CX500 and gtx760?

[skipsneeky2]

Anyone with this psu or any 500 watt psu matching up a gtx760 with it?

Nvidia does recommend 500w minimum but like all the reviews do now adays,they fail to mention a recommended power supply or even the amps for the minimum,whatever happened to the days of simplicity?

Eyeballing either a zotac gtx660 non ti,or a zotac gtx760 to go alongside a stock clocked core i5 2500 non k to replace a lackluster zotac gtx650 non ti.

Thanks for any valuable input some of you may have.

 

[Jaydip]

The amps rating on 12V is more important than wattage.Evga recommends 30A
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-2765-KR
CX500 has 38A on 12V which is plenty.

 

[Lonyo]

It will be fine.
Most sites do reviews which show power draw. Recommended specs per the manufacturer are massively overstated to the point of absurdity.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU13/598
Even a Titan doesn't use 500w, and that's full system draw from the wall.

Actual draw from the PSU is below 90% of those figures, which is the PSU you require.e.g. 400w draw per graph = 360w actual load on the PSU.

Of course, you want some headroom really, but the 760 draws about 340w from the wall, which means a little over 300w actual. A quality (QUALITY) 400w PSU would be plenty, for an Intel processor which isn't extremely overclocked (e.g. 4GHz should be fine).
AMD proc and you want maybe a bit more.

 

[skipsneeky2]

The amps rating on 12V is more important than wattage.Evga recommends 30A
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-2765-KR
CX500 has 38A on 12V which is plenty.

Yeah i had completely forgotten that Evga listed the amps which is what i was really looking for after all,thanks for posting that.:thumbsup:

Kinda laughing at myself,i used to be on top of things like this but wow this isn't 2009 for me anymore where i would be answering these questions,not asking them lol.

Betting there will even be enough room for a modest overclock on that gtx760 as well which would be nice.

 

[skipsneeky2]

It will be fine.
Most sites do reviews which show power draw. Recommended specs per the manufacturer are massively overstated to the point of absurdity.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU13/598
Even a Titan doesn't use 500w, and that's full system draw from the wall.

Actual draw from the PSU is below 90% of those figures, which is the PSU you require.e.g. 400w draw per graph = 360w actual load on the PSU.

Of course, you want some headroom really, but the 760 draws about 340w from the wall, which means a little over 300w actual. A quality (QUALITY) 400w PSU would be plenty, for an Intel processor which isn't extremely overclocked (e.g. 4GHz should be fine).
AMD proc and you want maybe a bit more.

My i5 2500 non k may see a max of 3.8ghz if paired up with a microatx z75 or z77 board which may never happen,so its always great to know i am in the green by far.

 

[Jaydip]

Yeah i had completely forgotten that Evga listed the amps which is what i was really looking for after all,thanks for posting that.:thumbsup:

Kinda laughing at myself,i used to be on top of things like this but wow this isn't 2009 for me anymore where i would be answering these questions,not asking them lol.

Betting there will even be enough room for a modest overclock on that gtx760 as well which would be nice.

You are welcome

 

[toyota]

I dont like the CX line for a gaming pc. they are made with lower end parts and are rated to make their advertised power at an unrealistic 30 C. good power supplies are rated to make their power at 50 C. that said you should not have an issues with a basically stock 2500k and gtx760.

 

[skipsneeky2]

I dont like the CX line for a gaming pc. they are made with lower end parts and are rated to make their advertised power at an unrealistic 30 C. good power supplies are rated to make their power at 50 C. that said you should not have an issues with a basically stock 2500k and gtx760.

Yeah,i had a core 2 duo e8200 and a 6770 when i picked up this psu and so far its powered up a 6770,6790,7850 and even at one point a gtx670 without issues.

Think the gtx760 would be as far as i will go with this psu,by the time i consider replacing it,i would have moved on to a faster more efficient cpu and gpu.

 

[alexruiz]

I dont like the CX line for a gaming pc. they are made with lower end parts and are rated to make their advertised power at an unrealistic 30 C. good power supplies are rated to make their power at 50 C. that said you should not have an issues with a basically stock 2500k and gtx760.

The reviews by Gabriel Torres and JohnyGuru revealed that they provide the full power at 40 °C, and that was for v2 of the PSU, the just 80+. What is for sale now is v2.3 80+ bronze, even stronger. The CX500 is plenty for that GTX760.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Other factors play into this like your other components drawing from the +12v rail as well. Generally that PSU should be fine for the GTX 760 though.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Not sure what the hell is wrong with me lately,i forget to check the Evga site to see what the amps are to pull for this card and reviews indicate that the gtx760 and the gtx670 which i have had before pull nearly the same watts.

Is the gtx760 a stuttering fest like some of the 600 series cards?I had a gtx670 and personally in BF3 it stuttered so much that i went back to using my 7850 then i had a electrical short take out my 7850,i went to using this gtx650 non ti and there is zero stutter....thinking the boost clocks of the gtx670 or the older drivers encountered stuttering issues as the gtx650 non ti has a standard clock of 1058mhz with no boost.

 

[toyota]

the stuttering was/is driver related.

 

[skipsneeky2]

the stuttering was/is driver related.

Seems to no longer be a issue with this card,pretty bad when a card that can handle 1200p high settings in BF3 no msaa and sustain 60fps like no ones business felt worst then a 7850 with ultra settings and 4x msaa enabled.D:

 

[nafees127]

i think psu issuing, cx series might not upto the mark for medium end gaming pc.

 

[JimmyH]

The cx500 is plenty of power for a stock clocked 2500k and a gtx760. My 7950 eats little more power than a gtx760 and my 3570k at 4.5ghz is using more power than a 2500k at stock speeds. U could overclock the 2500k, the gtx760 and still be good on a cx500. cx500 is not modular so cable management is a pain. Took awhile but my cable management looks tidy but nobody can see inside a Fractal R4. For $30 on newegg the cx500 has given me awesome bang for buck.

Peeps always overestimate how much a system will draw. When I put a 6870 in a dell XPS 8300 with a 430w dell PS everyone (friends + hardware forums) was telling me bad idea. Peeps on slickdeals were doing that no prob and it still games today with a oc on the 6870. A decent 500w PS will handle your system even with a reasonable overclock no problem.