Is this borderline pushing it

[JoshPC]

I was wondering if two GTX 960's (yes I know 960's when a single card can out perform it) could run off a 500w PSU, probably not but worth a try asking. If it doesn't what wattage and PSU recommendation would you suggest, I will be gaming, not pushing them on max loads but I will be playing games like GTA V, then games like minecraft.

Please note: I'm Australian so use Australian pricing

[Whorax]

Well for starters Minecraft doesn't even take advantage of SLI to my knowledge, so there's that.

[PlayStation 2]

What 500 watt PSU really matters here.

[JoshPC]

Well for starters Minecraft doesn't even take advantage of SLI to my knowledge, so there's that.

Yeah I know, I will be taking the second GPU out when Im deciding to play that game.

[PlayStation 2]

Yeah I know, I will be taking the second GPU out when Im deciding to play that game.

You don't have to?

[JoshPC]

You don't have to?

Might as well to save power if it's not doing anything

[Whorax]

Yeah I know, I will be taking the second GPU out when Im deciding to play that game.

Sounds like an awful lot of effort to go through when you could just get a stronger card.

 

But I can't really provide any sort of useful answer to your question, so I'll just show myself out.

[Godlygamer23]

Might as well to save power if it's not doing anything

In my view, it seems pointless to shut the system down to take out the card to only play Minecraft for whatever amount of time.

[PlayStation 2]

Might as well to save power if it's not doing anything

You'd save a total of twelve watts.

Not sure what that'd benefit

Edited November 23, 2015 by Godlygamer23

[JoshPC]

In my view, it seems pointless to shut the system down to take out the card to only play Minecraft for whatever amount of time.

Different people have different ways of doing things I guess, there's no right or wrong way of doing it.

[JoshPC]

You'd save a total of twelve watts.

Not sure what that'd benefit

Can we just focus on the question please

Edited November 23, 2015 by Godlygamer23

[PlayStation 2]

Can we just focus on the question please

you never answered the question of what PSU

[JoshPC]

you never answered the question of what PSU

I was asking for suggested PSU's

[AllHokage]

So you saying your going to remove you card every time for certain games, just to save a tiny bit of power ($1.80 a month). Well I'm afraid PC parts arnt made for that, and you will find problems coming your way like worn/broken slots.

 

Don't see the point in not getting a single card, but everyone has their own way.

 

For PSU: FSP Aurum S 550W 80PLUS Gold Power Supply ($100 AUD)

 

[Stefan1024]

My system with 2xGTX980 just pull around 500 watts (no OC) in stress test.

So with 2xGTX960 you are fine with 500 watts. Just make sure the PSU can actually deliver the wattage and doesn't give up at 350 watts.

As for two GTX960 makes sense that's up to you.

[Statik]

Different people have different ways of doing things I guess, there's no right or wrong way of doing it.

Now I'm not good at math, but I tried to math it out for you.

 

The GTX 960 draws 120W of power.

 

In one hour that's 0.12kwh.

 

In 2014 the average price of electricity in Australia was 9.71 cents USD per kwh.

 

9.71 cents / 0.12kwh = 1.16 cents USD for 1 hour of gameplay on a 960.

 

1.16 cents USD = 1.62 cents AUD.

 

 

So by powering down your system, removing your 960, and playing minecraft, you are saving less than 2 cents per hour. Factoring in the fact that constantly opening and closing your rig and removing parts leaves room for mistakes and damage, I think it's safe to assume while everyone has their "own way" of doing things, yours might still be a tad wrong.

[Cvdasfg]

Yeah I know, I will be taking the second GPU out when Im deciding to play that game.

Why in the world would you take the card out? Doing this everytime you used it for a year would probably save less then a dollar.... BUT whatever lol. Regardless I wouldnt trust it on a 500w

 

P.S. You do know your going to wear out the slots/card and break them much quicker right?

[AllHokage]

Now I'm not good at math, but I tried to math it out for you.

 

The GTX 960 draws 120W of power.

 

In one hour that's 0.12kwh.

 

In 2014 the average price of electricity in Australia was 9.71 cents USD per kwh.

 

9.71 cents / 0.12kwh = 1.16 cents USD for 1 hour of gameplay on a 960.

 

1.16 cents USD = 1.62 cents AUD.

 

 

So by powering down your system, removing your 960, and playing minecraft, you are saving less than 2 cents per hour. Factoring in the fact that constantly opening and closing your rig and removing parts leaves room for mistakes and damage, I think it's safe to assume while everyone has their "own way" of doing things, yours might still be a tad wrong.

$1.80* (according to my sources) , think you will use more power walking away to eat dinner and then coming back to your pc