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- Jun 9, 2011
So I looked up the reference wattage of the 5850 and it says it's 151W. I plan on overclocking once I put it under water, but I'm not sure how much the wattage will go up. Would rounding it up to 200W be a good approximation for the heat output of this card overclocked? I'm fine if it's grossly over, but I would like to know have to worry about it being too low, which I think is quiet unlikely, but better safe than sorry.
Note, I will be pairing this with my i7-3770k and overclocking that as well. Most likely gonna shoot for 4.5GHz on it. Not sure if/how much I'll have to change the vcore to, but I just assumed 1.3 to get a rough estimate and using the extreme PSU calculator I got around 110W. I plan to use the new swiftech AIO cooler when it comes out and I just want to make sure I add the right amount of radiator to keep the cooling setup in the nearly silent range.
Note, I will be pairing this with my i7-3770k and overclocking that as well. Most likely gonna shoot for 4.5GHz on it. Not sure if/how much I'll have to change the vcore to, but I just assumed 1.3 to get a rough estimate and using the extreme PSU calculator I got around 110W. I plan to use the new swiftech AIO cooler when it comes out and I just want to make sure I add the right amount of radiator to keep the cooling setup in the nearly silent range.