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7/3/12 at 6:16am
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I'm needing to pick your brains for some insight. I'm trying to decide if a 1250 or 1500w PSU is more sufficient for what I need.

I'm needing to power an FX-8150 (oc'ed), 3-way SLI GTX-480's, 4 HDD, and a full watercooling loop in my build.

The two power supplies I was considering are either the:
Corsair Professional Plus AX-1200:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139014

or the SILVERSTONE ST1500 1500W :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256054

For an SLI and watercooling setup, can you get by with 1200w, or is it really preferred to go with a 1500w? Having a tough time deciding. I know that the GTX-480 has a 600w minimum PSU rating but I can't find maximum draw for a 3-way SLI. I'm leaning towards the Silverstone for the simple fact that it has a 8 seperate +12v rails, but dont want it to be overkill if 1200W would be enough for the whole system.

Thoughts?
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post #2 of 10
7/3/12 at 6:18am
  • shilka
  • PSU brands are meaningless look up the OEM
i think min is 1250 watt
You can use this site to measure
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

I would recommend the XFX 1250W Black Edition
Edited by shilka - 7/3/12 at 6:33am
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7/3/12 at 6:23am
  • shilka
  • PSU brands are meaningless look up the OEM
Thermaltake also have a 1275 a 1375 and a 1475 watt model
Enermax also have the Platimax series 1500 watt model
Edited by shilka - 7/3/12 at 6:31am
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post #4 of 10
7/3/12 at 6:45am
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so according to the calculator it's saying 1112w at 90% load, 1223w at 100% load. Thinking a 1250-1350 would probably be all that's needed. Anything more pay pop a breaker tongue.gif
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7/3/12 at 6:55am
  • shilka
  • PSU brands are meaningless look up the OEM
The Thermaltake 1275 watt is 80 plus platinum the Enermax Platimax 1500 watt is also platinum the Thermaltake 1375 and 1475 is 80 plus gold
i would say go with the 1375 watt to sure if you can find it
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7/3/12 at 2:56pm
FSP Aurum Pro 1200, Antec HCP 1200 or Kingwin Lazer Gold 1300, excellent units and way better priced than both your choices atm.

I'd like to ask though, what possessed you go with Bulldozer for such a system?.. it will heavily bottleneck your cards.
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7/3/12 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by Unoriginal Sin View Post

FSP Aurum Pro 1200, Antec HCP 1200 or Kingwin Lazer Gold 1300, excellent units and way better priced than both your choices atm.
I'd like to ask though, what possessed you go with Bulldozer for such a system?.. it will heavily bottleneck your cards.

This!
You really need a highly clocked 3570/3770k to be able to use those 480's properly. That CPU will really bottleneck the crap out of them. Even with one high end GPU they struggle.... let alone 3.
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7/3/12 at 4:24pm
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At the time it was a combination of cost for the mb and CPU however I'm also not heavily gaming. It's more for a photography workstation. I'm not ruling out upgrading it to an intel system later. It was hard to justify $1000 for a CPU at the moment without my wife leaving me smile.gif
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7/3/12 at 7:42pm
I'd get the FSP Aurum Pro 1200W. It's under $210 with shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/FSP-Certified-Modular-Compatible-AU-1200PRO/dp/B007P8DKC0/
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post #10 of 10
7/3/12 at 9:38pm
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Originally Posted by mikeaj View Post

I'd get the FSP Aurum Pro 1200W. It's under $210 with shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/FSP-Certified-Modular-Compatible-AU-1200PRO/dp/B007P8DKC0/
thanks for the lead on that I'll check it out. As for the bottleneck issue, I find it hard to believe ill come across it often as it really is t brig designed as a sole gaming machine. But even then what sort of effects will you see with a bottleneck? What will the game or system do? Lose a few fps? Lol
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LG DVD Burner 24x DD-M6 Nickel CPU Block - AM2, AM3 PrimoFlex Pro LRT UV Blue Tubing - 1/2in. ID X ... Graphics Card Cooling Fan 120mm 
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FB G1/4 Fittings Windows 7 Ultimate Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W  Cooler Master HAF-X (modded) 
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AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6GHz ASUS Crosshair V Formula 990FX ROG EVGA GeForce GTX480 1536MB GDDR5 Dual DVI, HDMI... EVGA GeForce GTX480 1536MB GDDR5 Dual DVI, HDMI... 
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EVGA GeForce GTX480 1536MB GDDR5 Dual DVI, HDMI... G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) F3-1490... (Boot) OCZ 256GB AGILITY4 SATA3 2.5" SSD  (PS Scratch) Kingston SSDNow V200 64 GB SATA III  
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Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 720... Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 720... Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 720... Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 720... 
Optical DriveCoolingCoolingCooling
LG DVD Burner 24x DD-M6 Nickel CPU Block - AM2, AM3 PrimoFlex Pro LRT UV Blue Tubing - 1/2in. ID X ... Graphics Card Cooling Fan 120mm 
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
Cooler Master MegaFlow 200mm x 30mm Red Danger Den DD-GTX480 GPU Blocks  Phobya 5.25" Bay Reservoir DD24V-D5 Strong Pump  
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
DD12V-D5 Pump Fixed Speed by Laing Phobya Xtreme 400mm Radiator  XSPC RX480 Quad 120mm Radiator Phobya Xtreme Supernova 1260 Radiator  
CoolingOSPowerCase
FB G1/4 Fittings Windows 7 Ultimate Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W  Cooler Master HAF-X (modded) 
OtherOther
NZXT Sentry LX - Aluminum Dual Bay Fan Controll... Sharkoon Cold light cathodes quad UV Quad UV - ... 
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Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.4Ghz NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT  8GB DDR2-667 SDRAM OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA I... 
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Hacked and Slashed Quad-Cooler Halcyon-Twin Style! Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Backtrack 5 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) 
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