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#1 Fine Evo

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Posted 10 December 2013 - 01:02 AM

I'm going to buy a 280x to go with my 7970. I currently have a 850w bronze PSU. I know thats heaps for 2 7970s but border lined for 2 280x's

Will 850w be enough?



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#2 hehehehhehehehe

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Posted 10 December 2013 - 01:03 AM

It will be fine, 280x's will draw almost identical power.
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Posted 10 December 2013 - 01:05 AM

They are identical cards they should be pretty much the same. That would be more than enough I think.


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Posted 10 December 2013 - 01:08 AM

That is plenty of power, I would highly suggest that you pick up a second 7970 though because the 280x is higher binned and often will overclock even better! Unfortunately unless you have an amazing 7970 the 280x will get bottlenecked by the 7970 (arrg bottleneck hate that word).  Essentially that is what will happen. The crossfire setup will run at whatever the card with the lowest clock is running at.


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#5 WoodenMarker

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Posted 10 December 2013 - 01:13 AM

A 280x is just a rebranded 7970. The psu is more than enough.


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#6 SkulD

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Posted 10 December 2013 - 01:17 AM

I have that setup with a 720w psu from coolermaster the disilent pro m2 or something like that with no issues.

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#7 TechFan@ic

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Posted 10 December 2013 - 04:23 AM

Each Hawaii XT GPU running at 1000-1050mhz (7970Ghz/280X) draws ~240W at full load, two would draw 480W.
Your system power consumption including the CPU, motherboard & storage likely hover around ~150W at full load.
A PSU with a minimum continuous power of 700W is required with 750W or over being recommended.
850W is more than enough and covers headroom for overclocking.



#8 voaz

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Posted 10 December 2013 - 04:24 AM

More than enough :-)







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