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Lovebox
By Lovebox
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Hey everyone, building a new pc and I'm curious if my evga nova 850w gold psu will be enough. Here are my specs.

Asus deluxe x99 lga 2011

Intel i7-5930k

Corsair dominator platinum 16gb ddr4

SLI EVGA Gtx 970's

Samsung EVO 1tb ssd

Corsair h105 water cooling

A handful of corsair air series fans 120mm and 140mm

Inside a corsair graphite series 760t white case.

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That PSU is more than enough. You have about 300W headroom

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yes it's an adequate PSU, very good choice.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 3 VR

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Awesome! Fast replies thank you very much I like it :)

On a side note feel free to let me know what you think about the build and if you have any suggestions.

I plan on overclocking the processor, not sure if I should overclock the ram/graphics cards Idk if my cooling will be sufficient.

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derp post of the month:

Yes

 

 

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how many  970's do you plan to get? that makes quite a diffrence for your choice.

If you go with 2 970's 700watt's will be plenty, you might(not exactly sure) be able to use even triple 970 with that, atleast linus did with his testing(600-650 watts triple sli)

what ever amount of watt it's going to be, ensure it's a known brand(cooler master, corsair, be quiet etc) supply, cheap name ones tend to fail pretty quickly or screw over your system.

May the light have your back and your ISO low.

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derp post of the month:

 

 

ontopic:

how many  970's do you plan to get? that makes quite a diffrence for your choice.

If you go with 2 970's 700watt's will be plenty, you might(not exactly sure) be able to use even triple 970 with that, atleast linus did with his testing(600-650 watts triple sli)

what ever amount of watt it's going to be, ensure it's a known brand(cooler master, corsair, be quiet etc) supply, cheap name ones tend to fail pretty quickly or screw over your system.

How is that derp, he asked if it would be enough? xD I simply answered his question as simply as possible.
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