- Jan 28, 2014
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Good Morning, the problem is as follows:
I recently purchased, and received a Tritton Pro+ 5.1 True Surround gaming headset with mic (PC Version). Upon installation, I was slightly disappointed to realise that my headset did not work at all. After further investigation, I realised that I lacked the necessary audio jacks on the back of my PC, the audio being on-board, and that my particular model of headset does not come with the decoder box from Dolby/Tritton.
I therefore purchased a sound card, an Asus Xonar DSX PCI Express 7.1-Channel Audio Card. Everything looked to be okay, I am waiting for it to arrive.
However, I have realised after double checking that my PSU may not handle the extra power requirements of the card, my specs so far are as follows:
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX 8320 Octo Core Black Edition (Not Overclocked)
GPU: NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Super-clocked Edition (w/o ACX Cooler)
M/B: Gigabyte 970a-DS3 (not sure what rev. level)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 1TB
SSD Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 128gb SSD
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1333Mhz DDR3
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H100i Liquid Cooler (two fans and a 240mm rad)
Optical Drive; Standard LG Drive
K/B: Razer Blackwidow Expert 2013 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
MOU: Razer Abyssus Mirror Edition Gaming Mouse
PSU: 750W OCZ Vertex (Non Modular)
I also have a printer and some external speakers hooked up.
I read that my 780ti Required 600W Power as standard, and found a link which said during gameplay, I could reach up to 380W of power draw from my sound card.
The combined total of these cards is more than my PSU can handle, so bearing in mind that I have already ordered the card, what should I do? Even if it does work, will it decrease the product life of my other components, or do I risk frying my other components?
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks
Volta 13
I recently purchased, and received a Tritton Pro+ 5.1 True Surround gaming headset with mic (PC Version). Upon installation, I was slightly disappointed to realise that my headset did not work at all. After further investigation, I realised that I lacked the necessary audio jacks on the back of my PC, the audio being on-board, and that my particular model of headset does not come with the decoder box from Dolby/Tritton.
I therefore purchased a sound card, an Asus Xonar DSX PCI Express 7.1-Channel Audio Card. Everything looked to be okay, I am waiting for it to arrive.
However, I have realised after double checking that my PSU may not handle the extra power requirements of the card, my specs so far are as follows:
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX 8320 Octo Core Black Edition (Not Overclocked)
GPU: NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Super-clocked Edition (w/o ACX Cooler)
M/B: Gigabyte 970a-DS3 (not sure what rev. level)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 1TB
SSD Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 128gb SSD
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1333Mhz DDR3
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H100i Liquid Cooler (two fans and a 240mm rad)
Optical Drive; Standard LG Drive
K/B: Razer Blackwidow Expert 2013 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
MOU: Razer Abyssus Mirror Edition Gaming Mouse
PSU: 750W OCZ Vertex (Non Modular)
I also have a printer and some external speakers hooked up.
I read that my 780ti Required 600W Power as standard, and found a link which said during gameplay, I could reach up to 380W of power draw from my sound card.
The combined total of these cards is more than my PSU can handle, so bearing in mind that I have already ordered the card, what should I do? Even if it does work, will it decrease the product life of my other components, or do I risk frying my other components?
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks
Volta 13
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