How many watts this draws with multiple GPU's? I plan on getting 2-4 of them and I need to know what the draw is like so I can get a proper PSU.
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I use a 750w psu for 2 of them in a crossfire configuration, works like a dream.
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I tried crossfire with 2 7870's gigabyte cards with a 850 watt thermaltake power supply and it wouldn't work. I recommend no less than good name brand 1000 watt power supply. However a 1200 watt would optimal.
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Hey there, the card has been measured around 220 watts by several hardware reviews, this is also close to what the spec says. Now for a PSU overall power you need to check what's in your system overall. Note overclock causes significant overconsumption (upto 280W in some Vmod cases).
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If you want to run 4 of these and the rest of the system off one PSU, you need a 1500-1600 watt PSU. I run 4 Sapphire R9-290's, and at peak usage I draw over 1500 watts from my 1600-watt PSU.
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The manufacturer says, "The display card requires up to 225 watts of power". Most desktops with an i5 or i7 draw less that 100 watts. A 460 watt power supply is more than adequate. It seems people are always telling you that you need a humongous power supply but anyone that builds computers and/or uses them professionally like I do know this is just hype. I run two computers, a monitor, a 23" LED LCD HD TV, and a lot of other minor items behind an UPS and all of them seldom draw more than 300 watts combined. When playing a high GUI game the draw may go as high as 350 watt for everything. Fred Brooks owner and CEO, H&O PC Solutions
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It all depends on the 750watt PSU you have. If you have a gold rated high performance name brand PSU it will probably handle it. You will need 4 PCI-E video card power connectors. (6 prong connectors for video cards). You will be pushing a 750w PSU to the max under 100% utilization. If you're just playing games or doing graphics/CAD work and you have a top notch 750 PSU you are probably okay. If you're bit mining and running full throttle 24/7 go for the 1000w PSU. A good indication is, what's the brand and rating of your PSU and does it have four pci-e power connectors. Do not try to use adapters to create more Pci-e power connectors - they fail under full load. It all depends on the 750watt PSU you have. If you have a gold rated high performance name brand PSU it will probably handle it. You will need 4 PCI-E video card power connectors. (6 prong connectors for video cards). You will be pushing a 750w PSU to the max under 100% utilization. If you're just playing games or doing graphics/CAD work and you have a top notch 750 PSU you are probably okay. If you're bit mining and running full throttle 24/7 go for the 1000w PSU. A good indication is, what's the brand and rating of your PSU and does it have four pci-e power connectors. Do not try to use... » Read More It all depends on the 750watt PSU you have. If you have a gold rated high performance name brand PSU it will probably handle it. You will need 4 PCI-E video card power connectors. (6 prong connectors for video cards). You will be pushing a 750w PSU to the max under 100% utilization. If you're just playing games or doing graphics/CAD work and you have a top notch 750 PSU you are probably okay. If you're bit mining and running full throttle 24/7 go for the 1000w PSU. A good indication is, what's the brand and rating of your PSU and does it have four pci-e power connectors. Do not try to use adapters to create more Pci-e power connectors - they fail under full load. « Show Less
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I'm using the same CPU, 2 970s, and similar other specs, with this power supplier. I believe I overshot it for my system by a decent margin. Since you are only using one graphic card, I believe you can take a smaller power supplier easily. I'm not an expert though.
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I have a mining rig and a kill-a-watt. I also have 2 PSU's. I've seen the kill-a-watt read about 75w increase for each of these cards plugged into the 2nd PSU. However I've never tested the increase off the 1st PSU, power that it pulls from the Mother Board. I've only heard antidotally that they pull 50w from the MoBo.
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Subjective reviews have found that this card draws 9-10W at idle, 167W avg when gaming, and 206W peak. The load on your PSU ultimately will depend on your other hardware components (CPU, Memory, Hard Disk Drives, Solid State Drives, Optical Drives). 600W is definitely plenty unless you plan to run SLi or have more than 3 active HDDs + BR Drive.
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The GTX 970 wants at least a 500W PSU, but I've never had it draw that much power, You should be fine, but you might want to be on the safe side and go up to the 500W
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I can tell you this, and it might not directly answer your question:the powersupply is not designed to be very powerful, it was made to save on power costs. It is also non-standard, so you need to take that into account.ALSO,It has 2 displayports, out of the box. although I haven't tried hooking up 2 at the same time... so you may just need one additional card
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I believe the documentation calls for a 750W power supply, though the power usage of this card fluctuates a lot. I haven't seen the card draw more than 410 watts from the wall, putting my total system under 650W at full load. I have been using an EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G 80PLUS Gold and it has been running fine.
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I ran it with a 300w and it ran fine. However, for the price, there are better cards you can get, like the 7750 and 7770 that aren't very expensive, but perform very well.
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If you want to crossfire the gpu's then I would not recommend this power supply. If you are only running one gpu then this power supply would definitely suit your needs.
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I don't know what your entire system power requirements, but unless you have a ton of extra equipment running you should be fine with 750 watts. I'm running that gpu with a 650 Watt power supply and have zero problems.
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It depends on your build. For example my GPU The Nvidia Geforce 9800GT is a power hog, but I use it very frequently. The card is working fine on the PSU and my card runs stable at about 100 watts. Check the manufacturing recommendation for the card and see how many watts is recommended for the card. Then do some math add up the number of watts all of your components are using if you are within 20 watts I would suggest to go for another power supply. Also if you have an overclocked graphics card or if you plan to overclock with a third party program be careful as this power supply does not like stress. This power supply has also shorted out once but after I cleared the capacitors it was ok. In conclusion I do not see any reason you couldn't use this psu temporarily for a gaming machine as long as you have enough power for your system.
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Yes i have a 750W PSU and it should be even enough for a crossfire with two of these GPUs
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The card itself is rated by Nvidia to use about 155 watts. If your just running one you won't need to buy a real heavy power supply. the computer I built with this card calculated to use just under 400 watts overall (and I put a 4th gen i5, 8 gigs of ram, 2 hard drives, multiple fans, 2 DVD/blu ray roms, and a decent mobo) and I used a 500 watt psu. Just make sure your power supply has the proper connectors ( you will need an 8 pin and a 6 pin connector to power this card, careful not to confuse your 8 pin motherboard connector with your 8 pin video card connector.)
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Hi Jordan. A safe bet, in my opinion, would be a 600-650 watt rating on your power supply unit (PSU). That should handle an overclocked GPU, plus the needs of any CPU you might have installed, along with the usual memory configurations (8 to 16 GB), an optical drive, and several hard drives (including a mix of solid state and conventional drives). You should have power to spare. However, if you think you might want to run a dual-SLI card configuration, then I would go with an 850-watt PSU like those available from Corsair and other reputable vendors. A second card will draw roughly 170-200 watts by itself under load, BTW. Hope this helps. Hi Jordan. A safe bet, in my opinion, would be a 600-650 watt rating on your power supply unit (PSU). That should handle an overclocked GPU, plus the needs of any CPU you might have installed, along with the usual memory configurations (8 to 16 GB), an optical drive, and several hard drives (including a mix of solid state and conventional drives). You should have power to spare. However, if you think you might want to run a dual-SLI card configuration, then I would go with an 850-watt PSU like those available from Corsair and other reputable vendors. A second card will draw roughly 170-200... » Read More Hi Jordan. A safe bet, in my opinion, would be a 600-650 watt rating on your power supply unit (PSU). That should handle an overclocked GPU, plus the needs of any CPU you might have installed, along with the usual memory configurations (8 to 16 GB), an optical drive, and several hard drives (including a mix of solid state and conventional drives). You should have power to spare. However, if you think you might want to run a dual-SLI card configuration, then I would go with an 850-watt PSU like those available from Corsair and other reputable vendors. A second card will draw roughly 170-200 watts by itself under load, BTW. Hope this helps. « Show Less