Powering an EVGA GTX 980 Ti ACX 2.0+

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I have been using the same CX600 corsair PSU For about 5 years now. It's never let me down or cut out or had any problems what so ever.

For the majority of it's life it's been powering an i5 2500k OC'd to 4.5Ghz and a 560 Ti.

I can't remember clearly, but I think the 560 Ti had a min power requirement of 500. The min power req on a 980 Ti is 600. So I'm pushing this to the limit, I think.

Any ways, do you guys think this will be enough power or should I look into buying another PSU. What's the worst that could happen? The 980 Ti burns up my PSU, causing it to die? (But probably wont cause damage to the rest of my components?)
 
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Don't really need one, this PSU can't handle SLI in the first place, it doesn't have enough 8pin or 6pin connectors.

Beyond that, I'm treating this as my future proof solution. I want to be able to play games on the highest settings, at 1080p and 60fps for the next few years. Based on what I've seen, this 980 Ti should be able to do just that. And eventually, when(if) I upgrade to a 2k 120 fps monitor, I'll still be set.


Thanks for the info!
 
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hmmm. Well it's running a HEAVILY over clocked 970 right now. This 970 pushes up benchmarks close to reference 980s. I have no idea how much power my OC'd 970 draws, but I'll keep that in mind.

How did the CX series merit such a poor reputation?

Is there any way to test the components of a PSU? That doesn't involve something insane like total disassemble.

 
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A PSU is a component that when it goes bad can possibly take a whole system out. Yes the GPU will be able to run, which was the question, but it is true, You would wanna run a much higher quality PSU with that card.

Anything from this list of PSU's would be fine, just make sure to keep the wattage. A personal recommendation is the XFX XTR, as I have had nothing but good experiences with it, but again anything from this list should be good.

Tier One
The highest quality and most stable Power Supply Units available. Protected by industrial grade protection circuitry and can output wattage at a rated maximum temperature of 50°C or below. These units are also Haswell certified, meaning they can cope with the C6 and C7 sleep states of 0.05Amps without triggering the under-current protection switch. May even go over labelled wattage and still work until it safely shuts down.


Antec High Current Pro Platinum Delta Electronics

Be Quiet
Dark Power Pro P10 / 850w FSP (550w - 750w) / Seasonic (850w - 1200w)
Dark Power Pro P11 850w FSP

Corsair
AX / AXi series 760w - 1200w Seasonic (AX) / Flextronics (AXi)
AX1500i Flextronics
HXi Channel Well Technology
RMi 750w Channel Well Technology

Cooler Master V series / V series 1200w Seasonic

EVGA
SuperNova G2 / P2 / T2 Super Flower
Supernova GS Seasonic
Supernova PS Seasonic

Enermax DigiFanless 500w Channel Well Technology

Firepower Silencer MK3 1200w Super Flower
FSP Aurum PT FSP
LEPA G1600 Enermax

Seasonic
Platinum series Seasonic
Snow Silent 1050w Seasonic
X series / X series XM2 Seasonic

Silverstone Nightjar Platinum 520w Seasonic

Super Flower
Leadex Gold / Platinum / Titanium Super Flower
Golden King Super Flower
Golden Silent / 430w Super Flower

XFX
Pro series Black edition Seasonic
Pro series Black edition Limited Edition 1000w Seasonic
Pro series XXX / Semi-Modular Seasonic
XTR series Seasonic
XTS Fanless Seasonic

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Tier Two
As above, just slightly lower quality. Still safe to use and are all stable for any PC of today's standards, including Haswell C Stepping certification and 100% Japanese Capacitors. It is rare to find a PSU here with Taiwanese Capacitors and perform very well here, but they are here just in case.

Andyson
Platinum-R 1200 Andyson
Titanium N 700w Andyson

Antec
EDGE Seasonic
Earthwatts Delta Electronics/ Earthwatts Platinum FSP
High Current Gamer Delta Electronics (Non-Modular) / Seasonic (Semi-Modular)
Truepower Classic Seasonic (Essentially a Non-Modular version of the EDGE series)

Azza Platinum Super Flower
Be Quiet Straight Power 10 FSP
Cooler Master VS Series Enhance
Corsair RM 850w Channel Well Technology
Enermax Platimax Enermax
EVGA Supernova B2 Super Flower

Firepower
Silencer MK III 400 500 600 / 750 850 Super Flower
ZX Great Wall

Fractal Design Edison M Seasonic
High Power / Sirfa Astro GD Sirfa

Rosewill
Capstone series Super Flower
Lightning series Super Flower
Quark 1000w Enhance
Silent Night 500 Watts Super Flower
Tachyon series Super Flower

Seasonic
G series / G series V2 Seasonic
M12-II EVO (fully modular) Seasonic
S12G (Think of 2011 - 2013 Seasonic G series) Seasonic
S12-II Seasonic

SilentumPC Supremo M1 Gold 550w Sirfa

Silverpower
SP 460w Fully Modular Seasonic
SP Semi-modular Seasonic

Silverstone
Strider Gold Evolution Enhance
Strider Plus 750w 850w 1000w 600w Enhance
SFX-G / SFX-LG SX-G = Enhance / SFX-LG = High Power / Sirfa

Super Flower Golden Green / Modular / HX series Super Flower
Sentey Golden Steel Power 850 Watts Super Flower

Thermaltake
Toughpower Gold 850M Enhance
Toughpower Grand Platinum 850w 1200w Enhance
Toughpower DPS Gold Channel Well Technology

XFX TS 430w / 550w-SEW Seasonic


Taken from: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
 
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The 980ti can take nearly twice the watts of a 970. The bad reputation is from so many people complaining about failures and the reviews of the units being poor.

When a PSU dies it can cause damage to other components, higher end psu's have more safety features built in to prevent this. However more often than not its just the PSU that gets damaged but there is a risk.
 
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Thanks guys, I'll be looking into getting a new PSU then I Think. The last thing I want is my brand new super card getting blown up.

I can't complain about this PSU, but it is much more power than I have ever needed, pushing it to it's limits is probably not a good idea.
 
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