PSU requirments

t103Ninja · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:25

alright i probaly should have asked this before i made the order but kinda to late now :/

i just bought a corsair AX 860 watt PSU for my new system build and i was just wondering if any of you could tell me if its going to provide enough juice

finished system spec:
intel core i7 4770k (will be overclocking)
16gb ram 2400mhz
120gb SSD with two 2tb HDD and one 500gb HDD
MSI GD65 gaming motherboard
corsair h100i water cooler
blue ray drive
a whole bunch of case fans

the big question is of course graphics cards im either going to running MSI GTX 760 4gb in dual SLI or MSI GTX 770 4gb also in dual SLI

will i have enough power?

Leprechaun312 · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:29

yes, you will have enough power, sli 770s you need less than 700w give or take with 5 case fans using this http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

RJC · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:32

plenty, you probably pull around 500w at load.

Booternet · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:32

it would be enough for the one card easily but may stress it a little running sli but i would say you will be fine still, but just to make yourself more then safe when youve next got the funds get a 1000w or above and youll be settled for a long while unless you plan to get tri or quad sli in the future haha.

t103Ninja · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:39

thanks a lot guys i figured it would be enough i just worried cuz i made the order without really checking stuff out

Leprechaun312 · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:40

t103Ninja said:
thanks a lot guys i figured it would be enough i just worried cuz i made the order without really checking stuff out

hey i know your feeling i have an 8350 build i cant use due to the motherboard not being compatible, didn't check till i started getting problems and it was too late.

t103Ninja · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:49

Leprechaun312 said:
hey i know your feeling i have an 8350 build i cant use due to the motherboard not being compatible, didn't check till i started getting problems and it was too late.

ugh that sucks :/

i just used a PSU calculator thingy to confirm what you guys are saying with heavy overclocks and ever component under 100% load id pull 840watts so yeah kinda close but im in

Leprechaun312 · 23 Sep 2013 at 12:55

t103Ninja said:
ugh that sucks :/

just waiting util christmas and then grabing a new motherboard, psu and ram and overclocking it

BinnsY · 23 Sep 2013 at 13:06

It will be fine, I'm running a overclocked 3570k, SLI GTX660's, 3 physical HDD's an SSD, sound card, and a whole ton of case fans of the 760W version of that PSU. It never even stresses it to 70% of that wattage as I've never heard it's fan turn on.

t103Ninja · 23 Sep 2013 at 13:30

BinnsY said:
It will be fine, I'm running a overclocked 3570k, SLI GTX660's, 3 physical HDD's an SSD, sound card, and a whole ton of case fans of the 760W version of that PSU. It never even stresses it to 70% of that wattage as I've never heard it's fan turn on.

great, thanks a lot