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Is a 1000w power supply enough for folding on a i7 970, 2 GTX 460 MSI Hawk Talon Attack, and 1 GTX 780 ASUS DCU2 OC?

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Yes, it's enough for 2x480s Bro, if you remember the 480's Power consumption 

 Crust : Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz 1.45v  |  Motherboard : MSI Z97 MPower  |  Fruity Filling : MSI GTX 960 Armor 2Way-SLI |  Cooling : Noctua NH-D15  |  RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz | Storage : 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500GB SSDs Raid-0  |  Power Supply : Seasonic X-Series 1250W 80+Gold  |  Monitor : Dell U2713HM 27" 60Hz 1440p  |                                                                                                                                           

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Yes, it's enough for 2x480s Bro, if you remember the 480's Power consumption 

 

...+ a 780?

Build: CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k | CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 | RAM: 8GB G-Skill Ares 1600Mhz CL9 | Storage: 120GB Samsung 840 Evo + WD Blue 1TB 64MB Cache + Seagate Barracuda 2TB 64MB Cache | GPU: MSI GTX 960 | Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer | Power Supply: EVGA 600B Non-Modular | 

 

 

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...+ a 780?

but it will be on the edge of Full load 

 Crust : Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz 1.45v  |  Motherboard : MSI Z97 MPower  |  Fruity Filling : MSI GTX 960 Armor 2Way-SLI |  Cooling : Noctua NH-D15  |  RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz | Storage : 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500GB SSDs Raid-0  |  Power Supply : Seasonic X-Series 1250W 80+Gold  |  Monitor : Dell U2713HM 27" 60Hz 1440p  |                                                                                                                                           

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Yes, use a PSU calculator. Asus, Newegg, and PcPartpicker's are good. Why would you have two 460's and a single 780 in one build?

 

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Power supply is a OCZ ZX 1000w.
I tried PSU calculators they either don't support my setup or they are wrong. I am folding and currently the 460s are just sitting in a box.

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Yes, use a PSU calculator. Asus, Newegg, and PcPartpicker's are good. Why would you have two 460's and a single 780 in one build?

PSU Calculator are usually wrong and overestimate how much you need.

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PSU Calculator are usually wrong and overestimate how much you need.

Asus's definitely does. Newegg's I trust

 

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All the parts are here, just need to get customized cords to connect the motherboard to the front panel.

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Asus's definitely does. Newegg's I trust

You trust Newegg? A place that MAKES MONEY from selling you PC components such as power supplys? 

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You trust Newegg? A place that MAKES MONEY from selling you PC components such as power supplys?

Who else are you going to trust? Pcpartpicker low-balls amount of power needed. Who else is going to do a great service? No seriously, give me a non-profit PSU calculator. I need one.

 

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i5 4278U, Intel Iris Graphics, 8GB 1600, 128GB SSD, 2560x1600 IPS display, Mid-2014 Model

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All the parts are here, just need to get customized cords to connect the motherboard to the front panel.

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Who else are you going to trust? Pcpartpicker low-balls amount of power needed. Who else is going to do a great service? No seriously, give me a non-profit PSU calculator. I need one.

How does PCPP low ball power? 

 

Looks fine to me

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/LostEnvy/saved/PZVwrH

780ti SLI power consumption is 650 watts

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http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gtx-780-ti-sli-geforce-review,4.html

 

PCPP says 760. After reading those, PCPP seems to be doing a fine job. 

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How many watts would I roughly be using with that setup?

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How does PCPP low ball power? 

 

Looks fine to me

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/LostEnvy/saved/PZVwrH

780ti SLI power consumption is 650 watts

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http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gtx-780-ti-sli-geforce-review,4.html

 

PCPP says 760. After reading those, PCPP seems to be doing a fine job.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/64846-is-the-wattage-calculator-on-pcpartpicker-accurate/

There ya go, accurate but is still a little low.

I did find a non-profit PSU calculator though.

 

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All the parts are here, just need to get customized cords to connect the motherboard to the front panel.

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watts dont mean poop, its how the power delivery is layed out. thats the key.

a suply with less then 15 amps per rail will never survive a folding gpu with an 8pin connector, it wil just clip out on you, or you need to combine 2 rails together to get to the 150watt output for long lengths of time, but that has its downsides as well.

 

i dont know about your psu, but in my opinion you need a single rail if youre gonna push performance..

 

and thats why those calculators overestimate. they have to take into conciderationthe shittieesr psu`s. thats why they over eastimater

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