is it too much power

[Tech_Aholic]

hey i am build a gaming pc it has a amd phenom ii x6 1100t on a sabertooth 990fx with a 2tb hard drive a 120gb ssd 10x120mm fans a xfx 7870 (but i will want to go crossfire in the future)and i was going to get a ax1200 but is that to much power?
thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get this , and it will still leave you with plenty of extra power.Made by the best in the business SEASONIC.


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Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $89.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-01 08:19 EDT-0400)

 

[C12Friedman]

1200W is a bit beyond overkill. For your system in two-way X-Fire a 750W PSU will do very nicely, I'd look at the AX760 and AX860 models

 

[Anas Bashar]

1200 is overkill, used the outervision eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite. 750 will do you great.
i would suggest what SR-71 Blackbird suggested. a nice quality, it is modular too.

 

[Tech_Aholic]

what about a ax760 and i only thought 1200 cus of the asus power supply calculator
thanks

 

[Anas Bashar]

what about a ax760 and i only thought 1200 cus of the asus power supply calculator
thanks

what SR-71 Blackbird suggested is way better, SeaSonic is top quality, reasonably priced.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbefx

when buying something, better buy it from the experts in that specific thing.

 

[C12Friedman]

what about a ax760 and i only thought 1200 cus of the asus power supply calculator
thanks

Power supply calculators are a helpful tool but some are a little generous in their recommendations. The unfortunate truth here is that PSU manufacturers often play marketing games with their numbers and those calculators try to take that into account. Hence the recommendation for 1200 when 750 is enough. The XFX unit SR-71 linked and the AX units are quality PSU's so overkill is not at all needed

Note: The AX 760 and AX 860 are both SeaSonic manufactured

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

AX OR XFX are all Seasonic units , anyone would be a good choice.750W is more than enough.

 

[Tech_Aholic]

the ax is the same price and it a platinum when the xfx is only gold so i will get the ax

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

That's fine , both great deals!!!!!!!!!!!