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I am wanting to upgrade to the AX760i from the AX600. I A) Need more power for other upgrades im wanting to do in my system and B) Want a modular interface for better cable management and to be able to get braided cables in the future. Corsair link is a plus as well.

 

Will 760 be able to run a 980 (or 2 970s) as well as an overclocked CPU, and maybe possibly a complete water cooling loop + an SSD and a few hard drives?

 

Also, while I'm here I want to ask if I should go with a 980 just for the sake of going big or going home, or if I should go with 1-2 970s. I want to be able to run 1440p, 60 fps pretty much constantly. 

 

Thanks a lot. 

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I am wanting to upgrade to the AX760i from the AX600. I A) Need more power for other upgrades im wanting to do in my system and B) Want a modular interface for better cable management and to be able to get braided cables in the future. Corsair link is a plus as well.

IMO don't get the AX760i. Corsair Link isn't that useful for a PSU. Save your money and yourself from the notorious coil whine issues by getting an EVGA 750G2. G2 is also fully modular and has aftermarket sleeved/braided cables available.

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IMO don't get the AX760i. Corsair Link isn't that useful for a PSU. Save your money and yourself from the notorious coil whine issues by getting an EVGA 750G2. G2 is also fully modular and has aftermarket sleeved/braided cables available.

In corsair link, cant you adjust fan curves for the PSU? I have it for my H100i, and I find it very useful. 

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In corsair link, cant you adjust fan curves for the PSU? I have it for my H100i, and I find it very useful. 

I don't know why you would need to. Even under close to 100% load the EVGA G2 is still really quiet and you won't hear it over your GPU and CPU fans keeping them cool as they load the PSU. Everyone I know with an AXi uses Corsair Link maybe three times to see idle and load power consumption, then never touches it again.

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

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I would go with the AX760i. I have the RM1000, which isn't exactly the same but its Corsair and its high end. I'm not sure about the fan curves, but the zero RPM fan mode is EXTREMELY nice, and even at higher speeds the fan is not audible at all. Corsair for the win!

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If the AX860i is only more 5 or 10$, get it, that's what I did for my mini-ITX Z97 build, and I know that 760W would be already overkill but the AXi PSU's are very efficient at any load, and the lower the load you run the PSU the longer will last.

 

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System 2: Thermaltake Element Q - Thermaltake 220W SFX - Asus E2KM1I-DELUXE mini-ITX - AMD E2-2000 onboard 1.75GHz Dual-Core - Integrated AMD® Radeon HD 7340 - 2x 4GB Kingston DDR3 - Samsung 120GB 840 Series - Scythe Kama Rack 3.5 - Asus DVD-RW

Building: Bitfenix Prodigy Black - Corsair AX860i - Asus Maximus VII Impact - Corsair Hydro Series H100i - Intel® Core™ i7 4790K - Asus Matrix Platinum GTX 980 4GB - Corsair 16GB Dominator Platinum 2x 8GB DDR3 2400MHz CL10 - Samsung 1TB EVO 840 Series

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IMO don't get the AX760i. Corsair Link isn't that useful for a PSU. Save your money and yourself from the notorious coil whine issues by getting an EVGA 750G2. G2 is also fully modular and has aftermarket sleeved/braided cables available.

@JoshK

It's true that Link for PSUs is useless, so I got just a plain AX760.

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I don't know why you would need to. Even under close to 100% load the EVGA G2 is still really quiet and you won't hear it over your GPU and CPU fans keeping them cool as they load the PSU. Everyone I know with an AXi uses Corsair Link maybe three times to see idle and load power consumption, then never touches it again.

 

I don't hear my AX760 either...

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My AX860i is powering 2 780s with absolutely no problem, I doubt you'll have any. Excellent PSU at least the AX860i, I don't hear it at all.

●CPU: i7-4790K w/H100i ●Mobo: MSI Z97 MPower ●RAM: Corsair 16GB Dominator ●GPU: EVGA ACX SC 780 3GB(X2) ●SSD: 850 Pro 256GB ●Case: 450D ●PSU: AX 860i ●Monitor: Asus PB278Q 1440p

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I'm running a 4790K @ 4.8GHz and a Strix 980 @ 1400MHz core on my AX-760i. 

 

Using the link software I only measure ~330W of peak usage too, so adding a second 980 and a water loop would be no sweat.

CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

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