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Re: PSU question: Is 850W enough for 3 cards??
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zackclark70
on 19/06/2013, 21:51:58 UTC
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i run 3 cards on a 750w psu ( 700-725w  at the wall )


That's easy...some cards only pull 15watts!

The poster I was referring to was running 3 7950s (underclocked).

If he was running these under load (scrypt mining/over clocked) he would not be able to run them with a 850psu.  Additionally he would be burning a lot of wasted power because of the efficiency drop.

sorry i ment to say i have 3 7950s runing at 630kh each

edit 1050 core 1250 ram 1.050v core 55% fan


Oh, ok.  That's quite good.

But you still would be at (or near %) capacity of psu which kills your power efficiency.  You must also be running other low draw hardware (like ssd/lower mem/ semperon/Ect).  Like I said it depends on a ton of factors.  And every online calculator I have seen would recommend a larger psu for those 3 cards.


Edit...re-read your post...you are at about 97% of capacity.

that rig is a 1090t cpu 256gb ssd cpu watercooling ( 25w waterpump ) 6 120mm fans  8gb ddr3 1600and a led  monator lol have a look at it its my card testing rig / gaming rig lol
http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/zackclark70/library/#/user/zackclark70/library/

edit its a hx750 psu so max it can pull from the wall 850w ( at 90% efficiency )

edit croshair iv motherboard