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1000w should be more than good enough for a single card setup

Edit:MORE THAN ENOUGH (ie:~600w is good enough)

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I'm planning on getting a I7 4790k, water-cooled. A gtx 980 EVGA. SC. I'm planning on overclocking both, and depending on how my I7 likes a OC; of around 15% so 4.5 ghz. Also planning on putting on a OC on the 980, to reach around 1.5ghz (From its boot of 1357..?). I checked a calculator, and it told me 870 watts, but It didn't allow me to put a OC on the GTX 980. Also i'm getting 1 + 2 TB WD black HDD, and a 500gb Crucial mx200 SSD. Should I get a 1000w, or a 1200w to be safe? (I can handle a few more dollars on the power bill ;D) Or is that a bit overkill? Like I said, any help would be greatly obliged. I'm not an idiot about computers, but I'd rather not fuck-up a 2800$ (Its in CAD$) PC.

 

 

EDIT: I looked deeper and found that is says "Minimum power requirements of 500w. Although, that doesn't answer my question, it does help shed some light on a 1000 or 1200w power supply. 

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1000w should be more than good enough for a single card setup

Edit:MORE THAN ENOUGH (ie:~600w is good enough)

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You can handle 3 980's on 1000W...

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Thanks for the help. :D

 

 

EDIT: Going with a 850 watt Power-supply. I'm 92% sure that'll be more then enough.

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1000w should be more than good enough for a single card setup

You've got to be kidding me..

 

OP, you can run that system on 600W with plenty of power to spare..

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4790K and 980 would run fine even on a 550w too xD.

 

some sites give pretty nonsense psu recommendations too, like that one i was on that recommended a 800w for an i7 and 7970 O_o.

 

get something like a XTR or V650 and you will be good to go :).

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1000w should be more than good enough for a single card setup

I don't mean to be rude, but this really doesn't deserve Best Answer...

800W would allow you to add a second 980, and you can run a 980 and such components with under 600Ws. 

 

Thanks for the help. :D

 

EDIT: Going with a 850 watt Power-supply. I'm 92% sure that'll be more then enough.

What PSU are you looking at buying?

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I don't mean to be rude, but this really doesn't deserve Best Answer...

I totally agree, I probably should have capitalized and bolded MORE THAN ENOUGH

Current PC: Chimera, Because AMD and Nvidia belong together

| CPU: AMD FX-6300 | Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO | Mobo: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P | RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1866 | Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256 GB SSD, 2x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM HDD | GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750ti 2GB SC | Case: CM N600 | PSU: Corsair CX 600W(Overkill but I was originaly planning for a 970) | Moniter: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24" |

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I'm currently running my rig on a 450watt PSU and it is absolutely fine.

 

 

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