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- May 4, 2011
I am dying laughing at my stupidity.
2 480 gtx cards are what I plan to get down the road to keep up with the new generation video cards, a cheap alternative.
Power draw of 2 gtx 480's peak at roughly 630 watts.
Power draw of I5 2500k at stock 95
630+95=725+2+5+15(hard drive, Disk drive, Periphals*estimate*.)=747. This is under 100% load.
I have a 850 PSU Lazer Gold series by kingwin. It will handle it, but at what point will it give out? I know 1000 watts is recommended, but I can "overclock" my psu to 1000 with a loss of efficiency...if need be.
I know the 500 series are better in terms of tessellation, but the 480 beats the 570 in frames, and is $50 cheaper.
2 480 gtx cards are what I plan to get down the road to keep up with the new generation video cards, a cheap alternative.
Power draw of 2 gtx 480's peak at roughly 630 watts.
Power draw of I5 2500k at stock 95
630+95=725+2+5+15(hard drive, Disk drive, Periphals*estimate*.)=747. This is under 100% load.
I have a 850 PSU Lazer Gold series by kingwin. It will handle it, but at what point will it give out? I know 1000 watts is recommended, but I can "overclock" my psu to 1000 with a loss of efficiency...if need be.
I know the 500 series are better in terms of tessellation, but the 480 beats the 570 in frames, and is $50 cheaper.