Should I get a new Power Supply maybe 1000 or 1200 watt

bassybekx · Feb 6, 2014

Ok so I have this buzzing in my headset it only happens when i start up a VOIP program such as Mumble, TS or Skype. I have the AX 180 Triton headset. I have read on many forums that this issue "can" be related to a power supply.

My setup is:

AMD FX 8320 @ 4.4GHz
Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 x2 (Crossfire) OC 1000/1250 MHz
ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z Mobo
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz
Corsair GS700 PSU 700Watt
Corsair H80i Water Cooling
Cooler Master Haf-X Advanced 932 Case
240GB Kingston Hyper-X SSD
2TB Western Digital Desktop 7200rpm
320GB WD Scorpio Blue 7200rpm
500GB Seagate Baracuda (supposed to be) 7200rpm
Asus 24inch Monitor
AOC 22inch Monitor
Corsair K70 Mechanical Red Keyboard
Sharkoon Fireglider Gaming Mouse

Should I upgraded the PSU? or would the buzzing just be the headset?

also on a side not is a 700 watt enough for all this in my system??

tiny voices · Feb 6, 2014

No, even 700w is overkill for your system. SLI 7850s barely use 200w MAX load and your CPU probably uses 150 and the rest of the computer uses 50 so add that up and you have only 400w MAX draw. 650w would be plenty. This is not PSU related.

bassybekx · Feb 6, 2014

tiny voices :

No i know for a fact its using more than that .. fair enough it may not be the psu but i know for a fact that crossfire 7850s use over 400 watts ..

chimera201 · Feb 6, 2014

PSU and headset mostly not related. Must be the headset's fault or some sound settings

tiny voices · Feb 6, 2014

bassybekx :

Sorry you are 100% wrong. the 7850 can only pull 106w MAX. two will pull just barely over 200w. Your computer pulls no more than 400-450w. I promise.

bassybekx · Feb 6, 2014

i for got to mention i have 4 big fans and water cooling with 2 fans on it as well as leds

tiny voices · Feb 6, 2014

an LED fan uses about 3-6w of power AT MOST. Like I said, you r computer uses about 400-450w AT MAX LOAD. I SLI'd gtx660ti's (MUCH MORE POWERFUL CARDS) on a 650w PSU and barely pulled 450w during a burn test.

bassybekx · Feb 6, 2014

burn test? is the software for checking this sort of thing?

tiny voices · Feb 6, 2014

you need a Kill-A-Watt device to measure power draw. Look, your computer uses MAX 400-450w under FULL LOAD. I promise this is accurate. DO NOT worry about your PSU, it is high quality and perfectly overkill for your system.

bassybekx · Feb 6, 2014

tiny voices :

okay it was just curiousity

out of interest though i plan to upgrade to the R9 290 and then later possibly crossfire it .. should i upgrade the psu then?

tiny voices · Feb 6, 2014

For a single 290 700w is way more than enough. For Crossfire, 800-850w is recommended if you have an overclocked CPU. If you have a stock CPU and non overlocked GPUs, 750 would be fine.

bassybekx · Feb 6, 2014

tiny voices :

looks like i'll be getting that 1000watt then after all lmao

tiny voices · Feb 6, 2014

Why? You have no need for it at all.

chimera201 · Feb 7, 2014

Wasn't 'headset buzzing' your original problem?

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