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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: The PSU holy grail?
by
bathrobehero
on 19/09/2015, 12:05:20 UTC
Most 970's have a 250W TDP so 6 (1500W) is way too much.

Also 6 pin power connectors can output 75W and 6+2 connectors can (should) output 150W so having 12 of them is somewhat pointless since you can't utilize all of them (1800W).

I use EVGA SuperNova G2 1300W PSU's and I think they are better than what I have have read about the Cooler Master V1200.

The G2 1300W is cheaper, have 3 years more warranty (10 instead of 7) and have lower ripple levels on the 12V rail.
It's "just" gold, not platinum but the difference in efficiency under standard mining load (70-80%) is negligible:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/SuperNOVA_G2_1300/6.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CoolerMaster/V1200/6.html

Apparently they are louder than the V1200 but I never heard any of them even under heavy load, or at least much quiter than other components like GPUs.

Look into it and decide for yourself.