save £100 and dsr my ax850 for a cheaper one ? please help

garyfl · 28 Feb 2012 at 14:16

ive dsr'd my ti and going with a cheap card from mm or bay, that saves me exactly £205 for kepler. i have the option now to dsr my ax850 which is 169.99 and been offered a thermaltake tough power xt 850 watt on the mm for 55 or a brand new XFX 650 XXX EDITION for 59 on the bay.saving me £110.

also would the xfx 650 power say a 300 watt gpu when kepler comes along. with a x79 setup/3820. i have an ssd and hdd, no drive bay. 16gb ram etc.

right so basically, should i choose any of those options and get rid my my psu, or should i keep psu and just be happy with the gpu dsr. everything else inmy build is great, no regrets what so ever.

something says just stick with the ax, and just dsr the gpu saving 200 along. dsring the psu will only mean me upgrading in future cos its crap.

stulid · 28 Feb 2012 at 14:18

If you are only ever going to use a single card, I would pick the XFX and keep the change for Kepler

garyfl · 28 Feb 2012 at 14:28

would the xfx power a high end kepler, i remember a site in which you input what you have and it gives you a rated wattage. both the psus are bronze btw my ax is gold with 92% efficiency.

stulid · 28 Feb 2012 at 14:31

garyfl said:
would the xfx power a high end kepler, i remember a site in which you input what you have and it gives you a rated wattage. both the psus are bronze btw my ax is gold with 92% efficiency.

Im sure it will, even dual GPU cards such as the GTX590/ATI6990 are fine on a good 650W PSU.

A single GPU card such as Kepler wont consume as much, ATI's current high-end (7970) is fine on a 550W PSU.