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Does anyone know a accurate power supply calculater because iv tried a couple and ive gotten completely different W amounts and this is something i really want to be accurate on?
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SOLVED Power Supply Calculater
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http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp
Most accurate would be to calculate it yourself. CPU should be easy to find, if you search it on Newegg, it will list the TDP in the product name. NVIDIA has the TDP of all their cards on their website. AMD, Wikipedia has a lot of them. Add those up, and add another 40W or so for everything else, and that's how much your build will draw at stock settings.
Most accurate would be to calculate it yourself. CPU should be easy to find, if you search it on Newegg, it will list the TDP in the product name. NVIDIA has the TDP of all their cards on their website. AMD, Wikipedia has a lot of them. Add those up, and add another 40W or so for everything else, and that's how much your build will draw at stock settings.
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Yeah, the PSU calculators often overestimate your needs if you are talking about quality, brand name PSUs by people like Cosair, Seasonic or Antec. With the cheap ones, probably not true as the cheap ones typically grossly exaggerate their wattage claims.
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Alright thank you
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CPU graphics with a GFX card
i have a amd cpu that has integrated graphics and i was wonding if i were to buy a another graphics card of the same series or the same one if it would read both when gaming?
i have a amd cpu that has integrated graphics and i was wonding if i were to buy a another graphics card of the same series or the same one if it would read both when gaming?
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What CPU?
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You can use a 6450, 6570, or 6670 and enable AMD Dual Graphics mode, and games will use the power of both the video card and the integrated GPU.
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How do you enable amd dual graphics mode?
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You just have to put in both GPUs, download AMDs normal GPU drivers and the Crossfire drivers, and then it's an option in AMD Catalyst Control Center.
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And would that be the same as crossfireing two cards?
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It pretty much works the same as Crossfiring two cards, yes. 
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Thank you and how do you start a new thread i forgot and thats why i had to ask a new question on a old thread?
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Go to the forum you want to to start a thread it and hit the yellow New Thread button.
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