PSU upgrade. ideas?

VARDY · 14 Jan 2009 at 22:52

currently im on a Corsair 750W PSU. however with future upgrades coming i am unsure on how much more the current one will cope with.

i have seen some reviews of GPUs eating up 400W on load. i eventually would like to run Crossfire aswell.

you can see my current specs in my sig.

price is no problem, but i want to know if i should get a 1000W or 1200W (other?). modular is a must

Phatjayunoi · 14 Jan 2009 at 23:07

Crossfire is plenty enough on that PSU. You'd only need 1000W if you are going to Tri-Quad SLI/Crossfire.

GPU's eating up 400W is a load of bull. That figure will include all your other components in total inside the PC as well.

Ultim8 · 14 Jan 2009 at 23:08

Corsair 1000HX or Coolermaster 1000w both these will run 1000w all day long with a max load of around 1200-1300w

Ultim8 · 14 Jan 2009 at 23:09

for an idea of what you need use this http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

eiko_magami · 15 Jan 2009 at 00:16

you can check out this thread to http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17957765
nice results from people with power meters measuring systems.