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06-26-2015, 05:04 PM
#11
Brad
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Originally posted by Gazra
I got one just because I am upgrading it every week nearly so instead of buying things and then it needing more from the PSU I just got a bigger one instead. I mean I have just added another 2 HDDs and another DVD Drive so it made more sense at the time lol.
ahh okay, fair enough :p
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06-26-2015, 05:49 PM
#13
Rawr
Can’t trickshot me!
Originally posted by Gazra
I got one just because I am upgrading it every week nearly so instead of buying things and then it needing more from the PSU I just got a bigger one instead. I mean I have just added another 2 HDDs and another DVD Drive so it made more sense at the time lol.
Your perception on how much wattage is needed is completely misguided.
An overclocked i7-3960X + a single GTX 970 at full load consumes <300W.
An overclocked i7-3960X + two GTX 970 in SLI at full load consumes ~450W.
Unless you're going to crossfire two high-end AMD GPUs (known for being extremely power hungry), such as the R9 290X, you don't need any more than 600W. Just pick a high-quality 500-600W PSU; fyi, Corsair CX is not. I tend to pick my PSUs from Seasonic and Seasonic rebrands, such as XFX.
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06-27-2015, 12:20 AM
#14
The_Gazra
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Originally posted by Rawr
Your perception on how much wattage is needed is completely misguided.
An overclocked i7-3960X + a single GTX 970 at full load consumes <300W.
An overclocked i7-3960X + two GTX 970 in SLI at full load consumes ~450W.
Unless you're going to crossfire two high-end AMD GPUs (known for being extremely power hungry), such as the R9 290X, you don't need any more than 600W. Just pick a high-quality 500-600W PSU; fyi, Corsair CX is not. I tend to pick my PSUs from Seasonic and Seasonic rebrands, such as XFX.
An overclocked i7-3960X + a single GTX 970 at full load consumes <300W.
An overclocked i7-3960X + two GTX 970 in SLI at full load consumes ~450W.
Unless you're going to crossfire two high-end AMD GPUs (known for being extremely power hungry), such as the R9 290X, you don't need any more than 600W. Just pick a high-quality 500-600W PSU; fyi, Corsair CX is not. I tend to pick my PSUs from Seasonic and Seasonic rebrands, such as XFX.
Good point actually. I really should have thought more about what I will be showing jnto this thing before just buying a 750w PSU in fairness.
Still never hurts to be prepared just incase lol. I do agree that corsair is a little bit hit and miss with there products although saying that in my previous desktop the PSU is still going strong which is again a corsair that was probably why I decided to go that route again :/
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