TopGun960 wrote

r00t_b33r wrote Whoa... What's going on here... What are you using 15K RPM drives for? SSDs are the way to go 99.9% of the time these days. They'll take a lot more power and won't be as fast. Instead of 6970s, you'd be better off going for 7950s. Better power usage and performance all-around. You could run a system with two 7950s, as much RAM as you want, and CPU, a number of HDDs, and SSDs off a 750w unit easily. Those calculators are never really something to trust. The 7950 draws less than 180 watts under load.

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Thanks for the response. A couple of things that Ill answer here. I am using 15000 RPM drives because I can get those for next to nothing. SSD are just too expensive right now for not much storage. Anyway, I can get 2 6970s for USD 220 verses 1 7950 for USD 350. Just not feasible right now. Also, (not sure if I previously mentioned this) I want to overclock both the CPU and the GPU. I found [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] website to help with OCing the GPU (which are actually 6950s). About 3/4 of the way down, you'll see that the overclocked/modded 6950s will take 252 watts each. So youre saying I can run all of this (overclocked and everything) on a 750 watt PSU? Thanks for the help!

No, if you do go with those, then you'll want a 1000 watt unit. The price definitely justifies the 6970s, lucky dude! new prices are a different story, though. Also I'm curious where you can get such fast HDDs, if you're in a position to get your hands on them, heck yes, get them!

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This is a good deal right now, very good unit with plenty of wattage.

r00t_b33r wrote

TopGun960 wrote

r00t_b33r wrote Whoa... What's going on here... What are you using 15K RPM drives for? SSDs are the way to go 99.9% of the time these days. They'll take a lot more power and won't be as fast. Instead of 6970s, you'd be better off going for 7950s. Better power usage and performance all-around. You could run a system with two 7950s, as much RAM as you want, and CPU, a number of HDDs, and SSDs off a 750w unit easily. Those calculators are never really something to trust. The 7950 draws less than 180 watts under load.

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Thanks for the response. A couple of things that Ill answer here. I am using 15000 RPM drives because I can get those for next to nothing. SSD are just too expensive right now for not much storage. Anyway, I can get 2 6970s for USD 220 verses 1 7950 for USD 350. Just not feasible right now. Also, (not sure if I previously mentioned this) I want to overclock both the CPU and the GPU. I found [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] website to help with OCing the GPU (which are actually 6950s). About 3/4 of the way down, you'll see that the overclocked/modded 6950s will take 252 watts each. So youre saying I can run all of this (overclocked and everything) on a 750 watt PSU? Thanks for the help!

No, if you do go with those, then you'll want a 1000 watt unit. The price definitely justifies the 6970s, lucky dude! new prices are a different story, though. Also I'm curious where you can get such fast HDDs, if you're in a position to get your hands on them, heck yes, get them!

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This is a good deal right now, very good unit with plenty of wattage.

Yeah I can get a 15k RPM 500 GB for around 50 bucks or a 1TB for 110. Connections are the best haha.
Anyway, that looks like a good unit, and it has great reviews. But wow, that's a lot of fixed cables I'd have to hide. It's just darn near impossible to get a good, reliable, modular, high-voltage PSU for cheap. Honestly, that's more than I have to spend. Im assuming I could not get by with a 850 watt with all this OC stuff?

sorry about this...



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