GTX670 with a 700W PSU?

[MajorG]

My PSU is FSP 700W 80GHN. It shouldn't be a problem, right?

Gigabyte GTX670 2GB.

Thanks.

Edit:
My PSU has 4 rails of 12V. All are rated 18A.

 

[Brink]

Hello Major,

The GTX670 requires a minimum of a 500 W PSU as per the specs below, but it also depends on what the rest of your hardware requires in addition.

GeForce GTX 670 | Specifications | GeForce

If you like, the PSU calculator below will help you determine if your 700 W PSU will be enough for your system. You'll just fill out what you have, and it will calculate a needed wattage.

Cooler Master Power Supply Calculator

 

[MajorG]

Hello Major,

The GTX670 requires a minimum of a 500 W PSU as per the specs below, but it also depends on what the rest of your hardware requires in addition.

GeForce GTX 670 | Specifications | GeForce

If you like, the PSU calculator below will help you determine if your 700 W PSU will be enough for your system. You'll just fill out what you have, and it will calculate a needed wattage.

Cooler Master Power Supply Calculator

Hey Brink,

I used the calculator, as you said.
It's pretty weird.
It says my minimun power supply should be 390W.

My specs are shown in my profile if you'de like to check

I think it should support the GTX670. I just forgot how it's calculated via rail amperage.
Also giving the fact that my current GTX460 runs only on 20W lower than the GTX670 requires, I think it should be fine.

Thanks.

 

[Layback Bear]

MajorG could you post a site that shows your exact power supply?

 

[MajorG]

MajorG could you post a site that shows your exact power supply?

No sir,

I can't find it anywhere. FSP seems to change their product names or stopped making these type of PSU's.

All I can find, from a nativ website is this:

Manufacturer Fsp
Power 700W
Active PFC
Power Output: 700 watts
Fan: 120mm
Connections: + 3.3V
+ 5V
+ 12V1
+ 12V2
+ 12V3
+ 12V4
-12V
+ 5Vsb
PFC: Active
Efficiency: 80+ BRONZE

And as I said. 4 12V+ rails with rates of 18A each.

 

[Solarstarshines]

MajorG could you post a site that shows your exact power supply?

No sir,

I can't find it anywhere. FSP seems to change their product names or stopped making these type of PSU's.

All I can find, from a nativ website is this:

Manufacturer Fsp
Power 700W
Active PFC
Power Output: 700 watts
Fan: 120mm
Connections: + 3.3V
+ 5V
+ 12V1
+ 12V2
+ 12V3
+ 12V4
-12V
+ 5Vsb
PFC: Active
Efficiency: 80+ BRONZE

And as I said. 4 12V+ rails with rates of 18A each.

This must be the one FSP POWER_MOD 700 Watt Modular Power Supply

 

[MajorG]

MajorG could you post a site that shows your exact power supply?

No sir,

I can't find it anywhere. FSP seems to change their product names or stopped making these type of PSU's.

All I can find, from a nativ website is this:

Manufacturer Fsp
Power 700W
Active PFC
Power Output: 700 watts
Fan: 120mm
Connections: + 3.3V
+ 5V
+ 12V1
+ 12V2
+ 12V3
+ 12V4
-12V
+ 5Vsb
PFC: Active
Efficiency: 80+ BRONZE

And as I said. 4 12V+ rails with rates of 18A each.

This must be the one FSP POWER_MOD 700 Watt Modular Power Supply

Nope.
Mine is white with a white sticker and is classified as 80+ unlike this one.

Anything in particular you need to know about my PSU? It's all written on the sticker.
Unless you look for benchmarks or real life performance, there I can't really help.

 

[Solarstarshines]

No sir,

I can't find it anywhere. FSP seems to change their product names or stopped making these type of PSU's.

All I can find, from a nativ website is this:

And as I said. 4 12V+ rails with rates of 18A each.

This must be the one FSP POWER_MOD 700 Watt Modular Power Supply

Nope.
Mine is white with a white sticker and is classified as 80+ unlike this one.

Anything in particular you need to know about my PSU? It's all written on the sticker.
Unless you look for benchmarks or real life performance, there I can't really help.

Well just to let you know according to these guys your PSU is of good quality from this group they have a knack for slapping OCZ and Antec labels on them so you know they have to be good

 

[MajorG]

This must be the one FSP POWER_MOD 700 Watt Modular Power Supply

Nope.
Mine is white with a white sticker and is classified as 80+ unlike this one.

Anything in particular you need to know about my PSU? It's all written on the sticker.
Unless you look for benchmarks or real life performance, there I can't really help.

Well just to let you know according to these guys your PSU is of good quality from this group they have a knack for slapping OCZ and Antec labels on them so you know they have to be good

Dont know about the PSU you linked, but I actually read only bad things about FSP and their PSU's :shock:.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Nope.
Mine is white with a white sticker and is classified as 80+ unlike this one.

Anything in particular you need to know about my PSU? It's all written on the sticker.
Unless you look for benchmarks or real life performance, there I can't really help.

Well just to let you know according to these guys your PSU is of good quality from this group they have a knack for slapping OCZ and Antec labels on them so you know they have to be good

Dont know about the PSU you linked, but I actually read only bad things about FSP and their PSU's :shock:.

Well i can tell you everything you use will be 50/50 people will be unhappy with even Corsair products such as myself you can't always go by reviews sometimes experience tells the story

 

[Layback Bear]

If it is difficult to find a product. In this case your power supply. That is worry some.

It's also almost impossible to find reviews by what I call good sources means their is a concern about the quality of your power supply.
Your power supply is more of a mystery than anything else.

These are just my observations.

 

[MajorG]

Well just to let you know according to these guys your PSU is of good quality from this group they have a knack for slapping OCZ and Antec labels on them so you know they have to be good

Dont know about the PSU you linked, but I actually read only bad things about FSP and their PSU's :shock:.

Well i can tell you everything you use will be 50/50 people will be unhappy with even Corsair products such as myself you can't always go by reviews sometimes experience tells the story

True that..

If it is difficult to find a product. In this case your power supply. That is worry some.

It's also almost impossible to find reviews by what I call good sources means their is a concern about the quality of your power supply.
Your power supply is more of a mystery than anything else.

These are just my observations.

You can't expect to find reviews from good sources about every HW part out there..
Especially a PSU from like 2008 (Bought by me in 2010 I guess) that has nothing special about it.

It is what it is. A 700W 80+ Bronze rated PSU from a pretty known company.

Any way you could remind me how the rail wattage support for a GPU is calculated?

 

[Boozad]

You can't expect to find reviews from good sources about every HW part out there..

Not every hardware part no, every good hardware part yes.

Especially a PSU from like 2008 (Bought by me in 2010 I guess) that has nothing special about it.

That sentence is enough to suggest you buy a new one. A good one.

 

[stormy13]

Not a review,

FSP 700W 80GHN - jonnyGURU Forums

but not much to recommend that PSU either.

 

[MajorG]

You can't expect to find reviews from good sources about every HW part out there..

Not every hardware part no, every good hardware part yes.

Especially a PSU from like 2008 (Bought by me in 2010 I guess) that has nothing special about it.

That sentence is enough to suggest you buy a new one. A good one.

But it's not "good". It's just a simple power supply that from what I understood was over priced at its time.

Tell me that. If my PC runs fine without any electrical\power issues, why would I buy a new PSU?

Not a review,

FSP 700W 80GHN - jonnyGURU Forums

but not much to recommend that PSU either.

They are talking mostly about the Epsilon and Everest models.
I already saw this post.

 

[Brink]

Major,

Does your current PSU have two 6-pin or 6+2-pin PCI-E power connections available to connect to the GTX 670 graphics card?

If not, then you'll need Molex to 6-pin PCI-E connector adapters.

It wouldn't hurt anything to test your system with your current 700 W PSU. If all goes well, then you're fine. If the system won't boot or crashes when under heavy load, then you should get a higher wattage and better PSU.

 

[MajorG]

Major,

Does your current PSU have two 6-pin or 6+2-pin PCI-E power connections available to connect to the GTX 670 graphics card?

If not, then you'll need Molex to 6-pin PCI-E connector adapters.

It wouldn't hurt anything to test your system with your current 700 W PSU. If all goes well, then you're fine. If the system won't boot or crashes when under heavy load, then you should get a higher wattage and better PSU.

I have only one 6 pin. My GTX460 needs 2 of them so I already use a molex to 6 pin adapter.

About testing, I dont have the GTX670. I am considering buying it. Now with my GTX460 since 2010, never saw a problem with power usage.
Should I test it in some special PSU burnout test software?

 

[Brink]

Most likely, you won't have any issues since the PSU calculator didn't even come close to 700 W for what you needed.

 

[RoasterMen]

If it is difficult to find a product. In this case your power supply. That is worry some.

It's also almost impossible to find reviews by what I call good sources means their is a concern about the quality of your power supply.
Your power supply is more of a mystery than anything else.

These are just my observations.

I see no reasons to have any doubt with FSP, they're great PSUs. In fact, I can't even afford one of those