Seasonic 80+ Bronze 520W - Is It Enough?

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Hey LTT Forums! 

Long time reader, first time poster, etc, etc.

 

I've recently built a new rig, and I'm having second thoughts about my PSU. 

 

I've got:

4670K - no oc - TDP 84W

H100i 

​Corsair Vengeance 8GB

Gigabyte GTX 770 - TDP 230W

 

All powered by a SeaSonic M12II 520W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU.

 

Is it enough?

 

All help and insight is appreciated.    

 

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[KayTees]

If you plan to SLI the GTX 770 then probably not. I'd personally get a tiny bit higher PSU maybe 750W for upgrading opportunities before you regret it like I did. @_nv

[_nv]

If you plan to SLI the GTX 770 then probably not. I'd personally get a tiny bit higher PSU maybe 600W for upgrading opportunities before you regret it like I did. @_nv

Not SLI'ng at all, as I'm in an ITX rig with one PCI-E slot and the GPU is right up against the wall of the case (there's a vent there)

[SuperPug]

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That psu has dual +12V rails so you'll have to use both the gpu power cables and not just use the two plugs on one cable in order to provide enough current to the card.

 

Edit: Everyone just seems to be looking at wattage and giving uninformed answers... c'mon ppl do you even current?

[_nv]

That psu has dual +12V rails so you'll have to use both the gpu power cables and not just use the two plugs on one cable in order to provide enough current to the card.

 

Edit: Everyone just seems to be looking at wattage and giving uninformed answers... c'mon ppl do you even current?

Already done, my friend helped me, we have the same card

[_nv]

Thanks guys for helping out! I feel a little safer my PC won't blow up in sparks like my old Pentium D machine.

 

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[quan289]

That psu has dual +12V rails so you'll have to use both the gpu power cables and not just use the two plugs on one cable in order to provide enough current to the card.

 

Edit: Everyone just seems to be looking at wattage and giving uninformed answers... c'mon ppl do you even current?

 

The Seasonic S12II/M12II Bronze is a single rail PSU despite being label as a multirail unit, and as such doesn't have any sort of cable distribution between multiple of rails. I have no idea why Seasonic had labeled it as such though.

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=185

"You may be asking yourself, "Hey! He didn't say which 12V rail goes where! Why that no good so and so, I oughtta..."

 

To which I reply: calm down, people. Neither the manual nor the cabling made any indication of what went to what rail, so I popped the cover off. This unit does not have two 12V rails at all - it's a single 12V design. There is no multirail overcurrent protection in there. That'll make load testing easier."