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[mpt50]

So I am moving to the dorms in the fall and I am buying a new PSU now to prepare for the new 1180 card coming out later in the year. My problem is that I want the highest watt PSU I can use for adding more cards or so forth later down the road. I wanted to buy a 1300W PSU, but I am concerned if the PSU + the other items in the room will trip the circuit breaker. Has anyone used a high output PSU in a dorm that could give advice?

[LienusLateTips]

Two 1080 Tis will run on 750W. Cards use less energy every generations. 

[mpt50]

2 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Two 1080 Tis will run on 750W. Cards use less energy every generations. 

So do you think a 1000W supply would be fine then? They are going for the price of a 750W right now with all the sales going on?

[EarthWormJM2]

2 minutes ago, mpt50 said:

So do you think a 1000W supply would be fine then? They are going for the price of a 750W right now with all the sales going on?

More than enough power with 1000w.

[LienusLateTips]

5 minutes ago, mpt50 said:

So do you think a 1000W supply would be fine then? They are going for the price of a 750W right now with all the sales going on?

Which particular 1000W unit?

[Firewrath9]

a corsair ax760 watt should be fine. you dont need more than 750 unless you are mining.

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

a corsair ax760 watt should be fine. you dont need more than 750 unless you are mining.

Overpriced, old design, still good though

[mpt50]

7 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Which particular 1000W unit?

I was going to do the corsair HX1000W, but the concern still exists about tripping the circuit breaker in a dorm room

[mpt50]

10 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

a corsair ax760 watt should be fine. you dont need more than 750 unless you are mining.

I probably will let it hash in the time that I am not using it, since I am not paying for the energy to run it.

[LienusLateTips]

5 minutes ago, mpt50 said:

I was going to do the corsair HX1000W, but the concern still exists about tripping the circuit breaker in a dorm room

This is? 230V or 115V?

 

Nice PSU though

[mpt50]

4 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

This is? 230V or 115V?

 

Nice PSU though

I think it is 115V

[awesomegamer919]

4 hours ago, mpt50 said:

I think it is 115V

You should be fine, the PSU will only draw 1kW if your components actually need it to, so if you are tripping the breakern then you have 3 1080Tis + hedt or maybe an i7K under an AVX workload...

[STRMfrmXMN]

8 hours ago, LienusLateTips said:

Two 1080 Tis will run on 750W. Cards use less energy every generations. 

Honestly, though it may, if you want to OC both cards as well as a high-end CPU (8700K/2700 or greater) then an 850W should be your starting point.

 

8 hours ago, mpt50 said:

So I am moving to the dorms in the fall and I am buying a new PSU now to prepare for the new 1180 card coming out later in the year. My problem is that I want the highest watt PSU I can use for adding more cards or so forth later down the road. I wanted to buy a 1300W PSU, but I am concerned if the PSU + the other items in the room will trip the circuit breaker. Has anyone used a high output PSU in a dorm that could give advice?

You really shouldn't be planning to SLI cards. You don't know what your budget will permit down the line. Buying a 1300W PSU makes zero sense. If the current GTX 1080 is anything to go off of, you'll be getting around the performance of a modern Titan and it will use around 180W under load. SLI is still a compatibility nightmare and you really shouldn't bother with it. 

[catta202000]

1300W is overkill, i run 4 watercooled 1080ti + i7-6850K with a 1600W PSU.