spec me a new 1k or 1.2k PSU please

Jamin280672 · 30 Mar 2014 at 16:44

as the title states, im looking for a new PSU, 1000w or 1200w, I noticed there's not much difference in the price between the 2, its the last piece of my puzzle to my upgraded system.

Im running a Gigabyte Motherboard and I remember reading somewhere that one of the manufactures PSU's don't work with Gigabyte boards, I cant remember which one it was.

Im quite interested in the Silverstone Strider series but not sure if these are the ones that don't work with Gigabyte, im after a fully modular PSU, and this one is on offer at the moment for the 1.2k version.

Doomedspeed · 30 Mar 2014 at 16:59

What's the reason for the high wattage psu? How many GPUs are you running and what are they?

If it is GPU's 12V ampage is important.

Jamin280672 · 30 Mar 2014 at 18:09

Well I have a Gigabyte odin 800w at the moment, about 5 years old, according to the software, I have 100w free left out of that.

Running 2 x R9 270x's looking to add a 3rd.

The Silverstone PSU I was looking at is 100amps on a single 12v Rail, 1.2kfor the same price as a lot of the 1k PSU's.

Doomedspeed · 30 Mar 2014 at 18:20

Gonna be honest adding a 3rd 270X wouldn't be a good idea.

Firstly Tri-Fire doesn't scale too well anyway

Secondly the lack of VRAM will be a factor, as anything which would benifit from the power of a third 270X, like a bigger resolution display or a higher refresh rate monitor also ultilise above more than 2GB of VRAM (in a few of AAA titles) already.

You're better off selling them and grabbing a single (and then a second) 290.