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I need to know if the corsair HX 1000i can handle two R9 295x2's including 12V rail. If not what PSU would you guys recommend?

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I need to know if the corsair HX 1000i can handle two R9 295x2's including 12V rail. If not what PSU would you guys recommend?

Apparently 1kw is enough.

 

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Whats the system it's going in and are you going to overclock and to what levels?

 

What use are you going to put this to?

 

If gaming, 4 way CF does not scale well, if for the hell of it or whatever then ok.

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At 100 percent load they aparently pull close to 1100 watts however even if they pulled close to 1000 that is still very close to the advertised draw so i would recomend 1200 - 1300 w just for peace of mind 

 

 

 

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At 100 percent load they aparently pull close to 1100 watts however even if they pulled close to 1000 that is still very close to the advertised draw so i would recomend 1200 - 1300 w just for peace of mind

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-r9-295x2-1000w-psu,review-33027.html

The test system pulled 1100w from the wall, throw in the PSU ineffiency and you've got about 900ish watts.

 

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i7 4790k

Asus maximus gene VII motherboard

16gb ram

Custom hardline watercooled loop.

Gonna pick them up as I can get two for the price of one Titan X so it seems a better deal.

Might just get a 1500W just to be safe and get over clocking headroom.

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At 100 percent load they aparently pull close to 1100 watts however even if they pulled close to 1000 that is still very close to the advertised draw so i would recomend 1200 - 1300 w just for peace of mind 

 

 

 

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-r9-295x2-1000w-psu,review-33027.html

Yea, without an overclock they are pulling this on a 4930k @ 4.7

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Thats about 230W per core..

 

I would go 1300 - 1500W if your planning to overclock as well

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The test system pulled 1100w from the wall, throw in the PSU ineffiency and you've got about 900ish watts.

yes i agree thats the whole pc and from the wall however  each r9 295x2 has a tdp around 450 and it is highly recommended to have a psu bigger that 1200w 

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-review,12.html

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i7 4790k

Asus maximus gene VII motherboard

16gb ram

Custom hardline watercooled loop.

Gonna pick them up as I can get two for the price of one Titan X so it seems a better deal.

Might just get a 1500W just to be safe and get over clocking headroom.

i agree with this

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yes i agree thats the whole pc and from the wall however 900w each r9 295x2 has a tdp around 450 and it is highly recommended to have a psu bigger that 1200w

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-review,12.html

Not saying the PSU shouldn't be that high, just correcting you.

I personally wouldn't run that system on anything less than 1.3kw myself.

Dude is gonna have a fucking furnace.

 

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i7 4790k

Asus maximus gene VII motherboard

16gb ram

Custom hardline watercooled loop.

Gonna pick them up as I can get two for the price of one Titan X so it seems a better deal.

Might just get a 1500W just to be safe and get over clocking headroom.

 Thats just no right...

 

Your going quad CF.. thats not going to scale well and you will rip though power too.

You'll be looking at a full Kilowatt of draw every hour you game / stress the rig.. (At least)

 

In any game that doesn scale well with CF at all or just doesn't work with CF your running at the same speed as a 290.

From what I've heard from some reviewers about the issues they had getting results from these and CF systems  (IN SOME GAMES) I would deffinatyely NOT be looking at 4 way CF, especially with 390's so close and having to splurge on a very expensive PSU also.

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Not saying the PSU shouldn't be that high, just correcting you.

I personally wouldn't run that system on anything less than 1.3kw myself.

Dude is gonna have a fucking furnace.

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Okay, so I'm going to say a 1k power supply isn't enough for a 4790k, and a pair of 295x2's, but only by about 100-150 watt. The next thing I'm going to say is that you've got 2 of the beastyest graphics cards on the planet water cooled out of the box, and you're planning on running them at stock? Are you freaking mental?........ Ahem...No I wouldn't recommend a 1000W power supply for this build.

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I would recommend getting a R9 295x2 and crossfiring it with a R9 290x, 4-way scaling is not very good.

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Okay, so I'm going to say a 1k power supply isn't enough for a 4790k, and a pair of 295x2's, but only by about 100-150 watt. The next thing I'm going to say is that you've got 2 of the beastyest graphics cards on the planet water cooled out of the box, and you're planning on running them at stock? Are you freaking mental?........ Ahem...No I wouldn't recommend a 1000W power supply for this build.

Not once did I say I wasn't going to overclock these cards mate. And I decided I'm gonna go with the EVGA P2 1600W psu just to be safe.

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Not once did I say I wasn't going to overclock these cards mate. And I decided I'm gonna go with the EVGA P2 1600W psu just to be safe.

I just figured that even if a 1k power supply managed to keep these card supplied, they wouldn't cope when you increased the voltage.

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If you went 1Kw, don't get the HX1000i. It is overpriced and the internals are not as good as EVGA G2, P2, XFX XTR and so on

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I need to know if the corsair HX 1000i can handle two R9 295x2's including 12V rail. If not what PSU would you guys recommend?

I would have to say no.

 

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However the HX1000i is 200 bucks http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cp9020074

 

For even cheaper then that you can get the 1300G2 which has more wattage (enough for two 295X2) and is a better performing PSU. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g21300xr

 

All of Corsair's higher end options are overpriced.

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