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10/11/12 at 4:07pm
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so im wondering if my corsair cx600 is enuff to power 2 gtx 9800+ superclockeds and my sabertooth z77 a sammy ssd and a wd hdd and some leds an maybe down the road a dvd drive. Im getting a real good deal on the gtx 9800s so i figured i use them until i get my 680s. Im not upgrading my psu until before i get the 680s so dont tell me 2 cuh there things i need more. ATM currently i have an i5 2400 was free but im getting an ivy soon. If it will run the cards cool if it wont i wont get em simple as that any help appreciated.
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10/11/12 at 4:41pm
Yeah it will work but for the same price you can get something better. The CX600 has a weak 12V for a 600W Power Supply. This is a great PSU for the price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044
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10/11/12 at 4:43pm
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Yeah it will work but for the same price you can get something better. The CX600 has a weak 12V for a 600W Power Supply. This is a great PSU for the price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044
Actually i already have the psu i only buy corsair psus and i bought it for 49.99 on sale on amazon but thanks for the tip. Oh and i bought it 3 months ago so i cant return it lol. Im going to upgrade to an ax 850 but not for awhile.
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Originally Posted by Pentium-David View Post

Yeah it will work but for the same price you can get something better. The CX600 has a weak 12V for a 600W Power Supply. This is a great PSU for the price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044

It certainly is. Nice PSU for the money. This would be a good one too if you want a hundred extra watts.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182264

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10/11/12 at 4:53pm
Will be more than enough, I have the CX500 powering my sig rig VV
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10/11/12 at 5:05pm
According to Nvidia the 9800GTX+ has a TDP of 141w, so even if you consider a generous overclock that would get each card to use up to 170w, you're at 340w.

Then the i5-2400 has a 95w TDP, but that is including the GPU, so you're looking at a CPU that will use around between 65w-75w.

The SSD will use very few watts and the HDD will use less than 10w while working.

The DVD drive will use up to 10w while being used, at idle it will just sip power.

LEDs are fairly power efficient, so you shouldn't worry about that.

All in all you will be using less than 500w with that setup, so, yes the CX600 will be able to handle it.


I would only advise you against the cards themselves if the price is too high. Don't forget that they are only DX 10 and SLI may or may not work with newer titles and to different levels of scaling.

Depending on the price, if it costs nearly the same, the same or more than the new GTX 650 ti, then you're better off buying the GTX 650 ti until you buy the GTX 680s. It will also be a card that will hold its value much better than the 9800GTX+s and that you can use much more effectively in a secondary rig.

Here is a comparison on Anandtech's bench between a GTX 285 (they didn't have anything more appropriate to compare to) and the GTX 650 ti.

Edit: here is a comparison on Tom's Hardware Gaming Graphics Cards Charts 2009 (High Quality) between a GTX 285 and two 9800 GTX+ in SLI. The superclocked version should be able to get a bit higher scores, but the as you can see sometimes the GTX 285 wins, sometimes it loses. But take into consideration that that is a chart from 2009 and newer games may not give the same overall result. I just wanted to give the most complete information. Now you can take the difference between the GTX 285 and two 9800GTX+ in SLI and compare it to a GTX 650 ti. If the price is similar, getting a new card, with a warranty, with higher performance, with DX 11 functionality and lower power consumption is a better deal. But it will depend on the price, of course.
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10/11/12 at 5:09pm
Plenty of power. Corsair has solid units and they're certainly the go to answer in power supplies around here but they're not the end all be all they're made out to be. Keep an open mind. Blind faith to a company is not a good idea, IMO.


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10/11/12 at 5:33pm
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Plenty of power. Corsair has solid units and they're certainly the go to answer in power supplies around here but they're not the end all be all they're made out to be. Keep an open mind. Blind faith to a company is not a good idea, IMO.
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This is true, I normally wouldn't buy Corsair power supplies, but the fan header in my OCZ 700watt failed and I had to get a replacement asap. Went to Microcenter as I didn't have time to wait on newegg and was looking to spend $50-70 on one and all they had in that price range was some refurbised OCZ units, thermaltake TR2 500-600 watt, corsair CX430 and 500, and OCZ Z series 650 watt. I wanted to to go with the Z series but it was refurbished and only had a 90 day warranty so I went with the CX500 because of the 3 year warranty.
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10/11/12 at 5:38pm
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Originally Posted by cyberlocc View Post

Actually i already have the psu i only buy corsair psus and i bought it for 49.99 on sale on amazon but thanks for the tip. Oh and i bought it 3 months ago so i cant return it lol. Im going to upgrade to an ax 850 but not for awhile.

I advice you not to do that.

Although Corsair is a good company, you should keep an open mind on things. Sooner or later, you'll realize you could've saved a lot of money by going to other reliable brands.

But yea, the PSU you have is enough
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post #10 of 14
10/12/12 at 1:34pm
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According to Nvidia the 9800GTX+ has a TDP of 141w, so even if you consider a generous overclock that would get each card to use up to 170w, you're at 340w.
Then the i5-2400 has a 95w TDP, but that is including the GPU, so you're looking at a CPU that will use around between 65w-75w.
The SSD will use very few watts and the HDD will use less than 10w while working.
The DVD drive will use up to 10w while being used, at idle it will just sip power.
LEDs are fairly power efficient, so you shouldn't worry about that.
All in all you will be using less than 500w with that setup, so, yes the CX600 will be able to handle it.
I would only advise you against the cards themselves if the price is too high. Don't forget that they are only DX 10 and SLI may or may not work with newer titles and to different levels of scaling.
Depending on the price, if it costs nearly the same, the same or more than the new GTX 650 ti, then you're better off buying the GTX 650 ti until you buy the GTX 680s. It will also be a card that will hold its value much better than the 9800GTX+s and that you can use much more effectively in a secondary rig.
Here is a comparison on Anandtech's bench between a GTX 285 (they didn't have anything more appropriate to compare to) and the GTX 650 ti.
Edit: here is a comparison on Tom's Hardware Gaming Graphics Cards Charts 2009 (High Quality) between a GTX 285 and two 9800 GTX+ in SLI. The superclocked version should be able to get a bit higher scores, but the as you can see sometimes the GTX 285 wins, sometimes it loses. But take into consideration that that is a chart from 2009 and newer games may not give the same overall result. I just wanted to give the most complete information. Now you can take the difference between the GTX 285 and two 9800GTX+ in SLI and compare it to a GTX 650 ti. If the price is similar, getting a new card, with a warranty, with higher performance, with DX 11 functionality and lower power consumption is a better deal. But it will depend on the price, of course.
30 Dollars for both the gtx9800+s so much cheaper than a 650
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