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Old 01-02-12, 03:37 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by BossMark View Post
Just had one of these bought for Christmas, went to install it and to my disappointment and horror my current PSU is not good enough to run this monster card so now I am wondering which would be good PSU to get so that I can get this to work.
A Corsair 650TX or bigger should do the job. I have one running my GTX 560Ti. They're nice PSUs that come in a little cloth bag like a bottle of Crown Royal.

The newer cards need PSUs that can put out a lot of amps too, not just watts, in some cases I've seen cards call for 30 amps!
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