is 850w enough or 1000w

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Discussion Starter · Nov 25, 2009

I dont know what to buy i want the 1000w corsair but it cost to much and i dont know ifi need all that power so i looked at the 850w corsair and i was wondering will it be safe for my build if i go with 850w??

here is my build
psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139011
cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-202-_-Product
gfx: I ALREADY HAVE A 260 SUPERCLOCKED CORE 216 CAN I BUY A VANILLA ONE OR I HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER SUPERCLOCKED FOR SLI???
mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131371
memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145225
case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811139001
HDD: 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319
CD Rom: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030
Water cooling

Thx

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nolonger

· #2 · Nov 25, 2009

Links are broken, but for 2-way SLI 850W is more than enough.

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Chunky_Chimp

· #3 · Nov 25, 2009

You can buy another vanilla GTX260 and overclock it to the same level, then SLI them. Should be fine. As for your power requirements, the HX850 is perfect.

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Ladiesman101

· #4 · Nov 25, 2009

850 is way enough man
dont waste ur money on the 1000W

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nseaton1

· #5 · Nov 25, 2009

850 is enough yes, but unless you really don't want to spend the extra money, I highly recommend going for the bigger one, unless (again) you are 100% sure you will never go to quad/tri sli. I made the mistake a few times getting PSU's that were too small.

Also, your 260's don't need to be the same clocks, but the faster one will downscale to match the slow one, iirc. I'm sure you could OC the slow one to match (or outperform) the faster one however.

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Chunky_Chimp

· #6 · Nov 25, 2009

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Originally Posted by nseaton1

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I highly recommend going for the bigger one, unless (again) you are 100% sure you will never go to quad/tri sli.

The HX850 is MORE than capable of handling any tri-SLI setup, really.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 (Batch # 3901A240) | Motherboard: Foxconn X58 Blood Rage (non-GTI) | GPU: Sapphire Vega 64 8GB | RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator 1.6GHz TR3X6G1600C8D Rev 3.2 | Hard Drive: Samsung SSD830 128GB / Seagate 640GB+2TB+2x4TB | Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223Q 22X | Power Supply: Antec HCPP-850 | Cooling: XTTH | OCZ Freeze | 9G1212H1011 | Case: CaseLabs SM8 | Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 | Monitor: Dell U2410f (rev. A02) | Keyboard: Code 104 w/O-rings + Vortex PBT/POM doubleshot keycaps | Mouse: Roccat Kone EMP w/Dechanic Mini pad | Audio: Asus Xonar DX / Klipsch RM-14s + Dayton DTA-120 / MXL Tempo | Other: Microsoft Lifecam Cinema

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Raiden911

· #7 · Nov 25, 2009

I concur, the corsair HX850 would be good enough. Plus, the HX850 is better than the 1000HX.

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Pching

Discussion Starter · #8 · Nov 25, 2009

sorry for the links to be broken but thx you guys u answered all my questions on my upcomming build.

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xFALL3Nx

· #9 · Nov 25, 2009

850 watt will be great and will last for years. 1000 watt will be too much

NightQuest

· #10 · Nov 29, 2009

Indeed, I'd go with the 850.

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