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Wanting to buy a GTX 670. Have some questions.

Ethre
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i want to buy an used GTX 670, because I found a really good deal on it. I wanted to know if my Cooler Master B500 PSU would be enough for it. It's not the best PSU, but I am not planning on upgrading it anytime soon due to PSU's being expensive in my country, and there is not a lot choice when it comes to PSU. My current setup is Gtx 550TI, 8GB of ram, I3-530 CPU, 1TB HDD.

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That's more than enough for a 670. :)

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i want to buy an used GTX 670, because I found a really good deal on it. I wanted to know if my Cooler Master B500 PSU would be enough for it. It's not the best PSU, but I am not planning on upgrading it anytime soon due to PSU's being expensive in my country, and there is not a lot choice when it comes to PSU. My current setup is Gtx 550TI, 8GB of ram, I3-530 CPU, 1TB HDD.

I think that i3 might bottleneck it a little bit. Won't be too noticeable though, you'll still get a performance upgrade over the 550. 

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Yes, that is enough watts for GPU very good. 670 uses at max 170 W so you PSU is good enough with along with other parts from computer

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I think that i3 might bottleneck it a little bit. Won't be too noticeable though, you'll still get a performance upgrade over the 550. 

yeah i know, i'll sell my pc later and build a new one with the gtx 670 i'll have :)

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yeah i know, i'll sell my pc later and build a new one with the gtx 670 i'll have :)

Fair enough, you'll be good then :) 

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yeah i know, i'll sell my pc later and build a new one with the gtx 670 i'll have :)

you could also look at a 7950/7970 - those should be the same price but perform better.

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