Is 650w enough for Dual 5850s?

Leman_Russ

See above! I think it is, but best to get your learned opinions!

Specifically a Corsair HX650w

Deano12345

You should be fine,they only use about 180 watts each at full load

AlmightyCushion

Nope you're gonna need 2 1200W power supplies for each card I'm afraid. :pac:

It should be able to handle it fine, but what else are you running in your system? Will the cards be overclocked? Is your processor overclocked?

Farcear

You'll probaly need to get some power adapters to connect everything to the PSU.

Leman_Russ

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Nope you're gonna need 2 1200W power supplies for each card I'm afraid. :pac:

It should be able to handle it fine, but what else are you running in your system? Will the cards be overclocked? Is your processor overclocked?

Only 2? I was sure I would need 3!

3 HDD, OCd Core i5 (4Ghz), cards probably at stock.

@Farcear: Nope, the HX650 comes with 2 PCIe cables each with 2 Plugs on them :pac::pac::pac:

Anti

IF thats the case you best get your self a few of the new ocz 2KW psu's then get a few of them enermax galaxy 1200W jobbies for your hard drives, That cpu is gonna need at least a 700w antec boyo. Best go out and get a generator too, ya know just incase.







a 500w psu would be fine as long as its got a good solid 12v rail.

Leman_Russ

Anti wrote: »

IF thats the case you best get your self a few of the new ocz 2KW psu's then get a few of them enermax galaxy 1200W jobbies for your hard drives, That cpu is gonna need at least a 700w antec boyo. Best go out and get a generator too, ya know just incase.

Gotcha!
Apart from the Antec bit. I'll go out and get me some corsair HX1000s :P

a 500w psu would be fine as long as its got a good solid 12v rail.

good good, The 650 has a beefy Single 12v Rail with 54A and 624w

AlmightyCushion

Look basically you need to scrap your current psu and build yourself a nuclear reactor capable of powering a country with at least 10-15 million people.

Anti

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Look basically you need to scrap your current psu and build yourself a nuclear reactor capable of powering a country with at least 10-15 million people.

Whoa now, you need to back the feck up... Thats just overkill !

AlmightyCushion

Anti wrote: »

Whoa now, you need to back the feck up... Thats just overkill !

You gotta future-proof. You never know he could end up adding another hard drive or plugging in a usb memory stick.

Big Lar

Keep it green dude - Go Solar !

Then just sit back and wait for the sun to shine :cool:

Anti

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

You gotta future-proof. You never know he could end up adding another hard drive or plugging in a usb memory stick.

Or god forbid they might actually makesomething useful for those firewire ports, thats gonna take up atleast a few gigawatts ! Cold fusion is clearly the way here OP. Ye be warned.

Solitaire

Zero-point energy. Like in Star Ocean 3. Or something. You'd surely need the energies of a self-contained Big Bang to power that mother!

Effluo

You need one about.....



This big