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September 26, 2014 1:05:39 PM

How much watts will my PSU need to be in order to run this build

Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Super Gaming Modular Tower Case - VN10006W2N
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
GPU: 2x SLI Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
RAM:Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB 2x8GB DDR3 2400MHz
Motherboard: MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97 MPOWER
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 6 heatpipe with Dual NF-A15 140mm fans
Optical Drive: Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)
SSD: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE120BW
HDD: Western Digital Bare Drives 3TB WD Black SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD3001FAEX

Please Note i will be overclocking CPU and/or using the OC Genie feature on the MOBO.

I estimate needing atleast 1500 watts, but im not exactly sure, so can someone tell me how much recommended wattage my PSU should have.

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September 26, 2014 1:27:07 PM

thanks, but it won't run on 850 watts, a single Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 gaming needs 600 watts, and im gonna run 2 in SLI config.
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September 26, 2014 2:01:48 PM

You don't understand, the 600W includes the processor, motherboard, RAM, video card etc.

Here is your build on pcpartpicker:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($93.70 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($182.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($186.03 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($629.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($629.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition ATX Full Tower Case ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($183.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2826.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 17:05 EDT-0400

The max power is 544W. If you add 100W each for the cpu and video cards for overclocking, you could use 850W. I'd say go with 1,000W.

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September 26, 2014 2:02:54 PM

850w. is more than enough,

I linked the best 850 on the market.
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September 26, 2014 2:05:46 PM

ProShadow117 said:
thanks, but it won't run on 850 watts, a single Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 gaming needs 600 watts, and im gonna run 2 in SLI config.


It recommends 600W for the entire system, the card only needs about 170W based off guru3d's testing, nVidia says it needs ~165W, so you can easily run 2 980s off of an 850W PSU, you could run two of them off of a 750W PSU without issue.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/nvidia-geforce-gtx...
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