What power supply would you put in this build ?

Ash0787 · 29 Oct 2015 at 15:03

From an aesthetic standpoint ?

I want at least 1200w platinum but beyond that I am struggling to decide, I dont plan to use more than 800w of power,
however I think the longer 1600w might look better due to scale, but it would add more weight

I was initially thinking of a pure black 1200w one, but the superflower one have a white fan and emits light
( I am doing lights but not sure I want them from the power supply where I dont have control over it )

any ideas ?

~~ The watercooling isnt supposed to be like that btw, I am having trouble getting the parts that I need

Ash0787 · 29 Oct 2015 at 19:33

I am intending to put a second graphics card in eventually and the cpu is x99 so I believe it will end up drawing over 750 watts,
the current power supply that I have which I could use if neccesary is an AX 860, however I wouldn't feel comfortable pushing the limits of the power supply like that, hence looking at a 1200w model, also I am thinking a normal sized power supply is going to look overly small given the size of the case

In terms of aesthetics I want the reservoir to glow a bright blue colour
which will be contrasted by the red leds on the graphics cards and the board colour, then I am wanting to use a clear cpu block with a purple or pink coloured light. The previous system I made was a black / white theme hence trying to do different this time ( no white parts )

I might also use lights around the sides to make the hardware more visible, but it depends how it ends up looking with all the other lights

Ash0787 · 30 Oct 2015 at 14:30

I figured out how to mount my raystorm cpu block, allowing me to boot the system properly and try different lights

I think the white light for the res actually looks better so I might end up adjusting the colour combinations in the end, the blue might look better if less dark ( the camera changes the colours slightly ), havent figured out how to insert the LEDs into the cpu yet.

As you can see the AX860 power supply looks quite small compared to everything else and there is a lot of unused space

Can anybody spot my REALLY bad mistake that I need to go and fix now ?

Also as to the question - I just use the most powerful single cards I can get, if somebody makes one that uses 500w I would use that, most seem to cap out around 300 though

Ash0787 · 31 Oct 2015 at 08:23

Its a 5820K at maximum overclock ( having trouble getting it stable though, never used XMP before ) with 2 fury x ( only have 1 so far ), they draw 300w each without overclock according to benchmark sites, if voltage get unlocked maybe 350w ? I heard X99 can draw 150w + add 100w for the rest of the system, that makes 950w theoretically

As I said its mainly the aesthetic factor that I wanted ideas around,
mainly full length without lights vs shorter 1200w with lights

My previous system was i5 4670K with 780Ti ( both heavily overclock ) with 2 radiators in a corsair 450d case,
with the AX 860 power supply, the main reason I changed case is that I thought the power supply would struggle
with a stronger cpu and another graphics card, but also because there was no space left in the case and it was
a jungle of cables