Will an enermax galaxy 850w be enough for 2xgtx 980 sli?

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Hey guys,
wondering will my Enermax galaxy 850w pump out enough power to run a 3930k, one SSD drive, a 2tb hard drive, a 3930k and 2xgtx 980 in sli?

Thanks in advance
Adam
 
Um is your PSU model EGX850EWL?

If that is the case then you probably don't realised it has world first 5 12V+ rails with combined power of 120A! That massive overkill for your PC with GTX 980 SLi. :eek:

A GTX 980 use 30A then add another one for SLi added around 15A so SLi would used 45A that will be run fine on your PSU.
 
AthlonXP1800 said:
Um is your PSU model EGX850EWL?

If that is the case then you probably don't realised it has world first 5 12V+ rails with combined power of 120A! That massive overkill for your PC with GTX 980 SLi. :eek:

A GTX 980 use 30A then add another one for SLi added around 15A so SLi would used 45A that will be run fine on your PSU.
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Yeah it's the exg850ewl model.

Thanks guys!
 
umm, not sure on the part number but I have an Enermax Galaxy 850, which is a good deal larger than a normal supply. Mine would not power 2 x HD7950 cards which was quite surprising until I read the manual and found that the four PCIe supplies are off only one or two rails, so that really limited things. The supply was excellent for powering a good deal of harddrives, but graphics cards not so much. I got random reboots, which I cured with a new seasonic supply. I did temporarily make it work by using molex adapters from another rail, but common rail is so much simpler in my opinion.
 
Just got my Enermax out to use on a mining rig, and will run 4 x R9 270 cards on X11, but not 5. that is on a celeron and a basic board, so no drives etc.
 
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