Re: Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? in PC gaming Tech http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21402236 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:09:23 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:09:23 EDT Re: Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444746 DKS :
said by Metatron2008 See Profile :

Put everything together. MB temps at less then 30c. Cpu still hovering near 50c, trying to figure out why, of course I have it overclocked...
Temps are fine. My Q6600 (o/c to 3.0) idles at 70C and when gaming hits 92C w/o a burp. My GTX 260 idles at 62C and games at 72C.
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Pc runs smooth as silk. Had alot of issues starting up though, I connect to my tv via dvi-hdmi, and apparantly these cards force audio and video to hdmi...

After connecting spdif from the video card to my x-fi, everything's fine.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21439577 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:18:37 EDT Re: Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21438050 PhoenixDown : Yeah, a lot of it depends on what you have on the circuit itself. If you can, it might be worth looking into giving that room its own spot on the breaker.
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But yeah, that's the main reason I have no laser printers, the sheer amount of power needed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21407701 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:16:43 EDT Re: Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21407625 DKS :
said by Metatron2008 See Profile :

LOL.

.... Of course you can't fault all vacuum cleaners as 1000 watts now. My Irobot 530 uses maybe 10 watts on it's lithium battery...

But yeah, attaching a coffee maker would be bad ;)
Or a laser printer. I've popped a breaker when printing. Heating element and all that...
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.... Of course you can't fault all vacuum cleaners as 1000 watts now. My Irobot 530 uses maybe 10 watts on it's lithium battery...

But yeah, attaching a coffee maker would be bad ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21407530 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:45:09 EDT Re: Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21403630 DKS :
said by Metatron2008 See Profile :

Thanks. That doesn't sound like it'll become a concern. My nexrt upgrade will be alot trickier, quad core.
Not really an issue. It will add 100 watts to load max, so add up the peak current drain. If it's less than 1500, you are fine. Just don't plug a coffee maker or vacuum cleaner into the same circuit.
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I'm asking about WATTAGE so try staying on topic. I haven't received the parts yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21402125 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:10:20 EDT Re: Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21399572 Stray Bullet : As far as overheating, how high are the temps? You can use rivatuner, or a simplified EVGA Precision to turn the fans higher if you think the temps are too high.

Both programs are made by the same guy, just precision is easier to use...

»www.evga.com/precision/
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I've got all this equipment on 1 ups system.

The psu is 750 watts, no issue there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21399380 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:05:38 EDT Re: Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21399356 DKS : What power supply are you running? And what are you running on one circuit?
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other then that if your case has good airflow you should be ok]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21398903 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:00:16 EDT Will my new GTX 260 blow a circuit? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21398686 Metatron2008 : Since my old 8800gts 640 died while playing Fallout 3 earlier today, I bought a gtx 260 (And no, it was perfectly stable, used the damn thing for 2 years, only recently the video card started overheating during long gaming bouts).

Thing is, I've been sorta hesitant to upgrade. I got the 8800 gts 640 2 years ago, got my e6400 when it came out, haven't really upgraded, except to add 2 gigs ram.

I've got a good enough psu, everything, so that ain't the problem.

THis is:



My pc is a htpc, with 40 1080p lcd, 200 watt speakers, directv, etc.

I dunno if the load will be too much for the wall circuit.

How muhc more power draw does a gtx 260 take versus 8800 gts 640?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21398686 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:55:48 EDT