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Basically just wanting to know if a corsair AX860w would be enough for my new build

Intel: i7 4771
Mobo: ASUS Maxis Hero
GRAPHICS CARD:Single GTX 780 3Gig
RAM: 16gig corsair (1600)......x2 8 gig sticks
HDD: 1TB WD Black
SSD: Possible Samsung Evo
Chassie Fans: x7
USB devices: possibly 5

I Was Also Looking At The Sea-sonic P1000w....I DON'T believe In Scrimping and saving on my PSU this is an area i want to spend money i just though with the 1000w would give me more head room in the future

Thanks Dudes and dudetts
 
More than enough, I run the rig in my sig with an AX760 and estimate the power draw at no more than 500w. I know my 660s are nowhere near the power use of your 780, but I do have two of them and my 3570k is overclockerd.

As others have said it will be more than enough :)
 
BinnsY said:
More than enough, I run the rig in my sig with an AX760 and estimate the power draw at no more than 500w. I know my 660s are nowhere near the power use of your 780, but I do have two of them and my 3570k is overclockerd.

As others have said it will be more than enough :)
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Thank You :D
 
Digital_hero said:
So Could I Possibly Be All Good With A Corsair AX750 ??
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Easily. I'd recommend the ax760. Your going to be in its sweet spot where your system won't pull enough power for it to need its fan to run effectively making it passive and it will be right at the peak of the platinum efficiency.
 
lee32uk said:
Just a thought, you can get the Superflower Leadex Platinum 1000W for £10 cheaper than the Corsair.

It is quite a long unit (200mm) so you would need to make sure it would fit in your case.


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1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black (NESF-010) £169.99
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+1, rather have a bit more inreserve less strain on the PSU.

I have SLI 670 they recommend at least 850w so got a EVGA G2 1000W Gold PSU.

When l upgraded my PC to x79 a month ago.
 
NoNameNoNumber said:
I ran sli 780's on a seasonic 660w absolutely fine :)
2500k @5GHz and 2x780's with custom Bios'
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You keep posting that it runs fine - long term it wouldn't be

OLDPHART said:
+1, rather have a bit more inreserve less strain on the PSU.

I have SLI 670 they recommend at least 850w so got a EVGA G2 1000W Gold PSU.

When l upgraded my PC to x79 a month ago.
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Headroom is a good thing

Too many try to run on a bare minimum PSU - spend a fortune on a rig then scrimp on the power supply
 
got a corsair 650w builders oem one theo ther day and it runs a 4ghz 4670k and 2 r9 280x cards with about 7 fans and pump. It's a good psu. It would run your system with loads of power spare.
 
bemaniac said:
got a corsair 650w builders oem one theo ther day and it runs a 4ghz 4670k and 2 r9 280x cards with about 7 fans and pump. It's a good psu. It would run your system with loads of power spare.
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It might be able to run that but you have no headroom for upgrading your GPU's, your 650w would not run my SLI 670[see sig] never mind a pair of 290x or 780.

Nerd -"Please Sir can l have more Powaa"
 
whyscotty said:
You keep posting that it runs fine - long term it wouldn't be
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Because it does run fine. I'm not advocating buying the smallest PSU available all I'm saying is that legend has always been you need a trillion watt supply which just isn't the case. If my Seasonic was struggling it would have crashed out with OCP but it never did.
A good 600w for any single card rig or 800w for any sli rig (obviously excluding the 500w titans etc)
 
OLDPHART said:
It might be able to run that but you have no headroom for upgrading your GPU's, your 650w would not run my SLI 670[see sig] never mind a pair of 290x or 780.

Nerd -"Please Sir can l have more Powaa"
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Have you tested your system with a power meter, reason being I did run a 670GTX Gigabyte WF card with a Overclocked i7 2700k and custom water and this pulled 330w from the mains at full load - Prime on the CPU and Furmark on the Gpu.
 
RJC said:
Have you tested your system with a power meter, reason being I did run a 670GTX Gigabyte WF card with a Overclocked i7 2700k and custom water and this pulled 330w from the mains at full load - Prime on the CPU and Furmark on the Gpu.
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Yes it will run a single 670 even overclocked not Sli 670 overclocked

Setter for one was struggling a bit with SLI 670 with a HX750w PSU upgraded PSU to a HX850 no problems.
 
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