I am looking to buy this to run my EVGA 8400 video card..is this a decent PSU upgrade over stock to work well enough?
363189
This power supply will work. I suggest getting a different power supply like Corsiar, Evga, or rosewill. Try and find one that is 80+ certified. I don't recommend this power supply.
363190
It should work with an EVGA 8400 video card which requires a minimum of a 350 Watt power supply recommended with +12 Volt current rating of 18 Amps, but I would also check to see what your system is rated at. If this is a replacement PSU for an older system, then OK but if it is a new build then I would go with a more reliable PSU.
363191
by the specs of the evga card you're looking to run, sure it's an ok psu. the problem with this psu, is that it's not meant to run long hours. so if you're planning to run your system long. them no. also take into consideration how much overall wattage you will need to run you set up. mother board, cpu, video/sounds cards, fans, lights, hard drive. You have to be able to power all these things at once. don't buy just any old power supply.
572299
The things I not that might be problematic are first the size of the card. It's fairly big and long. I don't have a good view of the chipset heat sink but if it's too tall, it may hit the videocard. The next note is. The stock psu is only 300 watts. I would upgrade to at least a 500. Hope that helps
1395947
yes, the 8400 is a low wattage GPU, but i would be a little concerned about the size of this heatsink. the base (were it attaches to the graphic card) is very large and is very close to touching a component on my AMD HD 4650.
21663
Yes on the PSU and temps dont seem to ever be a problem with this card. Make sure you have a good size tower and case fan speeds to maximize performance.
677501
For the 780, the minimum PSU required is 650. So technically you would be OKAY, but yeah, if you want stability and better performance, then you should probably invest on a larger PSU. I have the 780 and I'm running a 750W PSU. I recommend that or an 800 PSU
1834062
Yes and no, it may cause issues as the card needs 300w to run, but I ran it on 500w for about 2 months before I upgraded and it caused power surges but as long as your power supply has a 6 pin and 8 pin, then you should have no issues running it, it more depends on its power consumption while gaming
677498
It should be fine, but just. Im running an i52500@3.7 and my 780@1ghz with a Corsair AX750.. My system consumes around 450w at full load. You may want to try it out first and then upgrade your Psu if you need to, specially if you are going to OC. Which I assume you will. But again, it should be fine to be honest. Have you simulated your power consumption online?
1846669
Yes, you are fine with a 650 watt PSU.I'm using an i5 and this card on my PC with 450 watts, so I believe you're in the clear.
1446085
Almost definitely. I was running it on a 500w PSU but I also have a lower power consumption from my CPU to help with that. Unless you are running it with a AMD 9590 or something like that, 650w PSU should work great.
1265341
It's a dual 4-pin, so you should be good to go. I got the unit for an excellent price, especially considering EVGA was offering a rebate to go along with it, and it's been serving me very well thus far. Anyhow, make sure to check the EVGA website and see if any rebates are being offered. Hope this helps.
2095022
Sorry for the late response, I'm currently in college. This PSU will complement your pc just fine. That's a nice set up you got by the way.
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It is SLI ready for sure, but I would check the power draw on sli 770s first. I'm currently running an over-volted fx-8350 with an R9 280x overclocked and it is perfectly stable. According to an article I read awhile back, the wattage requirement listed with the card regards to the maximum draw when over volted, so you don't actually need near as much. Try posting on Tomshardware.com to see if anyone has run it with sli.
1110843
I have a 300 watt PSU with stock 8 gb of ram and an intel I5, and it runs it perfectly fine, but I will be investing into a new PSU, just for future possible upgrades.
816450
Hey Ace, this is not a "huge" upgrade. I bumped up from a 460 to this and I really enjoy it, but I am still going to do the EVGA step up program and step up to either a 770 or 780.
808257
it should run just fine, as long as you have at least a 300 watt power supply and a 16X pcie slot. it will be a slight upgrade, not a ,major boost.
650869
No, I wouldn't recommend you use this card with such low PSU. If you can't upgrade your power supply I would go with a 7750 instead. It would be better if you upgraded the power supply and buy a better card than either though.
35007
I used a 650 W PSU, but it depends on your mobo/cpu requirements. I referred to the Puget Systems site for analysis and guidance. You are likely OK - I built in some headroom for expansion later.