700w PSU or 520w and 250w GPU PSU

[joeswm8]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153039

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817139001
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153037

jw

 

[ADE]

...........What about them?

 

[joeswm8]

i am saying which setup would be better... lol

 

[mega10169]

A single 700 watt would seem to be a better choice than two separate units.

 

[joeswm8]

dont let this decision fool you

the GPUs are very demanding, and with their own PSU i wont have to worry

 

[ceewi1]

dont let this decision fool you

the GPUs are very demanding, and with their own PSU i wont have to worry

Maybe I missed something here, but what GPUs are you going to power?

 

[joeswm8]

oh you know...lol

either a 8xxx and eventually SLI or Rxxx and eventually SLI

 

[20thCenturyBoy]

I would think that a 700W supply would still be plenty even for a dual 8'series setup.

 

[joeswm8]

yeah but its not that.

its dedicated 520w for CPU, HDD, and Mobo on one PSU
and 250w dedicated only for GPU

it just seems cleaner and more efficient, although one PSU sounds equally appealing.

thats why i need opinions lol

 

[Froboy7391_99]

I doubt you could run dual 8 series on 250 watts...

 

[liquidshadow]

You could, if that PSU only powered the GPU.

 

[joeswm8]

yeah, i think its a good route.

i dont know though, so confusing one or two i dont know!

 

[The_Beast]

I think the 250 and the 520 watt PSU option is a better one, the corsair PSU is top notch

 

[joeswm8]

that 250w is kinda weird though because it goes in a 5.25" bay and the button sticks out so i am kinda scared of hitting it. what would happen?

 

[diduknowthat]

Well, seeing that early estimates say that the 12" x2900 uses 270watts and the consumer 9" version uses about 240watts. If that's true, then you are not going to be able to crossfire those cards with the 250watts graphics card PSU.

 

[investorofmercy]

The GPU PS is if you have a power supply and do not want to totally upgrade to a new one. If you have an option to get a PS that can handle it then that is probably the best route. To me, it seems like something else to go wrong. You mathematically increase your chance of failure by 100% if you have 2 units instead of 1.