gtx titan x power use?

[james927]

im looking to put 3 titan xs in to a new pc build it says on spec sheets theyuse 600watts is that mainly cause of the fans as i will be water cooling them and before i get anyone saying its over kill yes i know but its what i want 

[don_svetlio]

A Titan X uses about 350-ish Watts - 3x would need a good 1200W PSU if you ask me.

[Enderman]

[james927]

awesome thank you i was going to use a ax1500i anyway just checking to make sure it would be useable ive got a 900d so could always put a second powersupply in if it uses to much

[GER_T4IGA]

im looking to put 3 titan xs in to a new pc build it says on spec sheets theyuse 600watts is that mainly cause of the fans as i will be water cooling them and before i get anyone saying its over kill yes i know but its what i want 

As others stated: Yshould at least go for a 1000W but better would be something like ~1500W

[GER_T4IGA]

awesome thank you i was going to use a ax1500i anyway just checking to make sure it would be useable ive got a 900d so could always put a second powersupply in if it uses to much

The times when your PC puts as much heat out as your TOASTER are coming, don't worry.

[james927]

haha i live in england so its cold it will save me some money on gas for the heating but not on the electric bill 

[TheRandomness]

haha i live in england so its cold it will save me some money on gas for the heating but not on the electric bill

Why not 980Tis?

[james927]

i thought about it but i wanted the 12gig vram so i can max out any game 

[TheRandomness]

i thought about it but i wanted the 12gig vram so i can max out any game

6GB is more than enough for most games (cue someone talks about modded skyrim) but maybe not for the future... Oh and vram doesn't stack in sli.

Please quote me next time you want me to see

[KWelz]

I don't know of a single game that would max out the 6GB in a 980Ti 

 

 

 

i thought about it but i wanted the 12gig vram so i can max out any game 

[michaelocarroll007]

I don't know of a single game that would max out the 6GB in a 980Ti 

Yeah i would imagine the day you need more then that is the Day you probably would be upgrading your system anyway as its probably a good couple years away and the cards will be outdated and slow compared to whats out 

[MadyTehWolfie]

I don't know of a single game that would max out the 6GB in a 980Ti 

In 4k I wouldnt doubt there are some games that would need more then 8. Pretty sure GTV completely maxed takes more then that at 4k.

[tommi_6o]

A Titan X uses about 350-ish Watts - 3x would need a good 1200W PSU if you ask me.

Only with a custom bios. With stock bios max is 275W.

[don_svetlio]

Only with a custom bios. With stock bios max is 275W.

That's TDP - not directly related to power draw.

[tommi_6o]

That's TDP - not directly related to power draw.

Max power draw which stock bios allows with power slider at max is 275W. It won't allow the card to pull more power. I have two Titan Xs.

[don_svetlio]

Max power draw which stock bios allows with power slider at max is 275W. It won't allow the card to pull more power. I have two Titan Xs.

Really? Odd. I could have sworn it was drawing more than that.

[tommi_6o]

Really? Odd. I could have sworn it was drawing more than that.

250W TDP with stock settings and maxing the power slider in afterburner gives you 110% which is 275W. It sometimes gives something like  113% which is 283W if you set it to throttle by temp not power. With custom bios It will draw about 350W max but you'll need watercooling for that if you don't wanna fry your VRMs.

[Redicat]

Get a good 80+ Platinum PSU 1000W to be sure there is room for possible OC or whatever... you could just search up the Internet for how much it consumes.

 

Or you could get GOLD or below whatever 1000w but eh if you can AFFORD 3 way SLI TItan X i would definitely look into spending a premium qwality/efficient PSU that thing is DRAWING 900W without OC!