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PSU for 2 way sli with MSI GTX 960?

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The PSU will work but in a performance per dollar ratio, the 960 isn't good, even worst if you SLI them. You're better off upgrading to a new tier of GPU even just for a single card, AMD 380 or 970.

Hey, I recently built my first PC, and I want to push more frames on my Monitor (overclocked to 74hz), and on Battlefield 4 my single 960 is playing it at 40 frames. I would like to get another one, as selling it and getting a 970 or 980 is too much of a hassle. So, I would like to get another one, but I'm not sure which PSU to use. I have the 960 (duh), and an AMD FX 8320e, and a 750 watt PSU. Will this PSU be enough to support another 960, or do I need to get a more powerful one? Thanks in advance.

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Dunno why you would SLI those cards,

 

You need to give us your exact powersupply. Because a 750W Seasonic/Corsair AX/EVGA/Antec != a 750W Chinese one.

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im fairly certain you could power SLI 960's with a 650w supply just fine, 960's aren't that power hungry.

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@TiestotheYanez I think an 850W power supply may be safer but I think 750W should be fine.

It's literally two 960s my PSU 620W could easily run two 960s with a AMD CPU

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@TiestotheYanez I think an 850W power supply may be safer but I think 750W should be fine.

Stop trolling you could get away with a 600 watt psu for sli 960's.

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Just get a 600W PSU

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600w if you wanna be safe. BTW That CPU will bottleneck.

 

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PSU calculations Edit: RAM only adds 5W

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I would maybe sell the GPU and CPU ( or just the CPU ) and upgrade to a i5 and R9 390,

SLI 2gb cards with a 8320 is going to be hell in the future and even today

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Dunno why you would SLI those cards,

 

You need to give us your exact powersupply. Because a 750W Seasonic/Corsair AX/EVGA/Antec != a 750W Chinese one.

I have a Corsair 750 Watt Bronze rates PSU, does that make a difference?

 

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Probably CX...

 

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a 550w will be more than enough. go with a 600w if you're worried about overheads.

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I would maybe sell the GPU and CPU ( or just the CPU ) and upgrade to a i5 and R9 390,

SLI 2gb cards with a 8320 is going to be hell in the future and even today

I was actually planning to get the r9 390. Do you think I could keep my CPU and get decent performance with an R9 390 on battlefield 4 with ultra settings(with "decent" I mean like 80-90 frames during a large conquest battle)? Before I got terrible frames. And by the way, it was a 4 gig edition card.

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I was actually planning to get the r9 390. Do you think I could keep my CPU and get decent performance with an R9 390 on battlefield 4 with ultra settings(with "decent" I mean like 80-90 frames during a large conquest battle)? Before I got terrible frames. And by the way, it was a 4 gig edition card.

your cpu is basically crap

theres no real point in sli'ing on that rig

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I'm not going to SLI, just get a new GPU in general. Do you think I could still get good performance?

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your cpu is basically crap

theres no real point in sli'ing on that rig

I'm not going to SLI, just get a new GPU in general. Do you think I could still get good performance?

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your cpu is basically crap

theres no real point in sli'ing on that rig

Sorry with the replies, newb here. If the new GPU could work, do you think I could purchase an air or water cooler and overclock it?

 

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Sorry with the replies, newb here. If the new GPU could work, do you think I could purchase an air or water cooler and overclock it?

 

you can do which ever you want...but with your cpu...sli'ing will bottleneck..and getting a gpu above a 970/380(maybe 390) will bottleneck

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you can do which ever you want...but with your cpu...sli'ing will bottleneck..and getting a gpu above a 970/380(maybe 390) will bottleneck

That's not good news to me. I should have researched more when building my PC. How bad would the bottleneck be, and do you think an 8350 would do the trick, if not an overclock to about 4ghz?

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That's not good news to me. I should have researched more when building my PC. How bad would the bottleneck be, and do you think an 8350 would do the trick, if not an overclock to about 4ghz?

overclocking might help a bit...personally Im not a fan of ocing...especially alot....but if you can maximize the oc...you might be able to bring that gpu up a bit more...maybe a 980/290x

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The PSU will work but in a performance per dollar ratio, the 960 isn't good, even worst if you SLI them. You're better off upgrading to a new tier of GPU even just for a single card, AMD 380 or 970.

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overclocking might help a bit...personally Im not a fan of ocing...especially alot....but if you can maximize the oc...you might be able to bring that gpu up a bit more...maybe a 980/290x

Thank you very much. That is the cheaper option for me, since I don't have a job. I only need to spend about $50 more. Thanks for your help :)

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