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madman045

madman045

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I am in the process of upgrading my PC and was wondering if the following will be sufficient

Corsair Professional Series AX 760W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020045-UK) - £149.99

I have the following

I7-3820
P9X79 Pro
32gb
5x 120mm 1x200mm
3x SSD 1x 1TB WD Black 1x WD 1TB Green
Optical drive
PCI-E soundcard

I will be adding this

replacing my 7970 with a 290X (1440p gaming) and swap my CPU cooler for the Corsair H100i

not looking to spend anymore than £150 unless OCUK magically get the SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1200W back in stock before March

Thanks

Andy
 
It will be enough.
I calculated some time ago my own power need/usage and the rig I was going to build including overclocked 4770k and 290x, some leds, few ssd/hdd drives etc used 670w.
I have evga 750w psu with gold rating.
As far as its a single 290, you will be ok.
If you need some solid confirmation, googke for online calculators, there are a few out there.
 
The AX is enough. I was on a 290x @ 1241/1550 and 8320 @5.1 on a OCZ750, which triggered protections every once in a while. The AX has a fair bit more on teh 12v rail, so shouldn't be a problem for you. BTW, if you grab a cool after market version of the 290x, though it wont save you any money, it will use less power than one that runs much hotter. Not a huge difference but it was the difference between my PSU triggering the protections with stock cooler and not triggering at all with watercooling.

I now run a 1000w gold Superflower, must say, what a beast. Reason being that I plan on doubling up on the GPU, as soon as i meet a generous billionaire on the street :D. Also stopped trusting the PSU as soon as OCZ as a company went bust (bye bye 5 year warranty :().
 
Avenged, go rob Santa or something :-)
I know the feeling tho, I just got my wages for overtime during Xmas and it all melted already.
But at least I managed to squeeze a little something for myself - bought the mITX Colossus today ( as a solution to my 'upgrade bug' - cant upgrade much if you have mITX case :D ).
 
Bart_Hunt said:
Avenged, go rob Santa or something :-)
I know the feeling tho, I just got my wages for overtime during Xmas and it all melted already.
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I would if i could, the ******* didn't send me any Watercooling prezzies this year!

I work part time in retail and part time as a computer repair/overclock/upgrade guy, whenever i can find business. Unfortunately the extra 25 hours per week i put into my retail job for Christmas, cant be paid due to my employers lack of budget. Instead i get a ton of holidays credited (no good to me, i need the money to live lol). I cant buy watercooling with holidays :(

Unless... maybe Gibbo can introduce a new innovative paid holiday/credit scheme :D

@OP
If i were you i would net the 1000w Superflower gold (which i have and can confirm once again how awesome they are, right down to each glowy connector!) OR go for the platinum version, which i should have done. The platinum Superflowers come standard with a 10 year warranty and that alone is worth the premium!
 
Yes a good 850 Gold at least will do, but if going to install a 2nd GPU and maybe 4930k a 1000W Gold. To have that little bit extra power for good OC and stability.

Just built a x79/4820k/ 16GB/ SLI 670 and custom loop EVGA G2 1000w Gold based on the SuperFlower Leadex Platinum >4.6GHz and Stable.
 
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