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I am currently using a 7950 but after now with the new 900 series cards from Nvidia I want to upgrade. I am leaning towards going all out and getting a 980 but as I only have a 650Watt PSU (full specs in my sig), I am a little concerned about the power consumption. Would I need to upgrade my PSU in tandem with the video card upgrade? Should I wait a little so that there is more data out there?

 

Advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated :)

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I am currently using a 7950 but after now with the new 800 series cards from Nvidia I want to upgrade. I am leaning towards going all out and getting a 980 but as I only have a 650Watt PSU (full specs in my sig), I am a little concerned about the power consumption. Would I need to upgrade my PSU in tandem with the video card upgrade? Should I wait a little so that there is more data out there?

 

Advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated :)

650W will actually suffice. 

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650w will be more than enough

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The new Maxwell cards are really power efficient, you could run a 4790k and GTX980 off a (good quality) 450W PSU, assuming you weren't overclocking too much.

 

cards use 2 6 pin

 

75 W PCI lane

75 W (x 2) 6 pin

 

= 223 Watts.

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cards use 2 6 pin

 

75 W PCI lane

75 W (x 2) 6 pin

 

= 223 Watts.

 

They have that much available to them but are rated at around 165W each

 

Edit: For some reason I thought I said SLI in my first comment, ignore this

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you mean 900 series :P

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They have that much available to them but are rated at around 165W each

 

Edit: For some reason I thought I said SLI in my first comment, ignore this

 

yeah my estimate is worse case max possible usage. 

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