Any good GPU's for 320 watt [SOLVED]

[Suspicious Garden Plant]

As the title says, I'm llooking for a good gpu (preferably a geforce gtx xxx) that only require around 300 watt too work since my power supply is only 320 and I don't really wanna buy a new power supply.

[EatAllBreads]

The 950 or 960 would do nicely at 1080.

[Suspicious Garden Plant]

I've looked at the 960 and I've read it needs 400 w, also a 4 gb gpu would I also prefer to have

[Suspicious Garden Plant]

https://www.komplett.se/product/839629/datorutrustning/grafikkort/pci-express/asus-geforce-strix-gtx-960-4gb#technical-details
Is this a good one to buy? looking at the specs of it

[EatAllBreads]

I know people with mini itx builds running a 960 on a 450w PSU and on load they never draw more than 206W from the wall.

The strix line are good.

[Suspicious Garden Plant]

Originally posted by EatAllBreads:

I know people with mini itx builds running a 960 on a 450w PSU and on load they never draw more than 206W from the wall.

The strix line are good.

Whats the difference between the strix and this? I myself don't see much difference than the price.
https://www.komplett.se/product/858387/datorutrustning/grafikkort/pci-express/asus-geforce-gtx-960-4gb-turbo#

[Bad 💀 Motha]

yea you want a decent 400-450W if getting GPUs like 950/960
Giving how there is little price difference between a good 400W and a 650W
I would just get a quality 650 or so; then u have breathing room.
300W is ok, but that was meant for Office PC w/out dedicated GPU; or a low-end GPU, like NVIDIA GT series; such as 610/730/740; etc.

Under 350W questionable PSU, stick to GTX 750 Ti

As such PSUs won't have the needed PCIE GPU power connectors either.

U only want "Reference" blower cooler style if going cheap; and on a lower-end PSU. As those run at the reference stock clocks (no OC what so ever) and will be lower TDP. A STRIX or other branded OC GPU will be higher TDP over what the referenced specs state.

[Suspicious Garden Plant]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

yea you want a decent 400-450W if getting GPUs like 950/960

Under 350W questionable PSU, stick to GTX 750 Ti

As such PSUs won't have the needed PCIE GPU power connectors either.

Did you press the links, if you look in the specs section or "Tekniska specifikationer" (pardon the Swedish language) the two different gpus I listed only use 150 watt, how come? Are they good 960s?

[EatAllBreads]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

yea you want a decent 400-450W if getting GPUs like 950/960

Under 350W questionable PSU, stick to GTX 750 Ti

As such PSUs won't have the needed PCIE GPU power connectors either.

U only want "Reference" blower cooler style if going cheap; and on a lower-end PSU. As those run at the reference stock clocks (no OC what so ever) and will be lower TDP. A STRIX or other branded OC GPU will be higher TDP over what the referenced specs state.

Have you ever done a power draw test? I have seen 980ti, i7 builds pull less than 280W on load from the wall. Parts are stupidly energy efficient now days. Its fantastic. I remember when the fx first came out and it was blowing capiciators on boards for drawing too much power. Thank goodness intel saw sense.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The WHITE ASUS blower is a reference; but it is also OC'ed
Yes it can be confusing; sorry to say.
But know, that wattage is correct. But again that is JUST the GPU TDP full load wattage; not counting the rest of your system hardware. This is why a 960 GPU would require roughly 400W PSU; to provide enough power for EVERYTHING in the system under full loads.

280W from the wall off a 320W PSU is not realistic. Your PSU wastes some based on efficiency/heat, etc.

You should have around 400W PSU if u doing a 300W draw.
If you do not understand this, u need to learn.

[EatAllBreads]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

The WHITE ASUS blower is a reference; but it is also OC'ed
Yes it can be confusing; sorry to say.
But know, that wattage is correct. But again that is JUST the GPU TDP full load wattage; not counting the rest of your system hardware. This is why a 960 GPU would require roughly 400W PSU; to provide enough power for EVERYTHING in the system under full loads.

Again that is the recommended ammount of power. Look up some tests with the GPU and how much power they really require.

[Suspicious Garden Plant]

But you never know when it goes full and crash the entire system because it's not getting enough watt, I just don't want to risk it but if you're saying that 80 watt short is not a big deal I gues I can try it

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Again, 280W load off a 320W PSU; and u running that PSU at MAX all the time.
If your specs are using more than 80% of the PSU at any given time; it is not enough breathing room. And we also have no idea of the quality of his 320W PSU. If it is sub-par, the system will simply fail/reboot/blue screen under full loads.

[EatAllBreads]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Again, 280W load off a 320W PSU; and u running that PSU at MAX all the time.
If your specs are using more than 80% of the PSU at any given time; it is not enough breathing room. And we also have no idea of the quality of his 320W PSU. If it is sub-par, the system will simply fail/reboot/blue screen under full loads.

Read what I said a build with a 980 pulled 280 he wouldn't hit above 240 with a 960.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I have a 980 Ti thank you. It pulls nearly 300-watts just by itself
Coupled with an i7-4790K at stock; total system power pull from wall is closer to 350-420
Depeding on how high the CPU/GPU loads actually reach.

Even an OC 970 from say ASUS (Strix) or an EVGA FTW+ will pull around 200-watts (just the GPU) under full loads

[Suspicious Garden Plant]

Heheh I just found out that my powersupply is 420 ;) thank you guys for all the help but is there any better gpu than the 960 in the same prize range?