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Will it work? Temporarily of course

Diizystyle

I have a cooler master gx 450w

I3-3220

Z77a-g45 gaming mobo

Corsair F60 ssd

Corsair obsidian 450d case

And i have a asus gtx 650 ti, but im planning on getting a 760, but dont have the money for a new psu YET! im gonna get one soon but not by the time the gpu gets here and im wondering if i can use it while i buy the new one

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Yeah. Don't see why not. The 3220 may be a slight bottleneck, but others can confirm that as I'm not sure. 

 

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The  450W psu is fine and the i3 will not bottleneck in a majority of games

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The 450W psu is fine and the i3 will not bottleneck in a majority of games

[AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+ Socket 754 | Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 | OCZ 2GB DDR PC3200 | Sapphire HD 3850 512MB AGP | 850 Evo | Seasonic 430W | Win XP/10]

 

 

 

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I was worried because it says it needs at least a 500w but im not over clocking anything so i dont use more wattage

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Austin has a good video out, comparing the performance of an i3 to that of an i5 in gaming. I don't think you need to worry about bottlenecks.

 

      

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I was worried because it says it needs at least a 500w but im not over clocking anything so i dont use more wattage

They always exaggerate on the PSU recommendations, don't take those too seriously. Your system is unlikely to ever pull more than 300-350W from the wall.

      

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i ran two GTX 770 off a 650 with out overclocking and they seemed fine, so a 450 is ok for this build 

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