Do I have enough watts?

[Jay98]

Hi I am looking to upgrade my graphics card from a EVGA GTX 750ti to an EVGA GTX 980ti Classified. I think I can do the upgrade but I wanted a second opinion on it (I am kind of new to this whole thing). My current power supply is a Corsair CX 750m.

 

Pc part picker (currently what I am using) - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bPR8pg

I don't have my ram or storage on there because I have no idea what ram I have 1x8Gb and 1x4Gb, and my storage is a Seagate Barracuda 2Tb (dont know what model) and an Intel 530 series 180GB SSD (not on pc part's list)

 

my current graphics card - http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3755-KR

card I want to buy - http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-4998-KR

 

Also is it worth it to buy a 980ti over a 980 I play most modern games (GTA 5, Fallout 4, Rainbow 6 Siege, ect...)  and want all settings to be at max. I would like stable 60fps but I am used to going anywhere from 30-70fps in a game. I will be playing at 1080p for now but that could change in the future

 

 

Thank you - Jay

[Coaxialgamer]

Hi I am looking to upgrade my graphics card from a EVGA GTX 750ti to an EVGA GTX 980ti Classified. I think I can do the upgrade but I wanted a second opinion on it (I am kind of new to this whole thing). My current power supply is a Corsair CX 750m.

 

Pc part picker (currently what I am using) - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bPR8pg

I don't have my ram or storage on there because I have no idea what ram I have 1x8Gb and 1x4Gb, and my storage is a Seagate Barracuda 2Tb (dont know what model) and an Intel 530 series 180GB SSD (not on pc part's list)

 

my current graphics card - http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3755-KR

card I want to buy - http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-4998-KR

 

Also is it worth it to buy a 980ti over a 980 I play most modern games (GTA 5, Fallout 4, Rainbow 6 Siege, ect...)  and want all settings to be at max. I would like stable 60fps but I am used to going anywhere from 30-70fps in a game. I will be playing at 1080p for now but that could change in the future

 

 

Thank you - Jay

For 1080p a 980 or fury is fine.

 

I would spend the extra money on a psu that isn't a cx.

[The Official Czex]

Yes, but a different PSU is still recommended.

[Coaxialgamer]

Hi I am looking to upgrade my graphics card from a EVGA GTX 750ti to an EVGA GTX 980ti Classified. I think I can do the upgrade but I wanted a second opinion on it (I am kind of new to this whole thing). My current power supply is a Corsair CX 750m.

 

Pc part picker (currently what I am using) - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bPR8pg

I don't have my ram or storage on there because I have no idea what ram I have 1x8Gb and 1x4Gb, and my storage is a Seagate Barracuda 2Tb (dont know what model) and an Intel 530 series 180GB SSD (not on pc part's list)

 

my current graphics card - http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3755-KR

card I want to buy - http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-4998-KR

 

Also is it worth it to buy a 980ti over a 980 I play most modern games (GTA 5, Fallout 4, Rainbow 6 Siege, ect...)  and want all settings to be at max. I would like stable 60fps but I am used to going anywhere from 30-70fps in a game. I will be playing at 1080p for now but that could change in the future

 

 

Thank you - Jay

also :http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-4991-RX

 

the money you save could be put into a better psu

[Master Disaster]

Ordinarily yes but the CX is legendary for bursting into flames in high end systems.

[Furbodo]

750 watts is fine for even a 980ti. If you intend to go with 1440p or even 4k at somepoint then the 980ti is the best option. Although 4k seems to be difficult to run with a single 980ti so maybe need an upgrade for the future,

[TechStyle]

You will be fine. However, the quality of your PSU isn't the greatest. 

[kirashi]

Ordinarily yes but the CX is legendary for bursting into flames in high end systems.

 

Sounds like my kind of supply! Where can I acquire one that has this amazing feature?

 

@Jay98, the 980TI can run fine on a 750W PSU so long as you haven't overloaded it with a bajillion hard drives or something.

You'd be better finding out what kind of load your system draws, aiming to only have it pull 60-80% of the total wattage for efficiency.

[-iSynthesis]

Sounds like my kind of supply! Where can I acquire one that has this amazing feature?

 

@Jay98, the 980TI can run fine on a 750W PSU so long as you haven't overloaded it with a bajillion hard drives or something.

You'd be better finding out what kind of load your system draws, aiming to only have it pull 60-80% of the total wattage for efficiency.

Yeah the load ain't the problem with CX PSUs but the temperature they tolerate.

@OP It will be fine, though i'd get a new PSU rather soon

[s3ns3]

yes you have plenty

[turkey3_scratch]

Ordinarily yes but the CX is legendary for bursting into flames in high end systems.

No no no no no, it is not. This PSU has over voltage protection, over current protection, and over current protection. How is it going to explode? Perhaps because it doesn't have over temp protection, but still this would be an extremely rare case. The CX is not prone to exploding, other worse power supplies are.

[spwath]

If you already have the cx, it's fine.

It won't explode.