GTX 470 + Pentium G3258 w/ a 500w EVGA 80+ Vanilla?

[Shrake907]

Hi again great forum dwellers of LTT.

 

I recently sold a system to a customer who got back to me about purchasing a system for his little brother - I have a GTX 470 on-hand and I was curious if a 500W EVGA 80+ Vanilla can handle the G3258 (OC'd to 4.2 GHz @ 1.250 VCore) and the Fermi card without cutting it too close. The system has 4x 120mm fans for cooling as well as a Hyper TX3 CPU cooler.

 

Any information would be awesome, or past experiences with GTX 470 + G3258 pairings would be even better!

Thanks, and have happy holidays.

[Fulgrim]

550W is the minimum for a GTX 470, you are cutting it a bit close for my tastes.

 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-470/specifications

[vlkn´]

I had a Gtx 480 overclocked with a overclocked i7 @650watt powersuppy, so about 500watt total on the 12volt rail without getting even warm.

I think it is enough

[Shrake907]

550W is the minimum for a GTX 470, you are cutting it a bit close for my tastes.

 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-470/specifications

 

I did check the hardware requirements out but thought since it's a dual-core Haswell instead of the 95 - 125w chips from back in 2010, it might be okay.

This PSU has 40 amps on the 12v rail, iirc the 470 requires 35 amps.

 

Thanks for your thoughts.

[Shrake907]

I had a Gtx 480 overclocked with a overclocked i7 @650watt powersuppy, so about 500watt total on the 12volt rail without getting even warm.

I think it is enough

 

 Cool, so a OC'd G3258 + Non-OC'd 470 ought to be alright with what I have on hand without having to purchase another PSU?

[vlkn´]

 Cool, so a OC'd G3258 + Non-OC'd 470 ought to be alright with what I have on hand without having to purchase another PSU?

This should be no problem at all, even if the cd drive and all usb devices are plugged in.

[Shrake907]

This should be no problem at all, even if the cd drive and all usb devices are plugged in.

 

Awesome, I appreciate the help. I felt the need to ask since I saw the 550w requirement (Of course this was with older, more power consuming architecture like Lynnfield and the AMD 9xx series.)

[Fulgrim]

The G3258 can still pull ~100watts when OC'd, under load. It's not far off an old Q6600 (Kentsfield) chip.

[Shrake907]

The G3258 can still pull ~100watts when OC'd, under load. It's not far off an old Q6600 (Kentsfield) chip.

 

Hmm, so 100 watts (G3258) 300 watts (GTX 470), + 100 more left over for fans, RAM, Mobo, and the 1TB 7200 RPM HDD

[vlkn´]

The G3258 can still pull ~100watts when OC'd, under load. It's not far off an old Q6600 (Kentsfield) chip.

Ok now I have to agree, just watched the power consumption overclocked 4ghz+

That little dual core really likes to waste power.

 

@Shrake907

I have to say for safety reasons, drive the g3258@ stock speeds.

It´ll work overclocked if you use furmark and prime95 at the same time,but it´ll draw much power for sure.

Not a problem while gaming, but still I like a gap for security, keep both stock until you can afford a better system that you don´t need to overclock.

[Shrake907]

Ok now I have to agree, just watched the power consumption overclocked 4ghz+

That little dual core really likes to waste power.

 

@Shrake907

I have to say for safety reasons, drive the g3258@ stock speeds.

It´ll work overclocked if you use furmark and prime95 at the same time,but it´ll draw much power for sure.

Not in gaming, but still I like a gap for security, keep both stock until you afford a better system that you don´t need to overclock.

 

The build is for a customer's little bro, so the best solution is both @ stock or buy a good quality 550W PSU?

[vlkn´]

The build is for a customer's little bro, so the best solution is both @ stock or buy a good quality 550W PSU?

To tell you the truth, sell the 470 and get a card that doesn´t sound like a jet and needs half the power as a waterheater for home :,D

[Shrake907]

To tell you the truth, sell the 470 and get a card that doesn´t sound like a jet and needs half the power as a waterheater for home :,D

 

Hahah, yeah that's a good idea.

GTX 750 Ti would prolly be what I would choose instead.

[vlkn´]

I played 3 years with a gtx 480 oc´ed and a oc´ed i7, but I can´t suggest you same. Sure it worked for me, even the powersupply didn´t get warm.

[Shrake907]

I played 3 years with a gtx 480 oc´ed and a oc´ed i7, but I can´t suggest you same. Sure it worked for me, even the powersupply didn´t get warm.

 

Very nice, my i5 750 system lasted a very long time with a 580. This particular system (G3258 / GTX 470) is for a client's younger brother. The 470 I have is Gigabyte's offering of the reference design.