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Power supply for my 7970 ghz?

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October 9, 2013 4:37:25 PM

I have a FX-4130 AMD processor and just got a AMD 7970 ghz edition GPU what power supply should I get, is 700 watts enough?

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October 9, 2013 4:49:36 PM

Definitely 700 watts is enough, but I recommend going higher (eg 1000w) in case you decide to Crossfire 7970s later. That's exactly what happened to me - I got one 7970 and a 660W power supply - worked great but I had to get a new power supply when I added another 7970.
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October 9, 2013 4:50:41 PM

700w is more than enough, you could run it with a decent 500 or 550, just make sure it's a good psu. I'd go down to something a bit lower and start saving for a cpu upgrade.
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October 9, 2013 4:54:33 PM

Amin Sabet said:
Definitely 700 watts is enough, but I recommend going higher (eg 1000w) in case you decide to Crossfire 7970s later. That's exactly what happened to me - I got one 7970 and a 660W power supply - worked great but I had to get a new power supply when I added another 7970.


That's excessively generous, a good 750w can run 7970's crossfired without a problem...
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October 9, 2013 5:12:57 PM

Yes 750 watts is enough. I would recommend a Power supply made by Seasonic (X-series or Platinum series) or Corsair (RM, AX or AXi).
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October 9, 2013 8:40:29 PM

I dont have it running 24/7 like this cause it gets a little warm in my room but i've had my cpu with hyper threading on at 4.8ghz and my 2 7970's at 1200/1700 on my NZXT 1000w and ran prime95 and furmark at the same time for 18hr no problems but i recommend an 800w seasonic or nzxt hale90 v2 psu so in the future you can add some more things if you like.
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