Can my PSU cope with this physx card?

er5577 · 11-25-10, 10:30 PM

Rig:

i7 965 stock, 3x2gb @1600 stock, asus P6T deluxe, GTX 580 , 3x dvdrw, 3x hdd, sb x-fi, pci-e tv card, cooler master cm 690 II plus, PSU: seasonic x-750 gold.

need to add a gtx 280 as dedicated physx. nothing overclocked so far. Can the PSU take it?

Now I know for instance ,that 2x 580 SLI is out of the question, 2x gtx 470 is fine for this PSU; plus from various reviews of 580 SLI and 280 SLI, I calculated that my future rig will draw at worst case TDP no more than 650w-700w.( gtx 280@ 236w , gtx 580 @ 340w-unlikely)

And this PSU can easily give the equivalent of 840w~, let alone 750w.
More likely the rig might consume ~ 600w-630w.
12V rail= 62A.

So am I right thinking this?

intel2.06 · 11-26-10, 02:18 AM

yea brother, you'll be fine.
intel2

arcanise · 11-26-10, 03:26 AM

IMHO a 280 is overkill for physx

er5577 · 11-27-10, 09:53 AM

Ok, thanks!, any more opinions?

arcanise · 11-27-10, 10:28 AM

get a 9800 for physx you cant use much more than that

11-25-10, 10:30 PM	Thread Starter #1
er5577 New Member Join Date: Nov 2010	Can my PSU cope with this physx card? Rig: i7 965 stock, 3x2gb @1600 stock, asus P6T deluxe, GTX 580 , 3x dvdrw, 3x hdd, sb x-fi, pci-e tv card, cooler master cm 690 II plus, PSU: seasonic x-750 gold. need to add a gtx 280 as dedicated physx. nothing overclocked so far. Can the PSU take it? Now I know for instance ,that 2x 580 SLI is out of the question, 2x gtx 470 is fine for this PSU; plus from various reviews of 580 SLI and 280 SLI, I calculated that my future rig will draw at worst case TDP no more than 650w-700w.( gtx 280@ 236w , gtx 580 @ 340w-unlikely) And this PSU can easily give the equivalent of 840w~, let alone 750w. More likely the rig might consume ~ 600w-630w. 12V rail= 62A. So am I right thinking this?
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11-26-10, 02:18 AM	#2
intel2.06 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Seattle	yea brother, you'll be fine. intel2 __________________ Cooler Master HAFX i7 940 @ 4205.6MHz 41°C Asus sabertooth x58 Corsair H70 Antec truepower quattro 1000w Evga gtx-460x2 dual-SLI 1010/2020 Kingston hyper-x 6g 1600 Crucial SSD sata III 64gb (os) Western digital caviar black 1tb-x2 LG bluray burner Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
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11-26-10, 03:26 AM	#3
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11-27-10, 09:53 AM	Thread Starter #4
er5577 New Member Join Date: Nov 2010	Ok, thanks!, any more opinions?
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11-27-10, 10:28 AM	#5
arcanise Join Date: Apr 2010	get a 9800 for physx you cant use much more than that __________________ Join the OCF Starcraft Clan mobo ASUS P6X58D Premium CPU Intel i7 965 bloomfield xe OC'd 3.6Ghz ram OCZ gold edition 12GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 video GTX 465 OC'd 770//1540//1700 CSM X2!!! HDD's 1X kingston 60GB SSD HDD's 1X velociraptor 600GB 10,000 RPM HDD's 1X WD 1TB 7200 RPM Case Cooler master sniper
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