PSU recommendation for a GTX 970 build?

[Remusion]

Hey there,

I'm getting ready to order my parts for my first build and I'm looking for some informed opinions on how big of a PSU I should get. I'll be going with an i7-4790K on an ASUS Maximus VI Hero motherboard. As mentioned in the title I'll be opting for the GTX 970 for GPU; probably either the ASUS Strix or an MSI. That said I am interested in overclocking things slightly and would also love to not have to buy a new PSU if I decide to SLI in the future.

That being said; does anyone have any good recommendations? Thanks for your time!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Great choice for future SLI. 😀

Best 850w on the market.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=377
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $114.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[terroralpha]

get the Asus STRIX card. i personally have a pair of MSI GTX 970 cards, and while they work great so far, i was really angry to find out that MSI cut a corner by using a cheap voltage controller. the voltage controller on this card is only built to use 4 phases yet the card has 8 phases (6 for GPU + 2 for mem). that means they are running phases in parallel. while it's not the end of the world, this is just a very silly thing to do and the card offers almost no real benefit over the reference 4+1 phase design.

the Asus card has a controller that can handle 8 phases and it actually uses 8 phases. that's the PROPER way to build a high end graphic card