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System Name | Halloween Boo! |
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Processor | Intel Core i7 3770K |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z77-Up7 |
Cooling | Custom Water/ Thermalchill TA 120.3/ Swiftech Apogeee XT/ MCP655/ Swiftech M icrores/ XSPC RX 240 |
Memory | 16G G.Skill trident 2400MHz |
Video Card(s) | 3 x Radeon 7970 |
Storage | OCZ Revo Drive 240G |
Display(s) | 24 inch Viewsonic |
Case | Phobia WayCoolIt Test Bench |
Power Supply | Nexus 1100 watt |
I said folding for the reason of getting a 8970 and keeping the 7970 (you said why 8970, you cant crossfire) well the answer is prob that hell keep it to fold
the reviews for the gpu aren't estimates, the only estimating I've done is on the cpu and the rest of the system is not gunna be the same for you and him anyhow. On top of that my numbers aren't far from EarthDogs numbers. Do not forget I was looking at maximum consumption not real world
OP wants headroom for a third card so while 850 is perfect for now, 1Kw is bare minimum if he wants a 3rd card, I'd suggest a 1.2kw even
I used a watt o meter on 3 cards and max draw was 1100 watts. 1000 watts would be pushing it... 1100 watt would do the trick . 1200 yes would be better.