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Just to power a motherboard, 2 sticks of RAM, i5-2500 and R9 295X2 with the GPU just itself being underload - stock speeds, the rest of the components idle/underclocked. No case fans, lights, blings, whatsoever.

 

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/ts-series-gold-full-wired/ts-gold-series-650w-psu-p1-650g-ts3x

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3 minutes ago, ybriK said:

Just to power a motherboard, 2 sticks of RAM, i5-2500 and R9 295X2 with the GPU just itself being underload - stock speeds, the rest of the components idle/underclocked. No case fans, lights, blings, whatsoever.

 

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/ts-series-gold-full-wired/ts-gold-series-650w-psu-p1-650g-ts3x

Probably not, it's not uncommon to get the R9 295X2 using 500+ watts, I'd say a 700-750 watt would be better, and get a better quality PSU, look for the PSU tier list, pick something from tier 3 up as the R9 295X2 will batter it. 

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it's for mining, isn't it?

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6 minutes ago, ybriK said:

Just to power a motherboard, 2 sticks of RAM, i5-2500 and R9 295X2 with the GPU just itself being underload - stock speeds, the rest of the components idle/underclocked. No case fans, lights, blings, whatsoever.

 

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/ts-series-gold-full-wired/ts-gold-series-650w-psu-p1-650g-ts3x

Well, while these caculators aren't always the most accurate, it recommends an 850 watt unit, which would be where my recommendation lands, but for the absolute lowest, 750 watts. 

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11 minutes ago, ybriK said:

Just to power a motherboard, 2 sticks of RAM, i5-2500 and R9 295X2 with the GPU just itself being underload - stock speeds, the rest of the components idle/underclocked. No case fans, lights, blings, whatsoever.

 

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/ts-series-gold-full-wired/ts-gold-series-650w-psu-p1-650g-ts3x

I would say dont go cheap on the PSU , I'v heard horror stories about ppl having their pc fried thanks to a bad PSU 

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Two 295x2 on a 1000W bronze rated PSU:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics-card-power-supply-balance,review-33071-5.html

 

and seems like XFX TS 650 isn't a bad PSU at all:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=426

 

Since XFX also sells 295x2 you could hit their support asking if they have anything against running that card on the TS 650

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295X2 is known to draw north of 500w under load. If you're mining... who knows. Even with everything else idle it's really cutting it close.

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Two 295x2 on a 1000W bronze rated PSU:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics-card-power-supply-balance,review-33071-5.html

 

and seems like XFX TS 650 isn't a bad PSU at all:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=426

Yea I was reading that TH's article. I'm thinking about just testing it considering my PSU's protective features should kick in if things go hazy, but then again even if I have a high tier PSU those protective features might still fail.

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23 minutes ago, ybriK said:

Yea I was reading that TH's article. I'm thinking about just testing it considering my PSU's protective features should kick in if things go hazy, but then again even if I have a high tier PSU those protective features might still fail.

the PSU will probably handle it, it's a good unit, I wouldn't worry too much

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