watts needed for GTX 970 SLI?

Frost_

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hello,im planning to upgrade my graphic card to GTX 970 SLI Soon but i don't know how many watts it needed,i got the 650W PSU right now,is that enough or should i upgrade my psu?
 
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650 is NG

looking at the referenced link .... nVidia's minimum is 675 (so say 750) ..... Guru 3D has 800 but, as explained on the linked page, that's a bit over sated as they have an extra 100 watts being pulled by the 3960K (230 watts) as opposed to haswell (130 w. OC) ... you'd want 800 w/ a 3960c oc'd as theirs is (230 watts)

GRUxTSAR

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I'd recommend 750w, but 650w might be cutting it very close if you don't overclock anything

 
650 is NG

looking at the referenced link .... nVidia's minimum is 675 (so say 750) ..... Guru 3D has 800 but, as explained on the linked page, that's a bit over sated as they have an extra 100 watts being pulled by the 3960K (230 watts) as opposed to haswell (130 w. OC) ... you'd want 800 w/ a 3960c oc'd as theirs is (230 watts)
 
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