Will a "corsair 860ax" run 980 ti SLI?

[Dennis01]

Hi guys,

I'm currently upgrading my rig and wondered if as stated in the subject, will a "corsair 860ax" run 980 ti in Sli? More than likely OC.

I currently have the following:

I5 4670k OC @4.2 (corsair hydro h110i gtx)

Gigabyte z97 motherboard

250gb ssd

Hybrid 1tb sshdd

3tb hdd

16gb corsair vengeance pro 2400MHz ram

And I will be getting two "msi 6gb 980 ti's"

I did the psu recommendation on corsairs website and they said the "ax860"

Any advice would be great. Also If anyone has a similar system I would love to know how yours runs?

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[Enderman]

yeah its enough for two 980tis

[Dr. Xeno Pootis]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

[Dobbsjr]

You mean the ax860 right? Yeah it'll be enough.

[manikyath]

should be just fine.

 

also, before anyone starts ranting about corsair PSUs: please come with tested facts, not with "someone told me this"

[manikyath]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

sidenote, corsair AX is put in the "best" tier of that list.

 

so you basicly countered your own argument there...

[Dobbsjr]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

Lol in the tier 1 list it has a bunch of Corsair PSU included.

[spartaman64]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

no the cx corsair psus are bad but many of their other ones are good and how can a monitor not handle 2 980 tis? you mean it might be too overkill?

[Dobbsjr]

sidenote, corsair AX is put in the "best" tier of that list.

 

so you basicly countered your own argument there...

Our posts are almost the same.

[Dr. Xeno Pootis]

oh my god

lol so sorry

yeah go ahead and get the corsair ax

[Interfectorem]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

That's a very broad and partly ignorant statement. The high end Corsair series PSU's (HX, HXi, AX, AXi, RMi) are great power supplies (though kind of expensive), in fact, the AX series is OEM'ed by Seasonic. The sketchy Corsair  units are the CX and RM series.

[daniellearmouth]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

 

It's an AX model. It's perfectly fine.

Hell, it's on there in the top tier.

[manikyath]

That's a very broad and partly ignorant statement. The high end Corsair series PSU's (HX, HXi, AX, AXi, RMi) are great power supplies (though kind of expensive), in fact, the AX series is OEM'ed by Seasonic. The sketchy Corsair  units are the CX and RM series.

to be honest, they still put even the worst ones under "acceptable"

 

"its not because something is better, all else is awful"

[Dennis01]

Thanks guys for the advice. I take it overclocking shouldn't be a problem either then.

Also I'm looking at a G-sync monitor aswell.

[Aniallation]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

Not only is that a hypocritical post, but that list is also not amazing as a whole.

 

Refer to: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/

[Dennis01]

Loads of people keep saying 1200ax for a little head room over the 860ax? Or is that just because?

[TheSLSAMG]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

You've already gotten a fair bit of responses, but I thought I would drop in my two cents. Just to get this straight, the only Corsair PSUs worth avoiding are the CX series because the rated wattage is at 30C, which is lower than it's contemporaries. The RMs are also avoidable due to the use of subpar components in relation to the price and the VSes are so because they're old and not exactly very good.

[TheSLSAMG]

Loads of people keep saying 1200ax for a little head room over the 860ax? Or is that just because?

You don't need an AX1200, an AX860 will do you perfectly fine. If anything, you could even go down to an EVGA G2 750W or an AX760 and be fine.

[Dennis01]

You don't need an AX1200, an AX860 will do you perfectly fine. If anything, you could even go down to an EVGA G2 750W or an AX760 and be fine.

Many thanks.

[Swndlr]

It will be a perfect match Leaves a nice amount of headroom imo and AXi is an excellent power supply.

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

Please avoid Corsair PSUs at all cost. I recommend you to this: http://i.imgur.com/UOu1Vq6.jpg

Also make sure your monitor can handle 2 980ti's in SLI.

Corsair PSU's are simply the best

especially the AX series the AX1200i and the AX1500i and the HX series is pretty high end as well.The RM series is mid range as well as RMI.

The PSU's that corsair makes and that sucks is the CX/CSM PSU's.

 

In otherwords @op the 980Ti sli will run off of a AX850

[Aniallation]

You've already gotten a fair bit of responses, but I thought I would drop in my two cents. Just to get this straight, the only Corsair PSUs worth avoiding are the CX series because the rated wattage is at 30C, which is lower than it's contemporaries. The RMs are also avoidable due to the use of subpar components in relation to the price and the VSes are so because they're old and not exactly very good.

Well the VS aren't really old, they're still in plentiful production, just not in North America

[Praesi]

yeah its enough for two 980tis

490w total system with 2way SLI? Thats damn good. Dont think my Custom 980Ti could manage this. 1 alone use up to 320w alone.

[Deli]

490w total system with 2way SLI? Thats damn good. Dont think my Custom 980Ti could manage this. 1 alone use up to 320w alone.

The chart looks questionable. One GTX980 Ti use 365w(whole system). Two-way SLI GTX980 Ti only use 125w more. Yeah, I'll believe that. 

[Enderman]

490w total system with 2way SLI? Thats damn good. Dont think my Custom 980Ti could manage this. 1 alone use up to 320w alone.

this is total system power consumption

as you can see a single 980ti system uses 365W which is pretty close to the 320W you said yours uses