Boar wrote

TopNotchKiNG wrote

Boar wrote

TopNotchKiNG wrote

Squabbler wrote

TopNotchKiNG wrote

Boar wrote In my opinion, 1200W seems a bit much for that system.

Shouldn't an 800w be fine?

Possibly but highly unlikely because the graphics card alone requires 500w, everything all together would need around 1000w's so I went with the 1200w just to be safe.

500w For a Graphics card are you smoking meth?

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600w would be plenty.

500W (or greater) power supply with one 150W 8-pin PCI Express power connector and one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended.7

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Silly boy xD That means it recommends a PSU of 500w, not the card requires that, the card will require about 250w, a 700w supply will be fine.

Now factor in the rest of the computer hardware, including water cooling as well as 3 addition fans... Silly Boy

Even at that, 700-800W would be fine, also giving room to overclock. 1200w will only ever be needed, in my opinion, in Tri SLI/Crossfire builds.

A 2-way 7970 3GB Edition in CrossfireX has been mentioned between me and him, so once again I'm playing it safe with the 1200w.

a 750w would handle oc and extra fans your just wasting money.

HIV wrote a 750w would handle oc and extra fans your just wasting money.

TopNotchKiNG wrote A 2-way 7970 3GB Edition in CrossfireX has been mentioned between me and him, so once again I'm playing it safe with the 1200w.

I am building this for a friend and as of now he want's just a AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Edition, but we have spoken about a 2-way 7970 setup in the future. A 750w could not handle a 2-way 7970 setup w/ overclocking.

An 800-850w supply will be all he needs for that then, 1200 is for Tri builds more than anything.

Enough about the damned power supply guys, just rate the build. Thanks!