PSU starting to fail, need to upgrade.

[FireKing]

My current PSU is 700W and I'm wondering if I need to upgrade to a beefier unit.

My video card require 600W minimum and my CPU requires 125W so I'm not sure if 700W is cutting it.

The minimum I want to get is 750W with max being 850W. I'm just wondering if you guys could help me narrow down what wattage I would require. As a note I'm going to be replacing my P2 x4 980 with an 8350 in the near future.

System Specs:

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+
AMD Phenom II x4 980 BE
w/ Corsair Hydro Series H80i Liquid CPU Cooling
Gigabyte GeForce GFX 780 Ti OC 3GB DDR5 PCI-E
G.Skill NQ Series PC3-10666 8GB 4x2GB DDR3 1333
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
Hitatchi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATAII 7200rpm 32 MB Cache
Windows 7 64-bit Home
OCZ 700W ModXStream Pro Power Supply

 

[JQB45]

What kind of budget do you have for the replacement PSU ?

If you can afford it I recommend this:
SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular
$159.99 USD after $10.00 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151111&cm_re=seasonic-_-17-151-111-_-Product

 

[i7Baby]

Your PC needs a good 620+W PSU eg XFX 650 - http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650bbefx - $70

 

[madmatt30]

You don't need 750w for a single 290 even with an 8350.
That 600w rec is for full system power - the 290 won't pull more than 300w even at 100% load.

 

[JQB45]

My recommendation for the Seasonic brand still holds but they are right a smaller power supply is fine.

 

[FireKing]

@madmatt30 hey man not sure where you saw 290, I've got a GFX 780 Ti OC, this puppy http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4839#ov

I also overclock my processor, and will OC the 8350 when I get it. I have 6 case fans as well.

I was looking at a Corsair AX760 Platinum ($190 CDN), Seasonic G-750W Gold ($140) or Corsair CS750M Gold ($140) as these are what my local computer shop have in stock. As far as 850W they have a Corsair AX860 and AX860i in stock but they are running $220 and $250 respectively.

 

[FireKing]

A little more info, I've been getting BSODs recently while gaming and my oldest component is my PSU. I'm wondering if I'm juicing too hard as I've been noticing my CPU voltage fluctuate quite a bit. I thought that my 700W PSU was starting to degrade and couldn't handle my load anymore. I brought my CPU down to 4.1 GHz from 4.2 but haven't had time to torture test yet as this happened Monday night.

Also my CPU temps are fine while gaming, as well as GPU temps. I ran the Windows 7 memory diagnostic and everything is fine there.

 

[madmatt30]

^ fire king - I'm seeing things mate 😉

Just go with the seasonic g then - its a far better supply than the corsair cs.

 

[FireKing]

Are you reading other threads than just mine?!?!? Lol yea was leaning towards the Seasonic.