A little GPU help

[MECHRENO]

Hey all, new here. but I was wondering if a 600w x3 PSU would be able to power a zotac GTX 970 amp edition, running primary gaming monitor, and an extra HD7950 and would the AMD card run my extra 2 monitors.  Also would I take a performance hit on the motherboard (Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5)?  thanks. 

[PrashMotion]

It would work but I would add another 100 watts to have some headroom

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, MECHRENO said:

Hey all, new here. but I was wondering if a 600w x3 PSU would be able to power a zotac GTX 970 amp edition, running primary gaming monitor, and an extra HD7950 and would the AMD card run my extra 2 monitors.  Also would I take a performance hit on the motherboard (Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5)?  thanks. 

you would have less PCI-E lanes for your cards. Check your processor for how many lanes you can have. Also maybe use the iGPU on your processor if you have one. PSU should be ok to run all of your parts

[AnalogCanavity]

Yes, and is it 3 600watt PSUs or is x3 a model 

[PrashMotion]

1 minute ago, Zic05 said:

Yes, and is it 3 600watt PSUs or is x3 a model 

He's using three  600 watt units for his 500 meter LED stripe

[AnalogCanavity]

You’ll be fine

[MECHRENO]

5 hours ago, Zic05 said:

Yes, and is it 3 600watt PSUs or is x3 a model 

the model is x3.  its my first modeler power supply.. its served me extremely well. 

[MECHRENO]

5 hours ago, PrashMotion said:

It would work but I would add another 100 watts to have some headroom

Thanks, i thought about that... its not getting any younger... i think its over 7 years old. 

[moltencrystal]

id say you are probably fine, but a a hundred odd watts more would be a nice buffer

[MECHRENO]

6 hours ago, PrashMotion said:

He's using three  600 watt units for his 500 meter LED stripe

well, we dont need to measure what "size" anything is lol.. i do have small about of RGB in the case. 

[MECHRENO]

6 hours ago, NovaMan01 said:

you would have less PCI-E lanes for your cards. Check your processor for how many lanes you can have. Also maybe use the iGPU on your processor if you have one. PSU should be ok to run all of your parts

i could not find exactly how many lanes it had its an FX-9320, 8 core

[Guest]

26 minutes ago, MECHRENO said:

i could not find exactly how many lanes it had its an FX-9320, 8 core

FX 8320?

[MECHRENO]

3 hours ago, NovaMan01 said:

FX 8320?

whoops typo.. yeah an 8320.