PSU for 970"s?

[Rocko]

What PSU do i need for 2 way SLI 970's. is a 750w good enough?

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Yes its enough.

[Najuno]

That PSU is good enough for OCing GPUs and CPU. But please buy at least a Bronze rated 12V single rail PSU.

[killerdann12]

it's enough but it will also depend on what else you have running on the psu. fans, pump(if you watercool), etc

still would be enough, maxwell is crazy efficient with power consumption. 

[wyattzx]

You could do a 4-way SLi with the 970s with a 750W PSU. Their power draw is only like 150w per card. 4-way might push it, but 3-way is more than fine!

[ApolloX75]

What PSU do i need for 2 way SLI 970's. is a 750w good enough?

And save yourself a HUGE hassle and buy at the very least a semi-modular PSU. Full modular if you can wing it. Seriously. Life is just easier with a modular PSU.

[Rocko]

That PSU is good enough for OCing GPUs and CPU. But please buy at least a Bronze rated 12V single rail PSU.

it's A 750 Watt  Corsair CX750  80 PLUS Bronze

[Najuno]

it's A 750 Watt  Corsair CX750  80 PLUS Bronze

That´s a good PSU it will fit your needs perfectly.

[Rocko]

That´s a good PSU it will fit your needs perfectly.

okay thanks for the help.

[Najuno]

okay thanks for the help.

No problem you are welcome .

[Imakuni]

According to linus, SLI 980 (which consumes more than 970s) pulled 370w. So you should be golden with a 600W PSU. And naturally, a 750W will also do just fine.

[Lingrah]

750W is more than enough.  However, i would make sure it is at least silver if you will be consuming that much power.

[dragoon20005]

it's A 750 Watt  Corsair CX750  80 PLUS Bronze

 

 

That´s a good PSU it will fit your needs perfectly.

the CX750M version is the updated version of the original CX750

 

the 12 volts rails have been beef up so it can power dual 280Xs without spasms

 

http://www.corsair.com/en/cx-series-cx750m-modular-atx-power-supply-750-watt-80-plus-bronze-certified-modular-psu

 

make sure the PSU is what you see in the product page

 

 

the original CX750 are known to trip when the wattage goes close to 700 watts, the fan will ramp up and go pop later causing the PC to shut down

[Rocko]

the CX750M version is the updated version of the original CX750

 

the 12 volts rails have been beef up so it can power dual 280Xs without spasms

 

http://www.corsair.com/en/cx-series-cx750m-modular-atx-power-supply-750-watt-80-plus-bronze-certified-modular-psu

 

make sure the PSU is what you see in the product page

 

 

the original CX750 are known to trip when the wattage goes close to 700 watts, the fan will ramp up and go pop later causing the PC to shut down

okay thanks alot.

[Najuno]

the CX750M version is the updated version of the original CX750

 

the 12 volts rails have been beef up so it can power dual 280Xs without spasms

 

http://www.corsair.com/en/cx-series-cx750m-modular-atx-power-supply-750-watt-80-plus-bronze-certified-modular-psu

 

make sure the PSU is what you see in the product page

 

 

the original CX750 are known to trip when the wattage goes close to 700 watts, the fan will ramp up and go pop later causing the PC to shut down

You will be never near close to 700W with a GTX970 2way SLI on Z97...

 

Sorry but a GTX970 2way SLI with the CPU is max OCed with standard BIOS 500W peak. So there won´t be any issues at all.

 

Here´s a reliable source:

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-970-sli-review,4.html

[dragoon20005]

You will be never near close to 700W with a GTX970 2way SLI on Z97...

 

Sorry but a GTX970 2way SLI with the CPU is max OCed with standard BIOS 500W peak. So there won´t be any issues at all.

 

Here´s a reliable source:

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-970-sli-review,4.html

yes the GTX970 wont draw that high

 

i was more concerned of the generation of the CX model

 

i seen one setup running with dual 280X with the CX750 and the PSU just went pop when we always though it should be enough wattage

[Rocko]

You will be never near close to 700W with a GTX970 2way SLI on Z97...

 

Sorry but a GTX970 2way SLI with the CPU is max OCed with standard BIOS 500W peak. So there won´t be any issues at all.

 

Here´s a reliable source:

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-970-sli-review,4.html

What if 3?

[Najuno]

What if 3?

3 is not possible unless you buy X99 mainboard and at least a 5820K with 28 PCIe 3.0 lanes.

 

And then I´d buy a EVGA 1000W Gold. One of the best PSUs of its Watts class out there.

[Rocko]

3 is not possible unless you buy X99 mainboard and at least a 5820K with 28 PCIe 3.0 lanes.

 

And then I´d buy a EVGA 1000W Gold. One of the best PSUs of its Watts class out there.

oh okay.

[Najuno]

oh okay.

Speaking of which what are your system specs?

 

Mainboard:

CPU:

RAM:

PSU:

[Rocko]

Speaking of which what are your system specs?

 

Mainboard:

CPU:

RAM:

PSU:

i'm going to get a new PC with CPU i7-4790K. Mainboard. MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition. RAM 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-2133. GPU 970 FTW. and individually soon after get 2

[Rocko]

i'm going to get a new PC with CPU i7-4790K. Mainboard. MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition. RAM 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-2133. GPU 970 FTW. and individually soon after get 2

and A 750 Watt  Corsair CX750m  80 PLUS Bronze

[Najuno]

and A 750 Watt  Corsair CX750m  80 PLUS Bronze

 

i'm going to get a new PC with CPU i7-4790K. Mainboard. MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition. RAM 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-2133. GPU 970 FTW. and individually soon after get 2

Well yeah you are going to have one powerful PC then . That PSU will definitely do though I have to give some of the guys credit and a semi modular PSU would definitely look nicer and be easier to route in the case. And all your other components are pretty good.

 

With this CPU and mainboard you can go as high as 2way SLI. Your CPU supports 16 native PCIe lanes and that means your GPUs will run with PCIe 3.0 8x each which equals to PCIe 2.0 16x bandwidth wise and is perfectly fine.