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Old July 23, 2011, 01:59 AM
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Im going to be running two GTX 460 1GB in sli for Battlefield 3 Is a 850watt Psu enough power or should i go with the 1000watt?
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Old July 23, 2011, 02:08 AM
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850watt is more than enough to power 460's in sli
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Old July 23, 2011, 02:25 AM
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lol 850 is SUCH overkill, its not even funny. ok a bit funny.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...-sli-review/15
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Old July 23, 2011, 02:32 AM
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I have 750w with the 460s over clocked to 800mhz and I have no issues, I doubt I'm much over 600w.
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I have 750w with the 460s over clocked to 800mhz and I have no issues, I doubt I'm much over 600w.
What did you overclock them with?
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850w is more then enough...assuming it's not a cheapy 850w. What PSU is it?
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What did you overclock them with?
Probably MSI Afterburner, with a bios mod.

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I have 750w with the 460s over clocked to 800mhz and I have no issues, I doubt I'm much over 600w.
If you're over 600w there is something terribly wrong, or you're extremely overclocked on both your CPU and GPU cores. From memory my i7 920 @ 4.2 and 2x460's @900mhz+ (bios modded) were pulling about 460-480 from the wall while folding on everything.
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Corsair HX650 should be enough to run both cards, from your specs you have a 1000W PSU now so why you worrying about PSU.
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Corsair HX650 should be enough to run both cards, from your specs you have a 1000W PSU now so why you worrying about PSU.
I have two psu
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FWIW my other rig has two gtx 460 in SLI with a HX620 and IMHO that is plenty. A quality 600W should and will not have any issues, Anything more than that is just gravy.
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