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The Fury(X) Fiji Owners Thread
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Hi guys
I have been lurking around this forum post almost since day one and following the, sometimes very interesting discussions. And it is my first post here
I myself got the Fury X a short while after release and got my second card a few days ago. Now I just wanted to show you my rig.
http://i.imgur.com/fjhmvJC.jpg (not sure how sure how you post a image directly)
It’s Gigabyte and XFX cards. They do have the first batch pumps and have a small amount of high pitch whine. My ears can barely pick it up though. There is no coil whine or other noises. Happy about that. Otherwise, they run very smooth. The reason I got two was to make sure I was in the freesync range on my BenQ XL2730z (when crossfire is available ofc)
Later on, I am going to put third party water blocks on them (posting pics of that in the future if you are interested).
If you have any questions let me know
I have been lurking around this forum post almost since day one and following the, sometimes very interesting discussions. And it is my first post here
I myself got the Fury X a short while after release and got my second card a few days ago. Now I just wanted to show you my rig.
http://i.imgur.com/fjhmvJC.jpg (not sure how sure how you post a image directly)
It’s Gigabyte and XFX cards. They do have the first batch pumps and have a small amount of high pitch whine. My ears can barely pick it up though. There is no coil whine or other noises. Happy about that. Otherwise, they run very smooth. The reason I got two was to make sure I was in the freesync range on my BenQ XL2730z (when crossfire is available ofc)
Later on, I am going to put third party water blocks on them (posting pics of that in the future if you are interested).
If you have any questions let me know
Soldato
Is anyone running a pair of these on 850W? I'm a little worried my poor PSU won't handle them - all the benchmarks I've seen have the full system power draw at 700-800W so in theory I should be fine but... TX850M btw.
Your CPU is 4.8ghz. It is eating in a lot into PSU, so second card would be over the top I think. Though I used to run 2 7970s on 850 PSU.
AND I remember motherboard 4 pin CPU voltage supply melted
And it seems I am getting my memory back, I was running 290x with 7970 off of 850w seasonic unit with fx8350 at stock. It was folding 24/7. PSU still alive and kicking
Soldato
Your CPU is 4.8ghz. It is eating in a lot into PSU, so second card would be over the top I think. Though I used to run 2 7970s on 850 PSU.
AND I remember motherboard 4 pin CPU voltage supply melted
And it seems I am getting my memory back, I was running 290x with 7970 off of 850w seasonic unit with fx8350 at stock. It was folding 24/7. PSU still alive and kicking
Ah yeah I dropped my overclock, I run at 4.4GHz now -- uses a LOT less voltage and now my temps don't go past 60
(more than 0.1v less iirc.) Currently running a pair of 7970s on it, but from what I've seen they pull less power than the Fury so *shrug* I guess I can only try and see
Soldato
I ran my two fury x on an EVGA 650 psu, had to remove the cpu overclock but it worked.
Guys, the problem with our own statements is we run our systems differently. For me stable and safe system means 24/7 non stop folding full on. IT runs when I am sleeping, runs when I am at work. So I never take a risk of running something out of their specs, especially PSU. Yes 850W PSU could on paper run 2 fury xs, yes it would be stable. But when you factor HDDs, CPU, RAM and motherboard itself, PSU will be near its limits or over it. Seasonic can run at these situations but I do not want to leave my system unattended while I am at work when it is running on PSU at its limits. Factor in some lovely English summers we got in past couple of years and that PSU is meant to catch fire eventually. I don't want to take the risk and come back from work to burnt down house.
For most of you guys stable and safe machine is several hours of gaming/benchmarking in the evening, and systems get switched off at night and during day. So these kind of circumstances barely stress good PSUs.
All the good brands of PSUs 850W will be able to run 2x fury x for gaming and stuff, but keep in mind you are testing the PSUs quality then.
Running 2 fury x on 650W PSU especially EVGA is asking for trouble. Yes it worked, but at what cost and for how long?
I learnt one thing during all these decades of building PCs: do not ignore the PSUs.
For most of you guys stable and safe machine is several hours of gaming/benchmarking in the evening, and systems get switched off at night and during day. So these kind of circumstances barely stress good PSUs.
All the good brands of PSUs 850W will be able to run 2x fury x for gaming and stuff, but keep in mind you are testing the PSUs quality then.
Running 2 fury x on 650W PSU especially EVGA is asking for trouble. Yes it worked, but at what cost and for how long?
I learnt one thing during all these decades of building PCs: do not ignore the PSUs.
Soldato
Totally agree, I've learnt the hard way over the last 15 years of building systems, hence the 1000w that I've now using
Soldato
Your CPU is 4.8ghz. It is eating in a lot into PSU, so second card would be over the top I think. Though I used to run 2 7970s on 850 PSU.
AND I remember motherboard 4 pin CPU voltage supply melted
And it seems I am getting my memory back, I was running 290x with 7970 off of 850w seasonic unit with fx8350 at stock. It was folding 24/7. PSU still alive and kicking
I had a FX 8320 @ 4.9ghz eating well over 200w alone with a 7990 on a 750w PSU.
I then ran a 5820k with two Titan Black EVGA SOC bios on a 850w again no issues.
I would say it will be fine, so long as you have a good brand PSU and don't go mental on the overclocks..
Thing is my 850w PSU comes with four 8 pin PCIE power connectors so what does that tell me?
Soldato
True. I leave mine on overnight, but it's never being stressed then - usually just has a movie or something on. The only time it's stressed is when I'm present and playing a game, I don't think catching fire while I'm not paying attention would be an issue - my biggest concern is if the system gets damaged if the PSU goes.
Well mine's a Corsair TX850M so I don't think brand is a problem, and as for overclocks -- is it even possible to go overboard on the X? I've not seen anyone get much out of it yet =(
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I cheaped out on a psu once and got a 20 quid 750 watt job to replace a 300 watt one so I could put a 560ti and a quad core cpu in a dual core HP system I owned. Because 750 watts was meant to be more than enough for such a single card pc I thought it would be fine. I set it up and went to make a cup of tea. When I cam back up the PC was dead and it turned out the psu had taken the brand new DCUII 560ti with it. I'll never buy another cheapo as it wasn't so cheap in the end, For the last 4 years I've had a Bronze rated TX850 v2. Not the best (for the same money I can get an 850 watt modular gold nowadays) but it only has to run a single card set up and it hasn't missed a beat yet. I don't leave my PC on 24/7 but it does do 10 to 12 hours most days. I'm planning on getting a modular Superflower after I get my Fury. I'll more than likely go 850 with that (unless there's a deal on a 1000w) as I'm not going to go dual card for the forseeable future and hopefully the next gen will have enough of a performance boost so I don't have too.
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I bought a quality 1k psu (in sig) about 3.5yrs ago and it's served me very very well indeed! Handled any dual-card (and heavily overclocked) system I've thrown at it with ease, love it. They really are the heart of your system 
Expecting it to last me for a few more
Expecting it to last me for a few more
Soldato
Listen mate any decent PSU will have protection any way, so as soon as you over load it it will cut out.
Check this out.
Core 2 E4500 running 3.5ghz with two EVGA GTX 295 co op on a 625w Enermax Modu II.
It never missed a single beat. I used to use it for Surround in and around 2010 and it was amazing.
There's no reason on earth why you can't load up a power supply to 90% or so really. They're supposedly efficient to up to 95+% now any way.
I'm using the corsair AX 860 ( platinum rated ) , I always heard that these can run 2 graphics cards fine no problems, never tried it though, the thing that puts me off the 1000w+ ones is the extra cost but also they appear to be larger, which would be a problem for my mid tower case which is packed with watercooling stuff. I was wondering though yesterday what sort of power you would need for 5960x + Xfire
I think my fury x might get a proper challenge soon as I plan to run microsoft FSX on triple screen with the best mods I can find, it gets around 90 frames on a single screen without addons
I think my fury x might get a proper challenge soon as I plan to run microsoft FSX on triple screen with the best mods I can find, it gets around 90 frames on a single screen without addons
Again, you guys need to understand I am talking out of my own neck of the woods, where I am sitting with i7 [email protected].
Here is a little guide about x99 overclocking:
http://rog.asus.com/365052014/overclocking/rog-overclocking-guide-core-for-5960x-5930k-5820k/
Here is some quotes:
and
Also, does any of you have tools and ability to calculate drawn power from your components? Heck even GPU manufacturers do not state explicitly how many amps the cards needs anymore.
So does any of you actually know exactly how much does your system needs(I'm not talking about from the wall, as that included PSU inefficiency as well)?
So, saying things like, it is OK to load PSU 90%, etc is same as guessing that you are loading your PSU 90%, since I doubt you have calculated exact power draw of your system.
Here is a little guide about x99 overclocking:
http://rog.asus.com/365052014/overclocking/rog-overclocking-guide-core-for-5960x-5930k-5820k/
Here is some quotes:
and
Also, does any of you have tools and ability to calculate drawn power from your components? Heck even GPU manufacturers do not state explicitly how many amps the cards needs anymore.
So does any of you actually know exactly how much does your system needs(I'm not talking about from the wall, as that included PSU inefficiency as well)?
So, saying things like, it is OK to load PSU 90%, etc is same as guessing that you are loading your PSU 90%, since I doubt you have calculated exact power draw of your system.
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Everyone's requirements and components are different, I think everyone knows that, For me with a single card stock clock system running 10 to 12 hours a day every day I don't know the exact requirements so I chose to go above so there's no problem even if I do choose to overclock in the future. To do that I chose a 850 watt psu but I'd be happy if it was a 750 watt too, I went 850 so that if I do go dual card again in the future it will run it in the short term until I can get one I'm happy with. If I choose to go dual card I'll probably buy a 1000 watt psu, In the short term my 850 would run it but I'd want to replace it as soon as money permits.
Soldato
With a decent single rail PSU the only issue is the wiring of the PSU itself. IIRC they use around 16 AWG? which will get hot if you put strain on it no matter what the PSU.
The mention of burnt connectors has nothing to do with wattage of the PSU it just has to do with the fact that whoever did that (can't remember right now) was pulling too many amps through a cable and the cable burnt.
New boards either have a MOLEX or PCIE connector to spread the power load over more cables so that you don't get brown outs. There was a notorious issue with some X58 boards where certain wires in the 24 pin would burn out if you used more than one GPU. Board manus solved this by adding another power source for the draw of the GPUs.
But as I said, this has no bearing on whether an 850w PSU is enough. I think it is, more than enough. If it wasn't then I would not have four 8 pin cables coming out of my PSU I would only have two.
The Corsair CX 430 or whatever it's called now only has one 6 pin PCIE connector coming out, so pretty much tells you what it's good for.
I just can't see a system, even a 5960x one with two Fury X pulling more than 700w. In which case that's around 80% draw of a 850w PSU which nowadays are rated up to 95% and higher efficiency meaning they can deliver that sort of power without creating a whole load of waste heat and power.
Take a look at this.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/enermax_modu82_ii_625w_psu_review,6.html
nForce 790i motherboard (has high power consumption)
Core 2 Quad QX 9770 Processor (overclocked to 3.6 GHz)
2x GeForce GTX 295 primary (4 GPUs)
1x GeForce GTX 280 (PhysX)
3 GB Memory DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
Optical Drive x1
HDD x1
So five GPUs and a darn power hungry board and CPU running from a 625w PSU.
The mention of burnt connectors has nothing to do with wattage of the PSU it just has to do with the fact that whoever did that (can't remember right now) was pulling too many amps through a cable and the cable burnt.
New boards either have a MOLEX or PCIE connector to spread the power load over more cables so that you don't get brown outs. There was a notorious issue with some X58 boards where certain wires in the 24 pin would burn out if you used more than one GPU. Board manus solved this by adding another power source for the draw of the GPUs.
But as I said, this has no bearing on whether an 850w PSU is enough. I think it is, more than enough. If it wasn't then I would not have four 8 pin cables coming out of my PSU I would only have two.
The Corsair CX 430 or whatever it's called now only has one 6 pin PCIE connector coming out, so pretty much tells you what it's good for.
I just can't see a system, even a 5960x one with two Fury X pulling more than 700w. In which case that's around 80% draw of a 850w PSU which nowadays are rated up to 95% and higher efficiency meaning they can deliver that sort of power without creating a whole load of waste heat and power.
Take a look at this.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/enermax_modu82_ii_625w_psu_review,6.html
nForce 790i motherboard (has high power consumption)
Core 2 Quad QX 9770 Processor (overclocked to 3.6 GHz)
2x GeForce GTX 295 primary (4 GPUs)
1x GeForce GTX 280 (PhysX)
3 GB Memory DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
Optical Drive x1
HDD x1
So five GPUs and a darn power hungry board and CPU running from a 625w PSU.
Soldato
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lmao, that isn't what the efficiency rating means
but by the by, as yes you can actually run most power supplies slightly past their rated maximum without any problems