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| 1360365 | 2013-11-21 03:36:00 | Hey! Thanks for all your help already guys! Just found out exactly which PSU I have, it's a SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520 Watts and it's around a year old. Is that upgrade an absolute must? What would happen if I were to get a GTX 770 and keep the PSU, would it damage the GPU or other components? Cheers! |
Nikit07 (16761) | ||
| 1360366 | 2013-11-21 04:35:00 | SeaSonic is a good brand, if your computer isn't able to provide enough power it will likely turn off when put under load. This is probably not likely to damage components immediately but probably isn't great for them either (through prolonged use of an inappropriate psu). You could get the 770 try it out, do some stressful graphics and cpu intensive benchmarks to ensure maximum psu load. If the computer doesn't die on you you're likely ok. If it does die while running tests or playing games you'll need to upgrade the psu. The situation you want to avoid is putting a psu under load which it can't handle for prolonged periods of time, this can cause the psu to fail in such a way which can damage components. The thing you need to consider here is that over time the efficiency of a psu degrades as it gets older. This means that each year the amount of power it can reliably put out is decreased slightly. Eventually a PSU can degrade to the point where it is unable to power components that it should be able to run, this is why people generally recommend power supplies which are rated well above the wattage that a computer will be drawing. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1360367 | 2013-11-21 05:33:00 | the 760 is a supprisingly powerful card, preforms quite well for its price and when two of them were stuck on the same pcb by asus (mars 3) and given a perfectly reasonable overclock it outpreforms the 780ti at stock, or atleast in benchmarks it does. When put into a gaming rig there is practically nothing between them. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1360368 | 2013-11-21 06:17:00 | Hardly surprising. Standard 760 sli will beat the titan and 780 with performance comparable to the 690. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1360369 | 2013-11-21 16:50:00 | As I already suggested go here www.extreme.outervision.com Input your system specs and see what it suggests. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1360370 | 2013-11-21 21:14:00 | If you are doing gaming on multiple screens I suggest you get a third screen. Gaming on two screens is probably near impossible. 3 screens balance out unlike 2. If you do get a third screen It may be a good idea to invest in a 4GB 770 or similar so you still get good framerates. |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1360371 | 2013-11-21 22:20:00 | NV dont do 2 screen surround, AMD do.... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1360372 | 2013-11-22 00:16:00 | Thanks for the help guys! No I'm just doing my gaming on one screen, I just have a second one for increased productivity. |
Nikit07 (16761) | ||
| 1360373 | 2013-11-22 02:44:00 | No I'm just doing my gaming on one screen, I just have a second one for increased productivity. Yup, thats how I had my previous setup. Gaming on one, and while waiting to respawn, net surf on the other! haha. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1360374 | 2013-11-22 05:52:00 | Yup, thats how I had my previous setup. Gaming on one, and while waiting to respawn, net surf on the other! haha. Same here, I'm not the only one! Haha! |
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