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LiamApex
By LiamApex
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I recently bought a gtx 980 and a core i7 4790k now I was wondering if a 750w psu would be good enough for these 2 also when under load I hear a noise from my pc I have found out that it is the psu I was wondering g if anyone knew what this is and is it bad

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Yup 750W is more than enough

The noise from your PSU is coil whine (if it is high pitched squeak) or a dead fan (if it is making clicking or grinding noises)

If it is the first one, it is not a problem, just annoying. If it is the second, then you will want to replace it before something fails.

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A 750W PSU should be plenty for that setup, what is the exact model of the PSU? Also the noise is probably coil whine which is just an annoying sound that some electronics make sometimes in certain situations.

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I recently bought a gtx 980 and a core i7 4790k now I was wondering if a 750w psu would be good enough for these 2 also when under load I hear a noise from my pc I have found out that it is the psu I was wondering g if anyone knew what this is and is it bad

the noise you hear from the PSU is called ''coil whine'' and it won't hurt anything it's just anoying...what PSU is it exactly?

also yes 500W would be plenty for this rig...check my sig i run all that overclocked on a 550W PSU and i have a lot of headroom still my PC is pulling 350W from the wall TOPS and the PSU being 90% effective that means that the PSU only feed about 315W to the machine....

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The mode is the cx 750m from corsair

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The mode is the cx 750m from corsair

That's a pretty reliable PSU it would be plenty to power pretty much any single GPU system and most dual GPU systems :)

 

PS: I have the CX 600M and I love it :D

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