Corsair CX750M still strong enough?

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What drawbacks, if any will I face with my new system when it comes round to piecing it together by sticking with my current CX750M?
Main System components will be:
i7 5820k
Gigabyte SLI-X99
16GB DDR4
Sapphire REFERENCE R9 290
 
:| that psu is not a gaming one. Upgrade to a G2 750w, PSU is the most important part in your build. It plays a major role in OC'ing and protection of parts. CX psu are dire.
 
Since you haven't bought it yet, maybe stretch to a 850w one so you got some leeway for other components that you want to add on later.
Either that or choose a nvidia GPU as they usually more power efficient.
 
faceman123 said:
:| that psu is not a gaming one. Upgrade to a G2 750w, PSU is the most important part in your build. It plays a major role in OC'ing and protection of parts. CX psu are dire.
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While it's not a brilliant psu it is more than capable of powering his build and will be fine as long as he sticks to a single gpu. No need to waste money when he has a perfectly serviceable psu.



remy87 said:
Since you haven't bought it yet, maybe stretch to a 850w one so you got some leeway for other components that you want to add on later.
Either that or choose a nvidia GPU as they usually more power efficient.
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He has the psu already. He says that in his first post.
 
I'm with pasty on this one. Although the Corsair CX series aren't the greatest, the CX 750W should be fine for any OC'd single card setup. Even at peak draw and heavily OC'd, it shouldn't be pulling more than 550-600W.

I've got a G2 750W and it's great, but for single card setups, it is overkill and the G2 650W is ample.

At least it's not like the OP is trying to run a serious build using a piece of 500W CiT junk.
 
Borealis said:
I'm with pasty on this one. Although the Corsair CX series aren't the greatest, the CX 750W should be fine for any OC'd single card setup. Even at peak draw and heavily OC'd, it shouldn't be pulling more than 550-600W.

I've got a G2 750W and it's great, but for single card setups, it is overkill and the G2 650W is ample.

At least it's not like the OP is trying to run a serious build using a piece of 500W CiT junk.
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Ah yeah ;) I am not that silly :p
Bought this PSU years ago when i got my current PC in my sig below, a few years ago now and its never had a hickup ever really...
Its been a solid PSU, and powered anything ive threw at it, including a 6950 aswell as my 290 and everything else, ages ago when i tried mining (just for a short spell, got in on maxcoin the second it came out and made just over a hundred quid in 1 night by selling instantly lol) and then I stopped after taking a spin at a few other currencies... But got bored after the hype died.

But yeah, its been a good PSU, absolutely nothing wrong with it :p
Just questioning its ability for the 5820k OC world ;)
 
For a single card setup, that's a fairly realistic load at the wall. The only way to work out what your system actually draws is to use a meter.
 
theaterix said:
Good lord thats low! You sure thats accruate?!
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Just a cheap meter, so wouldn't be surprised if it's off a bit or maybe firestrike doesn't draw as much as other stuff, as most consumption tests seem to be prime95.

5820k is stock at the moment. Can't find it at the moment or I'd recheck and make sure I'm not mistaken (average instead of peak etc).
 
R9 290 reviews that I checked were using a 4960X with overclocks between 4.2 and 4.7Ghz and total system power draw at the wall varied between 370w and 500w. Pretty good really as the pc in my siggy has a peak power draw of 452w and can hit 422w when gaming.
 
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