new psu advice

cannon-ian · 9 Jul 2013 at 14:39

hi I currently have corsair tx650w running i5 3570k his 9850hd card im wanting to get another card and cross fire them have you any suggestions for a reasonably priced module psu to run them thanks in advance ian

Jaskaran · 9 Jul 2013 at 14:46

Is that a 7850 by any chance, what other components are in your system?

Doomedspeed · 9 Jul 2013 at 15:24

What motherboard do you have?

DaleTheWhale · 9 Jul 2013 at 15:55

his 9850hd card im wanting to get another card and cross fire them

Are you from the future? Marty!??

cannon-ian · 9 Jul 2013 at 19:02

Lol sorry been far to warm brain is scrambled it's his iceq boost 7950 asus p877-vLX motherboard 128gb ssd 1tb harddrive what a noob I am lol

Doomedspeed · 10 Jul 2013 at 06:22

That motherboard will only run xfire x16/x4 which won't be great..

Really you need a motherboard with x8/x8 atleast to run xfire/sli properly.

How was 9850 a 7950..

Buzzpod · 10 Jul 2013 at 08:40

How much do you want to spend ?

£120 +
Corsair AX760

£90 +
EVGA 650W SuperNOVA NEX650G

£50 +
I would recommend the one you already have.

The two £90+ power supplies are excellent with 80+ Gold efficiency awards and are fully modular. To make the decision, you need to decide witch features you want. The EVGA in my opinion looks nicer but the the corsair one has corsair link meaning that you can monitor the usage, efficiency etc.... of your psu through windows. It is also compatible with other corsair link certified products such as H80i and Dominator ram

DaleTheWhale · 10 Jul 2013 at 10:40

To add to the above post:

If you want the Corsair PSU, get the non i versions of the 760W and 860W, reason being that they are made by (Flextronics?) where as the standard 760W (without the i) are made by Seasonic which are a lot better.