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Iguanidon

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Hey folks... my desktops psu quit working and I don't have the resources to drop on another right now. I ll attempt to get on my laptop but that only gets 10 - 20 fps on bf4.

Either way I'll be on TS at least. Any recommendations for a psu to go with would be great
 
So this suggestion depends on your hardware. But if you're not over clocking like crazy or running a crazy gpu setup a corsair cx 600w bronze psu is never a bad choice. Affordable and reliable.

I always go with corsair. Ever since I was a kid we've used corsair psus and never once had an issue. If your budget allows it, there's a 750w which is never a bad idea for making sure you have enough power for upgrades and such. Once again, I'm not sure what you're running in your pc, these suggested psus are for the average mid-high tier pcs and you may need something over 750 watts.
 
There are plenty of good companies putting out PSUs but you should go modular to control your cable management
 
I am thinking 900 watts is about as light as I can go on Power supplies.
 
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holy shit @razorbackx thats perfect. I know @Iguanidon is running a dual R290x2 or something like that. Very thirsty for powah. I am SLI so I know what will and won't work. I might just purchase that one myself tho lol
 
I wouldn't. For me it's Seasonic and Corsair or bust. They make very reliable PSUs (specifically the Seasonic based Corsairs.) I had an Ultra back in the say and i couldn't overclock as there was issues with voltage regulation. Plus Seasonic and Corsair have at least 60+amps on the +12 Volt rail.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151110

1050w modular psu with +12V@87A. Delicious.
 
I am running dual fury X's which draw about the same as the 980 ti's. I've also got 7 hard drives to power. Running a 6700k cpu. I am thinking 1k is probably where I need to sit. Gives me play room and I don't have to worry about overloading.
 
New Egg's PSU calculator is saying I need a 852 watts to power my system. I am not sure how accurate that is.
 
I like the evga but like I said. I'm tapped out because of the holidays and traveling. Oh well guess I have to find something to do in the meantime
 
Iguanidon said:
New Egg's PSU calculator is saying I need a 852 watts to power my system. I am not sure how accurate that is.
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That sounds about right. For this build I'm running a EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 80+ GOLD:
  • Intel i7 4770k
  • 32GB DDR3 2133MHz
  • Asus Maximus Vi Formula
  • 1x Corsair gForce SSD for OS/Important Games & Apps
  • 2x WD Velociraptor 10,000rpm HDD in RAID 0 for Storage
  • 1x WD Red HDD (for backup)
  • NZXT Kraken x60 AIO CPU Water Cooler
  • 2x Asus GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 in SLI
  • 3x 120mm Noctua NF-F12 PWM fans in front intake
  • 2x 140mm Noctua NF-A14 PWM fans up top exhaust
  • 1x 140mm Corsair AF140 at rear exhaust (I like the red color coding)
But get this... even using a synthetic stress test in AIDA64 to stress my memory, CPU, HDD's, GPU's, etc. my max power draw from the wall is no more than 630W. I use one of those UPS thingies and it has a USB cable to tell me exactly how much I'm pulling from the wall, and during a stress test I never pass 630W.

Also keep in mind that these Bronze/Silver/Gold energy efficiency only occurs at near peak usage. That is to say... if I were to take my 850W 80+ Gold Supply and constantly run it at 400-500W loads, my efficiency would drop like a lead balloon.

Troubleshooting power supplies is such a pain because it's the only component not to return an error code when it goes bad that some people actually keep a known working PSU in storage just for troubleshooting purposes :D

Me personally... I stick with eVGA power supplies. I used to be a die hard Corsair fan (and I'll be embarrass to admit... Rosewill before that) until a supply of theirs killed me. Now I know every manufacturer has a margin of error and everyone is going to have faults.. but this particular fault of theirs killed my $500 GTX780 and sent a power surge to my motherboard. Thankfully, my mobo has inline surge protection which caught it before any damage to my board was done. Since then I've been eVGA sorta like after a certain beer makes you puke, you switch beers for a little bit.

Either way no matter the deal never skimp on your PSU. You want that good warranty on it incase it goes postal inside your case.
 
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