850w enough juice?
Looking at getting a new PSU for my benching rig. Currently running a Corsair HX620w and its time to go bigger. I do understand that the psu isn't a place to skimp but I am on a shoe string budget at the moment.
So, will this Corsair AX850 handle the load of some Dice/LN2 action and a couple of GPUs in Crossfire/SLI without skipping a beat? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9015&Tpk=ax850 Or hould I step it up to this 1000w? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...007&Tpk=hx1000 Or should I just save up for an overkill 1200w-1500W PSU? Or, bear with me, should I run dual PSU's. 850w for Mobo/GPU's and 620w for all other aux stuff like, fans, pumps, hdds, ect........... My brain is like a pretzel right now :Dizzy: Thanks, OCM :thumbsup: |
The 1000w Corsair you have linked is modular.
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Nice catch, I ment fully modular. *Edited*
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hx1000 is not good imo
as for 850w.....best is the hx850.... ax850 is ok..but the hx850 is better for oc... |
Dual psu's are also cool if you're running a water setup. take the un-needed strain off your main rig. I never use my main psu for any water cooling pumps,fans, etc. and i have a 1200w Pc power&cooling main psu.
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Ok, so does the HX850W have enough juice for benching stable on Dice/LN2 with a couple of of GPU's in the loop? And just keep the HX620W for all other duties.
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So will a quality 850w PSU have enough juice to bench stable on DICE/LN2? pullhair:deadhorse::confused2:
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Depends on the setup.
Mobo:? CPU:? GPU:? HDD:? |
AM3 Mobo
1090T/965BE 2x 5770's For starters The HX620W can take the duties of everything else. Pump, Fans, HDD, ect...... I guess a better question would be, what can I expect a quality 850w psu to handle? |
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