GTX 580 question

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

Hi, as a owner of a 480 and now a 580 overclocked I can say that I would strongly suggest against this, not only will you be pushing the limit with a standard clocked card it could pull excess power away from other needed computer hardware components (but never heard of someone willing to buy a 580 and not a decent PSU though).

With your money you do what you want, mate. As recoilfix wrote, with his system the peak power draw from the wall socket is 280 W. Make your math.

Cheers,
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