850w plat psu, sapphire r9 390 crossfire
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Awesome thank you a bunch! I was asking because the EVGA 1000W GQ gold and the 850 P2 are on sale for the same price. I know EVGA's _2 models are made by superflower, the GQ is the more budget ones made by fps i believe? I know with the 1kw i have headroom for overclocking, but the p2 is just sexier and more quality in my opinion. Kinda stuck but i think i will end up with the P2.
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The P2 (platinum) is Superflower, and the GQ (gold) is FPS, that's correct. That being said, both are quality PSUs.
You don't 'need' 1000W, but for the same price, assuming you want sizeable OC headroom and want to continue with power hungry cards, the 1000W GQ sounds like a pretty good deal to me. You'd be using the 850W at ~76% on very rare occasions, if ever (max draw, no OCing). You'd be using the GQ in the ~65% range under the same circumstances. Unlikely to actually impact longevity, but the GQ would be under less stress (although, 'real world', unlikely to be an issue either way).
You don't 'need' 1000W, but for the same price, assuming you want sizeable OC headroom and want to continue with power hungry cards, the 1000W GQ sounds like a pretty good deal to me. You'd be using the 850W at ~76% on very rare occasions, if ever (max draw, no OCing). You'd be using the GQ in the ~65% range under the same circumstances. Unlikely to actually impact longevity, but the GQ would be under less stress (although, 'real world', unlikely to be an issue either way).
Haha oh man i know! With the advent of the RX 480s launching. I am tempted to just dump 500 in two new 480s but i think i will wait on that till the partner cards start rolling out, plus i know that wont be a performance upgrade if any at all till more is known and tinkered with. I don't think i ever plan on getting any hungrier than the two 390s, so i'll follow your logic and roll with the P2. 1000W just seems overkill as shit when eventually i am going to bump down in power consumption. Thank you for all your assistance!
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