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April 10, 2014 12:00:55 PM

I'm willing to upgrade my PC and add another GTX 760 to it with 2-way SLI
I'm worrying about the power available in my current PSU (720W) besides I may add liquid cooling to the GPU'S
I'm wondering what is a good PSU with a power of 1000W with a limited budget ?
my CPU is AMD FX-9370 which consumes 220W already.
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a c 83 ) Power supply
April 10, 2014 12:06:36 PM

How limited is your budget? I'd recommend the PSU I have, it's great for the price.
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April 10, 2014 12:07:49 PM

AX860i will do just fine.
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April 10, 2014 12:08:38 PM

Eduello said:
How limited is your budget? I'd recommend the PSU I have, it's great for the price.


the least budget I could take with a reliable PSU let's say if I could find a PSU with less than $80
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a b ) Power supply
April 10, 2014 12:09:25 PM

What PSU do you currently have? You should only need about 690W total with at least 50A on the +12V rail.
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a c 106 ) Power supply
April 10, 2014 12:10:30 PM

well even with that cpu your psu shout suffice for 2x760 if it is a decent one. is it?
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April 10, 2014 12:10:31 PM

Xiembeest said:
AX860i will do just fine.


I hear that corsair PSU are the best but it's over the budget and I'm still wondering if my current one is sufficient or not
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April 10, 2014 12:12:23 PM

Feras Kh said:
I hear that corsair PSU are the best but it's over the budget and I'm still wondering if my current one is sufficient or not


Corsair are good, but not the best. Their top models are just rebranded Seasonics. Also, please list your PSU so I can help you decide if you actually need an upgrade or not.
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April 10, 2014 12:12:54 PM

chris987 said:
well even with that cpu your psu shout suffice for 2x760 if it is a decent one. is it?


The PSU I have is Gigabyte but I don't remember the model. the power available is 720W
if we say it is enough for 2X 760. is it enough with NZXT Kraken G10 cooling ???
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a b ) Power supply
April 10, 2014 12:15:26 PM

Feras Kh said:
The PSU I have is Gigabyte but I don't remember the model. the power available is 720W
if we say it is enough for 2X 760. is it enough with NZXT Kraken G10 cooling ???


It's hard to say without knowing exact specs. The amperage is more important than wattage. In any case, the best upgrade you'll find is currently the Antec HCG M 850W. It's the absolute cheapest (quality) PSU you will get right now.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg850m
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April 10, 2014 12:23:34 PM

Blaise170 said:
Feras Kh said:
The PSU I have is Gigabyte but I don't remember the model. the power available is 720W
if we say it is enough for 2X 760. is it enough with NZXT Kraken G10 cooling ???


It's hard to say without knowing exact specs. The amperage is more important than wattage. In any case, the best upgrade you'll find is currently the Antec HCG M 850W. It's the absolute cheapest (quality) PSU you will get right now.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg850m


Yeah, anything cheaper than this, that claims to be 1000W is likely to be very poor quality and not good for your components. It's also not going to last very long.
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a c 106 ) Power supply
April 10, 2014 12:42:42 PM

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
well i found these (superb) models with slightly different specs. is yours one of these? if so, none of those two are actually 720w as this is at both stated as peak and not continous power and if planning of any o/c on cpu or gpu's better go for a better one. 1000w isnt actually needed nor 850w. the antec suggested above is a very good one but an 750w one is still enough for such setup. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg750m or http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbef...
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_760_sl...
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April 10, 2014 7:04:16 PM

chris987 said:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
well i found these (superb) models with slightly different specs. is yours one of these? if so, none of those two are actually 720w as this is at both stated as peak and not continuous power and if planning of any o/c on cpu or gpu's better go for a better one. 1000w isn't actually needed nor 850w. the antec suggested above is a very good one but an 750w one is still enough for such setup. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg750m or http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbef...
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_760_sl...


I've checked the model and yes this is the exact PSU that I have and it's 610W and 720W is the peak wattage
but now i'm facing another problem and I think it is the problem
my GPU temperature is increasing insanely around 80 C and the PC shuts down, could it be because of the psu ??

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a c 2489 ) Power supply
April 10, 2014 7:34:58 PM

Gigabyte power supplies are poor.

What board do you have.
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April 11, 2014 4:43:03 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
Gigabyte power supplies are poor.

What board do you have.


GA-990FXA-UD3
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