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How much power to future proof my pc?
I'm building out my pc as follows.
Intel Core i7 4930K CPU
32 Gig RAM
1 DVD Drive
1 SSD
1 HD
1 Sound Card
6 Case Fans
1 GTX 780Ti
I really like the Corsair AX760 PSU. It's a high quality 760 W supply. However, is 760W enough to handle future video cards? I don't want to run the PSU near max and kill the thing. I never plan to SLI my rig. I don't think it's worth it. However, I MIGHT want to run a single dual GPU video card. I probably wouldn't but I'd like the option. Could I run let's say a GTX 690 WITHOUT running the supply near max?
1 Answer
- 7 years agoFavourite answer
Well your CPU is going to use 130 W max, and I would say everything else in there except the video card should keep you below 300W. With your video card in you are looking at a worst case scenario of ~550Watts in full load (which is not likely to happen unless you are doing some artificial workload or mining bitcoin on both CPU and GPU).
I am not familiar with the actual power supply you have but assuming that it can deliver at least 80% of what it says on the box then you have at least 60W extra space for a future GPU so you should be ok in my opinion.
Anyway you probably won't need to upgrade anytime soon...
