactly the most crucial times (when stressing PC or playing heavy games) still exists. Note, that risk does not mean your hardware is being slowly killed (unless your PSU is providing under-volted power, check using Everest), it just means you could suffer the inconvenience of a BSOD, low FPS or a system restart at most.
 
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