Enough wattage?

[Sonefiler]

Hey guys, so I plan on adding another R9 290 to my build for 3440x1440 and would 860 watts be enough to power these beasts and an i5-4670k, all overclocked a little bit but not too extreme? I plan on getting the AX860i

[helping]

yea

and get the AX860 (non i)

[Ryan Leech]

Yeah 860W is a good number. You could pull it off with 750W, but I do recommend 850W+ just to be safe

[GzeroD]

Hey guys, so I plan on adding another R9 290 to my build for 3440x1440 and would 860 watts be enough to power these beasts and an i5-4670k, all overclocked a little bit but not too extreme? I plan on getting the AX860i

I'm running an i5 3570k with a mild to high overclock and 2 r9 290's on an 850W power supply, its comes short if I try to overclock the cards more than 10% and the cpu at the same time but baring that it is fine.

 

That said with 1 card a 850 will be way more than enough.

[Sonefiler]

yea

and get the AX860 (non i)

Why non-i?

[WoodenMarker]

Why non-i?

The ax860i's features are gimmicky and the ax860 (from what it seems) has less issues being made by Seasonic instead of Flextronics.

[Sonefiler]

The ax860i's features are gimmicky and the ax860 (from what it seems) has less issues being made by Seasonic instead of Flextronics.

I've seen a lot of really good reviews for the Flextronics PSUs.

[GzeroD]

I think it has more to do with the fact that Seasonic hasn't put out any (or at least many) bad PSUs so they are generally considered to be one of the better/ more reliable brands available.