650w power supply

[Dogsparky]

Before I pull the trigger is the evga 650w g2 a good power supply? If not what would be better that is around 90 USD?

[ARikozuM]

It's a good PSU, but can you show us your build?

[Dogsparky]

3 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

It's a good PSU, but can you show us your build?

Its not built yet I am still getting parts but after a power supply I have the CPU cooler and the memory to get but

I5 6600k

Xfx r9 390x

MSI gaming m5 motherboard 

G skill ripjaws 5 (2x8)

Phanteks ph-tc12dx_bk

Corsair 120 mm AF 120mm x 3 and 1 sp 120 all led

Samsung 850 evo 500gb and WD blue 1tb

And thinking on the 650 g2 but wasn't exactly sure heard good things about it but same goes for the corsair fans I have and they aren't too great but they get the job done.

 

 

[ARikozuM]

3 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

Its not built yet I am still getting parts but after a power supply I have the CPU cooler and the memory to get but

I5 6600k

Xfx r9 390x

Can you get yourself the RX 480?

3 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

MSI gaming m5 motherboard 

G skill ripjaws 5 (2x8)

Phanteks ph-tc12dx_bk

Corsair 120 mm AF 120mm x 3 and 1 sp 120 all led

Samsung 850 evo 500gb and WD blue 1tb

And thinking on the 650 g2 but wasn't exactly sure heard good things about it but same goes for the corsair fans I have and they aren't too great but they get the job done.

You should be able to get by with a 550W G2, but the 650W would allow you to run two GPU's for SLI.

[Dogsparky]

8 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Can you get yourself the RX 480?

You should be able to get by with a 550W G2, but the 650W would allow you to run two GPU's for SLI.

Already have the 390x and my brother had a 390 and a friend has  480 with the same processor and my brother gets nearly 20 fps more in games at the same settings anyways and the 390x was in sale for 240 on newegg 

[Dogsparky]

9 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Can you get yourself the RX 480?

You should be able to get by with a 550W G2, but the 650W would allow you to run two GPU's for SLI.

And no a 650 won't let me crossfire at all last time I did that with a 700w no a crappy CX and my computer fried

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, Dogsparky said:

Already have the 390x and my brother had a 390 and a friend has  480 with the same processor and my brother gets nearly 20 fps more in games at the same settings anyways and the 390x was in sale for 240 on newegg 

Get the 650W. It will allow you to get a 2nd 390x if you find one for less than a better single will give you.

[ARikozuM]

2 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

And no a 650 won't let me crossfire at all last time I did that with a 700w no a crappy CX and my computer fried

Corsair CX? If it was, it's due to bad design of the PSU itself.

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

Get the 650W. It will allow you to get a 2nd 390x if you find one for less than a better single will give you.

I'd personally not put two cards that use upwards of 300W apiece in a build with a 650W PSU but that's just me.

 

1 hour ago, Dogsparky said:

Before I pull the trigger is the evga 650w g2 a good power supply? If not what would be better that is around 90 USD?

The 650G2 is probably the best PSU under $100.

[ARikozuM]

29 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

I'd personally not put two cards that use upwards of 300W apiece in a build with a 650W PSU but that's just me.

Didn't know that thing used that much. Kind of good that the 480 uses less.

[STRMfrmXMN]

15 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Didn't know that thing used that much. Kind of good that the 480 uses less.

Yeah, a Guru3D article with the MSI Gaming edition of it (so mildly overclocked) ran at around 260W http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-radeon-r9-390x-gaming-8g-oc-review,8.html

 

If you were to overclock that about as far as it could go (which you would do if you had two cards, let's be real here) then I'd bump it up.

[ARikozuM]

 

9 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

If you were to overclock that about as far as it could go (which you would do if you had two cards, let's be real here) then I'd bump it up.

I don't think that overclocking is advisable with SLI since the cards need to match clocks, but I see your point.