EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850 PSU Inquiry

[EKuan]

Hello,

I have been living in Seoul for some time and I'm preparing to return to the States. I bring with me my HTPC build, minus the PSU due to the voltage differences between the two countries. I currently have a GTX 980 and I plan on an SLI set-up down the road; therefore, I am thinking about purchasing the EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850. I currently have an i5-3570k OCd at 4.5, which has been doing me just fine. I know this will need to be swapped out soon if I plan on the SLI upgrade. However, I am wondering if I will run into any problems when I rebuild my system with the superNOVA PSU? Will I be able to run all connectors and simply power it up? Or will there be more to this and is my outdated i5 going to cause any issues? Thanks.

 

[EKuan]

One other thing, I forgot to mention, regarding my OC. Should I set all BIOS settings back to default when I breakdown my system, then rebuild with the new PSU? I would assume that changing the PSU may impact the OC, but then again this may not be a problem at all.

 

[spdragoo]

It shouldn't be a problem. Your PSU is primarily converting the available AC power to DC current, so aside from regional/national AC differences it should just be a plug-n-play scenario.

You probably don't need to adjust your OC, either -- as long as it's stable with the voltage adjustments you've made, switching to a more reliable PSU should help keep it more stable. That being said...I would recommend making a note of your current OC settings, set it back to stock before switching, & then see if you can even push it higher with the newer PSU.

 

[EKuan]

Exactly what I wanted to hear. Thank you.