Am I pushing my luck ?

MasterOC

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Not long ago purchased a 5820k asus x99 pro , 16GB of Ddr4 , won't be building till Christmas day so give me time to prepare,

Basicly I've just seen something that's made me wonder ... I love benching and overclocking and I've seen Asus website recommend 1000w PSUs for overclocking the haswell-e :/ .

Specs will be

5820k
Asus x99 pro
4x4 ddr4 2400 1.2v
2 x galax ex OC 970s
2 x 1tb hot swapping ( only in use when needed )
2 x 120GB raid 0 boot and apps
3 x 240GB gaming & temp asset ssds
5 x sp120
1 x Af140 l.e.d
H100i ( fans Included above )


And the PSU in question is
Seasonic M12II bronze evo 850w

Will this be adequate ? Had my i7 4770k and same graphic config etc overclocked to limits without any sign of problems .
 
Seasonic generally under-rate their PSU's, so you can expect another 10% or so out of the PSU before it would start struggling. I think Asus are probably playing on the safe side with their recommendations, you should be ok with that PSU, especially with it being Seasonic made, up there with Superflower, Delta and Flextronics for the best PSU manufacturers.
 
I think you be lucky to pull to 550w from the mains.

Looking at the review below (they used the X79 chipset) they got 468w whilst gaming.

With a overclock and a few extra drives you be fine with your current PSU.
 
Thanks guys ... I did do PSU calculator , and taking into account 100% load and exadurating the life of the units it did come up safe at around (650w) but I'd sooner trust a bunch of respected members and employees from ocuk :)
 
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