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Just trying to learn, what is the reccomended wattage for a quad sli 970 PC, with something like a 4790k?

 

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Don't even.

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Depends on the card, considering there is a 4790k probably something high end so maybe 1000 to 1200.

Edit I think you can only get 3. And that 4th one would do almost nothing anyway

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Doesn't matter cause it won't work anyways.

I meant 980.

 

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Still no. 4790K only supports up to three cards in SLI.

Plx chips dude.

 

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Still no. 4790K only supports up to three cards in SLI.

With a PLX chip :P (Also, a 4790k without a plx chip only supports two-way SLI). 

 

850-1000w would be more than enough. 

 

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Why the hell would you quad SLI 980's....

What you running, 8k?

EDIT: Saw the just wanting to learn, sorry bout that.

I dont know, about 600 just for the gpu's? I aint no Nviida Xpert

What if I wanted to run 256k? ;P

 

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TriSLI 980's with an OC'd 5960x pull around 630w under load, quad 980's with an 115x chip would probably be around 700-750w.

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Plx chips dude.

At that point you'd be spending much more for a motherboard and GPU only to get a small return in performance

 

But anyways, to answer the original question, quad 980 will only need a good 750W PSU. (skip to 4:23 for this)

 

http://youtu.be/UnS0xWtoRzk

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Well thanks for the help guys.

I was just wondering in case later down the line I perhaps wanted to do something crazy. :P

I'm currently contemplating something far more subtle. Just a 4790k/970 build, for gaming/editing/streaming/folding/p0rn.

 

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4-way on the LMG test bench pulls <650W

 

http://youtu.be/UnS0xWtoRzk?t=4m23s

I was going off of this http://www.digitalstormonline.com/unlocked/3-way-sli-nvidia-gtx-980-review-benchmarks-at-4k-idnum326/and guessing the wattage difference between the additional card and the CPU, you also can get a quad sli capable board with a PLX chip for $200 USD http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xgaminggt

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TriSLI 980's with an OC'd 5960x pull around 630w under load, quad 980's with an 115x chip would probably be around 700-750w.

LMAO, sorry dude, I can pull 500W with a single 980, and a 5960x. Trust me when you start overclocking that chip it can be a serious power hog.

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Depends on the card, considering there is a 4790k probably something high end so maybe 1000 to 1200.

Edit I think you can only get 3. And that 4th one would do almost nothing anyway

 

Not nearly that high *for normal usage. Most people won't need to overclock and all that with this ridiculous of a setup.

 

 

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GTX 980 load power consumption = max. ~280W card only (as measured by tomshardware). x4= 1120W + ~150W for CPU and ~100W for the rest of the system = 1370W under full benchmarking load. You'll want at least 1500W, preferably 1600W in this hypothetical scenario.

      

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LMAO, sorry dude, I can pull 500W with a single 980, and a 5960x. Trust me when you start overclocking that chip it can be a serious power hog.

Well you're obviously using more voltage than any normal person would use or you are vastly over estimating your power draw, the DS article I linked and the LTT video go a long way in proving the latter.

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GTX 980 load power consumption = max. ~280W card only (as measured by tomshardware). x4= 1120W + ~150W for CPU and ~100W for the rest of the system = 1370W under full benchmarking load. You'll want at least 1500W, preferably 1600W in this hypothetical scenario.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/21

 

They got 300+.

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GTX 980 load power consumption = max. ~280W card only (as measured by tomshardware). x4= 1120W + ~150W for CPU and ~100W for the rest of the system = 1370W under full benchmarking load. You'll want at least 1500W, preferably 1600W in this hypothetical scenario.

Not all of the cards would be under 100% load unless you're folding, no game can fully utilize four GPUs meaning that the 3rd and 4th cards would not be at full load thus would not be using that much power.

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