PSU and Graphics Card

[trance9009]

I currently have
-MSI Gaming N760 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card(requires 30A and 500W Minimum)
-OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply (2 12 volt rails with 25A) theoretically 50A?

I didnt see this until now, but I have been running this pc for 4 months now and havent experienced significant problems.My Battlefield 4 has crashed one time with a directx error and even disabled my GPU Driver. I just re-enabled it and it was fine(battlefiel 4 is having alot of problems right now so i dont know if its battlefield 4 related or my GPU/ PSU combo related)

My question is if my PSU is ok for my graphics card?

 

[geofelt]

Your psu can deliver 46a; it is not the sum of the rails.
The psu is not noted for top quality, but, your sample seems to be ok.
I would not worry.

 

[stickmansam]

Its probably bf4 related if its not happening in any other games

you cannot combine rails for PSU's though the single 25A rail should be enoughfor the 760 (draws a max of 215w)

 

[trance9009]

Your psu can deliver 46a; it is not the sum of the rails.
The psu is not noted for top quality, but, your sample seems to be ok.
I would not worry.

even tho its minimum requirement for a single 12v rail is 30A?
how do i know if my graphics card is getting 46A ?

 

[stickmansam]

the 760 draws about 161W which really isn't alot for a graphics card, arround 15 amps?

 

[trance9009]

i mean i did just get my info from an article as well from http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards so i dont even know how accurate it is

 

[stickmansam]

Their suggestions tend to be conservative since they don't want to get blamed

Also Wattage rating =/= 12 amps (most important rail)

 

[trance9009]

Their suggestions tend to be conservative since they don't want to get blamed

Also Wattage rating =/= 12 amps (most important rail)

so you think im good to go then? even with overclocks on my psu and gpu?

 

[stickmansam]

whats your cpu and it's OC?

Try something like 3dmark demo, its free and stresses your CPU and GPU

 

[trance9009]

whats your cpu and it's OC?

Try something like 3dmark demo, its free and stresses your CPU and GPU

i have a 4770k i7 3.5ghz stock , i clocked it to 4.2 ghz

 

[stickmansam]

you could try dropping the OC and if the issue persists
also try with CPU OC and no GPU OC

 

[geofelt]

Your psu can deliver 46a; it is not the sum of the rails.
The psu is not noted for top quality, but, your sample seems to be ok.
I would not worry.

even tho its minimum requirement for a single 12v rail is 30A?
how do i know if my graphics card is getting 46A ?

Look at the data plate which is required.
Here is yours:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018
You will see that the combined +12v rails is 552w.
Divide by 12v, and you get 46a.
Actually, virtually all psu's have only one power generating rail.
The division into several rails is a UL safety standard.
Not to worry, no power lead will exceed the 25a. You use two 6 pin pcie-leads.
Some psu's can't deliver what is advertised, but that is a different issue.

 

[trance9009]

Your psu can deliver 46a; it is not the sum of the rails.
The psu is not noted for top quality, but, your sample seems to be ok.
I would not worry.

even tho its minimum requirement for a single 12v rail is 30A?
how do i know if my graphics card is getting 46A ?

Look at the data plate which is required.
Here is yours:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018
You will see that the combined +12v rails is 552w.
Divide by 12v, and you get 46a.
Actually, virtually all psu's have only one power generating rail.
The division into several rails is a UL safety standard.
Not to worry, no power lead will exceed the 25a. You use two 6 pin pcie-leads.
Some psu's can't deliver what is advertised, but that is a different issue.

i was just wondering if i was in need of a new psu