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Yeah the CX series are not recommended for high end pc's. I recommend getting a tier 1 or 2 700w psu from the link in my signature.

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I currently have a corsair CX600M power supply from when I made my build 2 years ago. This included an i5-4670K cpu and a GTX 770 graphics card (Asus DC2oc-2gb). I have just bought another graphics card to run in SLI with my current one, and am unsure whether my CX600M will be able to provide enough wattage. A couple of reviews I've read about SLI for GTX 770s suggested that I might need closer to a 700W PSU, especially since the CX600M is only 80+ Bronze. Thanks for any help.

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Yeah the CX series are not recommended for high end pc's. I recommend getting a tier 1 or 2 700w psu from the link in my signature.

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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/ My F@h stats: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=zyntaxable Intel vs. FX for gaming: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/401217-more-updated-fx-vs-intel-for-gaming/
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I currently have a corsair CX600M power supply from when I made my build 2 years ago. This included an i5-4670K cpu and a GTX 770 graphics card (Asus DC2oc-2gb). I have just bought another graphics card to run in SLI with my current one, and am unsure whether my CX600M will be able to provide enough wattage. A couple of reviews I've read about SLI for GTX 770s suggested that I might need closer to a 700W PSU, especially since the CX600M is only 80+ Bronze. Thanks for any help.

Definitely wouldn't recommend SLIing on a CX

 

600W is definitely enough for now but I'd say go for 750W for some OC headroom, get anything in yellow in my sig.

 

 

 A couple of reviews I've read about SLI for GTX 770s suggested that I might need closer to a 700W PSU, especially since the CX600M is only 80+ Bronze

What do you mean by this? Efficiency has nothing to do with how much power a PSU can put out.

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You can find some good PSUs on Ebay for cheap. I got the XFX Pro 850W for only 60 US.

My Work in Progress PC http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/522048-xeon-build/ <-- That PC was built but never booted:(

My Work in Progress PC 2.0 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/540583-xeon-build-20-code-name-xenox (Hopefully this one boots.) 

 

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I currently have a corsair CX600M power supply from when I made my build 2 years ago. This included an i5-4670K cpu and a GTX 770 graphics card (Asus DC2oc-2gb). I have just bought another graphics card to run in SLI with my current one, and am unsure whether my CX600M will be able to provide enough wattage. A couple of reviews I've read about SLI for GTX 770s suggested that I might need closer to a 700W PSU, especially since the CX600M is only 80+ Bronze. Thanks for any help.

You would need a 750w power supply so I'd look at an Evga 80+ gold 750w psu or a corsair rm750i will do the trick, I like the rm750i because it has the corsair link so u can control the fan of psu and everything with that
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