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PSU reccomendations

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Miller220

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Hey guys, I'm finally getting around to upgrading my PSU. I'm currently running a cute lil 650 watt corsair something or another that I bought in 2009.

My processor is a 4930k, my Graphics card for the time being is a Radeon HD 6950, although that'll turn into two 880 Ti's whenever they come out, depending on how well they push 4k..unless 4k isn't reasonable in the next year or two(meh). Right now I've got two HDD's, a 500 gig caviar blue, and a 1 TB WD black.. There's also going to be another 2 TB drive getting added probably over the summer, and at least 1 SSD once they get a little bit cheaper and a little bit larger. And there is a very good chance I'm going to get a single custom loop going over the GPU's and the Processor. Thats WAAAAAAAAAY off in a year or two at Least.

Long story short, what is a Great 1000-1100 watt PSU in the $200-$250 price range?

EDIT: I see what you did there J Macker
 
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Overall, I would suggest getting an EVGA PSU, they have a 10 year warranty. 1000 G2 is the model and it runs for a/b $199 on Amazon.
 
Two 880tis is not going to require 1000 watts. Go look for an 850 watt and save your money. There's plenty of good ones out there, just look at JonnyGuru or [H]OCP testing. If you want premium units, go with an 80 Plus Platinum units. If you want good mainstream, look at Gold models.
 
850w on a quality PSU is enough to run any SLI config with room left over for some overclocking. The next gen Nvidia cards are only going to be more power efficient (look at the new 750ti). I suppose you could go up to 1000w or something if you have a bunch of drives, fans, or pumps. Otherwise, save yourself some money and get a high end, 850w PSU.

The new EVGA G2 850w just got a glowing review from JohnnyGuru and comes with a 10 year warranty. Newegg has it for like $125 AR right now.

The CoolerMaster V850 is a rebranded Seasonic that actually meets platinum standards but it badged as only gold. Goes on sale for around $150 often enough.

Sorry for no links, I'm on my phone, so it would be a PITA.
 
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1200-1300W is not overkill for 2x 780 Ti's if you want any headroom for overclocking.

850W is not even close to enough.
 
=Gunslinger= said:
1200-1300W is not overkill for 2x 780 Ti's if you want any headroom for overclocking.

850W is not even close to enough.
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So, you assume that one card sucks 500W and rest 200W. I'm pretty sure that is no where near the reality when it comes to "standard" overclocking.
 
Has anyone actually read the power draw numbers for SLI/Crossfire in the reviews here at HardOCP? 850W is more than enough for two cards and overclocking, even 750W is more than enough for most cards.
 
=Gunslinger= said:
1200-1300W is not overkill for 2x 780 Ti's if you want any headroom for overclocking.

850W is not even close to enough.
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Typical air cooled OCed 780ti's get to around 350w. If you're going for broke with modded bios's and water or exotic cooling, yes, you would want a bigger PSU. But for the majority of people, even those whom are OCing, and 850w PSU will be fine for SLI 780ti's.
 
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So, you assume that one card sucks 500W and rest 200W. I'm pretty sure that is no where near the reality when it comes to "standard" overclocking.
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I'm not assuming anything, I know its not enough from my own personal experience and also with multiple users expressing the same results on just about every other PC/overclocking forum


My own personal experience with a 100% watercooled system, 4930K, 2x EVGA Kingpin 780 Ti's, I've tripped my AX1200i PSU on full load with the CPU at 4.6GHz, cards at 1300+ core or so running Futuremark benchmarks.

What do you want to be the limiting factor to be when overclocking, gaming, benchmarking? With what the CPU/GPU silicon is capable of running or the power your undersized 850W PSU can provide to your system? The answer should be obvious.
 
=Gunslinger= said:
I'm not assuming anything, I know its not enough from my own personal experience and also with multiple users expressing the same results on just about every other PC/overclocking forum


My own personal experience with a 100% watercooled system, 4930K, 2x EVGA Kingpin 780 Ti's, I've tripped my AX1200i PSU on full load with the CPU at 4.6GHz, cards at 1300+ core or so running Futuremark benchmarks.

What do you want to be the limiting factor to be when overclocking, gaming, benchmarking? With what the CPU/GPU silicon is capable of running or the power your undersized 850W PSU can provide to your system? The answer should be obvious.
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Your watercooled, overclocked system can easily add 300-400 watts over the OP's aircooled system. Also, I highly doubt you're tripping the AX1200i with that kind of system, unless you're doing something extremely exotic. More probable is PEBKAC.
 
1 pump and 9 fans do not = 300-400 watts.

Yeah, you must be right, I don't know what I'm doing around a PC. :rolleyes:
 
=Gunslinger= said:
1 pump and 9 fans do not = 300-400 watts.

Yeah, you must be right, I don't know what I'm doing around a PC. :rolleyes:
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He didn't say the pumps and fans were the difference. Your water cooled setup allows you ALOT more head room then the OP will have on air. Like I said before, the typical air OC is around 350 per card. Once you get to water cooling, and judging by your cards, custom BIOS's, the sky is the limit on power consumption.

If he's not going to benching for maximum numbers with exotic cooling, 850w should be fine for him. If you're benching, you buy the biggest damn thing you can afford. On that front I'd get a EVGA 1300G2 as it seems to have some of the most stable and clean rails out there atm.
 
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