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Will a 350 watt psu power a 970? my CPU has a uses between 17 and 100 watts and my HDD 6 watts. and i have 2 small fans and 1 big one.

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Will a 350 watt psu power a 970? my CPU has a uses between 17 and 100 watts and my HDD 6 watts. and i have 2 small fans and 1 big one.

Yes, but you should really get a decent PSU as I'm assuming thats a crappy OEM one. 

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that would be really close. at stock speeds you could be seeing 250-300 watt power draw on a heavy load. if you overclocked or stressed the gpu, the PSU would do something nefarious melt.

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You know, it's not that much about the wattage, but it's about the actual PSU quality.

 

350W would probably be able to handle a 970 (but I would never recommend that), but the thing is that most 350W power supplies on the market are from no-name manufacturers and won't even be able to output those 350W.

 

Personally, I wouldn't recommend it. You don't have to buy like a 400$ power supply, a CX500 or CX500M from Corsair is going to be just fine!

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Yes :P its like 7yr old and came wioth my first gaming pre build pc ;P   What about a 980?  This friday i can buy a 980 and no PSU or 970 and a psu. Any recomendations on a PSU? I have a mAtx case but i think a the PSU i have in it is a ATX

Yes, but you should really get a decent PSU as I'm assuming thats a crappy OEM one. 

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I would probably lean towards getting an upgrade for the PSU, a 970 will be great anyways :)

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Yes :P its like 7yr old and came wioth my first gaming pre build pc ;P   What about a 980?  This friday i can buy a 980 and no PSU or 970 and a psu. Any recomendations on a PSU? I have a mAtx case but i think a the PSU i have in it is a ATX

Any Corsair CX or RM series, or any EVGA G1 or G2 series. (greater than 500w for a single one, greater than 650w if you may want to SLI). Get whichever is cheaper (The EVGA G2 750 is an EXCELLENT choice, but its also a bit pricey--hence the CX/G1 recommendation -- they're not as good, but they're quite a bit cheaper). 

 

Pretty much any of these: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/power-supply/#W=600,1500&m=50,11,14,106,71,63,441,39&sort=a8&e=4,3,2

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I guess the other thing I forgot, is that a 350 watt psu likely does not even have pci-e plugs to begin with, or enough amps on the 12v rail.

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I have £400 to spend on a GPU and PSU, So enough for 970 and a psu. I could wait 1 more week and get the 980 +  a psu but im not sure on the performance gain, and i do want a 4k monitor.

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i can use 2x 4 pins :P or do some DIY :D 

I guess the other thing I forgot, is that a 350 watt psu likely does not even have pci-e plugs to begin with, or enough amps on the 12v rail.

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yeah, i was planning on getting a 1000W psu <3 since in time i want to add more 970/980s and do 3 way or 4 way sli

Any Corsair CX or RM series, or any EVGA G1 or G2 series. (greater than 500w for a single one, greater than 650w if you may want to SLI). Get whichever is cheaper (The EVGA G2 750 is an EXCELLENT choice, but its also a bit pricey--hence the CX/G1 recommendation -- they're not as good, but they're quite a bit cheaper). 

 

Pretty much any of these: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/power-supply/#W=600,1500&m=50,11,14,106,71,63,441,39&sort=a8&e=4,3,2

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whats the diff between EVGA G2 and B2   G2 are not in stick but B2 are from wher i order stuff from, Overclockers.co.uk

Any Corsair CX or RM series, or any EVGA G1 or G2 series. (greater than 500w for a single one, greater than 650w if you may want to SLI). Get whichever is cheaper (The EVGA G2 750 is an EXCELLENT choice, but its also a bit pricey--hence the CX/G1 recommendation -- they're not as good, but they're quite a bit cheaper). 

 

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If you want a decent PSU upgrade that can potentially handle 2-way SLI GTX 970 then get the EVGA G2 750W. If you plan on sticking to a single cards then you could even get away with a Corsair CX430M, CS450M or CX500M

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yeah, i was planning on getting a 1000W psu <3 since in time i want to add more 970/980s and do 3 way or 4 way sli

3 and 4-way SLI are just stupid... as the scaling is terrible, and AFAIK the scaling hasn't improved enough to warrant 4-way certainly. 

 

Two-way SLI is really the way to go and then rather than going three/four-way SLI just upgrade to newer GPUs.

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