Is 850w Enough For My Gaming PC

[Paranerd]

I can't say enough how thankful I am for the helpers on this site.

Is 850 Watts - EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GS 80 Plus Gold Power Supply good for quality and length of my computer's life? I don't plan to overclock, but I do have EVGA ACX 2.0 Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell) (Single Card)

My worry is will my 850w PSU shorten my computer's life, and do I need to buy a PSU in the 1000s of watts? I will be using it for current-generation gaming, video editing, graphic desinging, and software development.

Gamer Infinity 8800 Pro SE (NO MONITOR)
https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Infinity_8800_Pro_SE

*BASE_PRICE: [+2275]
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CAS: Corsair Carbide AIR 540 w/ USB 3.0, Dual Chamber Direct Airflow, Full Side Panel Window [+10] (Black Color)
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CC: None
CD: LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, 3D Playback DVD+RW Combo Drive [+17] (Black Color)
CD2: None
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-5820K Six-Core 3.30GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3
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HEADSET: ZALMAN ZM-HPS200 Gaming Headset
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IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: AZZA Delta Gaming Keyboard w/ Anti-Ghosting & red backlight [+9]
MEMORY: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4/2400MHz Quad Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)
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MOPAD: None
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NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
NOISEREDUCE1: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts [+9]
OS: Windows 10 Pro (64-bit Edition) [+31]
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts - EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GS 80 Plus Gold Power Supply [+34]
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SPEAKERS: None
TEMP: None
TUNING: None
TVRC: None
USBFLASH: None
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: EVGA ACX 2.0 Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell) [+63] (Single Card)
WNC: None
WTV: None
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_PRICE: (+2831)

 

[cilliers]

You're good.
Ref: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-980-ti/specifications
Ref: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2665321/980-psu-requirement.html

 

[Paranerd]

You're good.
Ref: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-980-ti/specifications
Ref: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2665321/980-psu-requirement.html

Fast replies in the middle of the night here My other option is 1050 Watts - EVGA SuperNOVA 1050 GS 80 Plus Gold Power Supply, but it is too late to change, and would have to buy later. Is my computer in danger if I use 850w until it needs to be replaced?

 

[cilliers]

Nope. You will probably never replace that PSU. Its really more than sufficient.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

I'm using a 660w Seasonic Platinum with an overclocked 2600k and a 980 Ti. Any quality 650w+ unit is fine for the build you listed. 600w would be my recommendation if you weren't getting a 6 core CPU but to be safe with overclocking 650w would be my choice for that build. Your choices are going to be limited buying prebuilt but that EVGA is a solid unit and you won't hurt anything by going over the recommended wattage.

 

[Paranerd]

Nope. You will probably never replace that PSU. Its really more than sufficient.

Thank you. Since the EVGA 980 ti is already overclocked, that is what my worry was. But I'm finding the highest it goes on games is 334w.

I've been searching for a benchmark or burn (I think that is right word) test program that would record my highest watts used. I can only find ones that show frames-per-second.

Do you know one? Would Furmark test show them?

 

[Paranerd]

I'm using a 660w Seasonic Platinum with an overclocked 2600k and a 980 Ti. Any quality 650w+ unit is fine for the build you listed. 600w would be my recommendation if you weren't getting a 6 core CPU but to be safe with overclocking 650w would be my choice for that build. Your choices are going to be limited buying prebuilt but that EVGA is a solid unit and you won't hurt anything by going over the recommended wattage.

Whoops, I accidentally pressed "answered" instead of "reply" :O but all replies I've been getting have been equally helpful

Is there a benchmark/burn test program, that would show the highest watts generated by the power supply? I couldn't find any, except for frames-per-second.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The highest wattage generated by the power supply? 850 watts. EVGA units are listed at continuous power not peak like junk units are. That GS is made by Seasonic. In fact it supplies a full 840 ( 70.8 amps )of its 850 watts on the 12v rail alone which is where the power for the GPU and CPU comes from.

If you are unsure of necessary power you can trust this list.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

The list is for the entire system not just the graphics card but that's the largest power draw in any computer so it's all that really matters when determining necessary wattage.

To truly test the capabilities of a power supply you need multi thousand dollar testing equipment that only a few review sites own.

Edit: I unselected the best answer.