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Power Supply for either 970 or 1060.

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Hi, I'm planning on upgrading my GPU soon, and was wondering if my power supply was ok or if it needed to be changed. I'm either going to buy a 970 used or a 1060 new, and I have a Corsair CX430.

I'm aware that if I got the 970 I'd have to get a converter to change two molex connectors into another 6 pin pcie power. I also have an i3 6100 and 8gb of DDR3.

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5 minutes ago, Charlie Cullen said:

Hi, I'm planning on upgrading my GPU soon, and was wondering if my power supply was ok or if it needed to be changed. I'm either going to buy a 970 used or a 1060 new, and I have a Corsair CX430.

I'm aware that if I got the 970 I'd have to get a converter to change two molex connectors into another 6 pin pcie power. I also have an i3 6100 and 8gb of DDR3.

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6 minutes ago, Charlie Cullen said:

Hi, I'm planning on upgrading my GPU soon, and was wondering if my power supply was ok or if it needed to be changed. I'm either going to buy a 970 used or a 1060 new, and I have a Corsair CX430.

I'm aware that if I got the 970 I'd have to get a converter to change two molex connectors into another 6 pin pcie power. I also have an i3 6100 and 8gb of DDR3.

Wattage wise, you'd be fine, but I'd try to get something a bit of a higher quality one.

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Ok cool, cheers guys, and molex to pcie splitters are safe if I get the 970 right?

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57 minutes ago, Charlie Cullen said:

Ok cool, cheers guys, and molex to pcie splitters are safe if I get the 970 right?

If you're gonna use a 970 I'd probably get a better PSU, but that said, yes, that should work. Most 970s require dual 6-pins

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On 22/02/2017 at 4:26 PM, STRMfrmXMN said:

If you're gonna use a 970 I'd probably get a better PSU, but that said, yes, that should work. Most 970s require dual 6-pins

Alright, thank you.

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