Checking Power Supply

[Betabot]

So I've been slowly upping the overclock on some of my parts and I'm worried that I may be taxing the power supply to far, and would love to know what the rough limit would be.

 

You can check all my specs in my sig, but pretty much I have dual GTX 780s and a 4770K on a 750W Silver PSU from Silverstone, and running three HDDs and a SSD.

 

I think I may already be pushing it a bit hard, but if anyone could let me know that would be great. I've overclocked my GPUs and wanted to do this before heading to the CPU side.

 

Cheers

[ZexenPro]

you should be fine if you don't go too far. If you want to push it a bit more, get at least a 1000w power supply.

[WereCat]

You are fine. 750W is plenty for that setup.

[Betabot]

you should be fine if you don't go too far. If you want to push it a bit more, get at least a 1000w power supply.

 

You are fine. 750W is plenty for that setup.

 

Generally 750w is the sweet spot for 2-way SLI. But, if you're overclocking, it might be a slight problem. You should be good though, just don't max everything out. 

 

Ok cool thanks for that reassurance.

 

So I should be fine if I don't over-volt? So if I wanted to experiment further (with over-volting) I should look at getting a new PSU?

[WereCat]

Ok cool thanks for that reassurance.

 

So I should be fine if I don't over-volt? So if I wanted to experiment further (with over-volting) I should look at getting a new PSU?

Feel free to experiment as much as you want. 750W is more than you need. You may be hiting it ONLY if you run the most demanding benchmarks for GPU and CPU at the SAME time. No way you will be hiting your PSU limits while gaming.

You are going to use around 550W-650W while gaming at most with a lot of OC done.

[ZexenPro]

Ok cool thanks for that reassurance.

 

So I should be fine if I don't over-volt? So if I wanted to experiment further (with over-volting) I should look at getting a new PSU?

only if you really want to push your PC.

[hazza_ob]

what you could try is getting a little device that measures how many watts the PSU is pulling out of the wall so you can see if it's near the limit

[Betabot]

Yes, I would recommend not only a higher wattage power supply, but also a high-efficiency one. Anything including and above 80+ Gold is rock solid. Stick with brands you trust, like SuperFlower, SeaSonic, and Corsair. 

 

Feel free to experiment as much as you want. 750W is more than you need. You may be hiting it ONLY if you run the most demanding benchmarks for GPU and CPU at the SAME time. No way you will be hiting your PSU limits while gaming.

You are going to use around 550W-650W while gaming at most with a lot of OC done.

 

only if you really want to push your PC.

 

Ok cheers, I shall just tip toe into the region of over-volting, and if need be wait till I get a better PSU.

 

what you could try is getting a little device that measures how many watts the PSU is pulling out of the wall so you can see if it's near the limit

 

I will look into getting such a device, it would be helpful and it's not like it will lose it's use over time.