- May 18, 2015
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Like many others out there, I'm about to upgrade my 5-year old Dell XPS 8300 desktop. This system came fitted with a 460W OEM PSU and a Radeon HD 5770. I'm set on installing a 600W EVGA PSU and a EVGA GTX 970 (reference style blower design, no ACX 2.0 fans) to replace these outdated components.
The rest of the specs:
i7 2600 3.4Ghz
Intel P67 mobo
8GB DDR3 @ 1333 Mhz
1.8TB HDD @ 7200rpm
In terms of the higher power consumption when gaming under load with a 970 (say GTA 5 and Witcher 3) I should not have to worry about getting an expensive new high end motherboard right? Surely I would only need to to that if I wanted more future potential for upgrades (like an extra PCIe x16 slot for SLI which my Dell only has one of, or upgrading my i7 2600 to a Haswell CPU)? I don't plan on doing this any time soon, at least until I buy a much larger case. We're good with the Dell mobo for the GTX 970? My mobo won't fry? :O
Lastly, I have done many wattage calculations online and they all agree that this system as a whole would consume only around 400W, more likely less (with the 970 only consuming ~ 165W under this peak load according to guru3d - http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-and-980-reference-review,7.html). NVIDIA states the TDP for the 970 is only 145W but some people people say it can suck up like 200-300W under heavy load at ultra settings and high resolutions..
So what IS the highest wattage the 970 would consume at its peak load??? I'm talking realistic next gen gaming scenarios (ultra settings, with max resolution of 1920x1080), not synthetic stress tests like FurMark etc
Clarifications much appreciated!
The rest of the specs:
i7 2600 3.4Ghz
Intel P67 mobo
8GB DDR3 @ 1333 Mhz
1.8TB HDD @ 7200rpm
In terms of the higher power consumption when gaming under load with a 970 (say GTA 5 and Witcher 3) I should not have to worry about getting an expensive new high end motherboard right? Surely I would only need to to that if I wanted more future potential for upgrades (like an extra PCIe x16 slot for SLI which my Dell only has one of, or upgrading my i7 2600 to a Haswell CPU)? I don't plan on doing this any time soon, at least until I buy a much larger case. We're good with the Dell mobo for the GTX 970? My mobo won't fry? :O
Lastly, I have done many wattage calculations online and they all agree that this system as a whole would consume only around 400W, more likely less (with the 970 only consuming ~ 165W under this peak load according to guru3d - http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-and-980-reference-review,7.html). NVIDIA states the TDP for the 970 is only 145W but some people people say it can suck up like 200-300W under heavy load at ultra settings and high resolutions..
So what IS the highest wattage the 970 would consume at its peak load??? I'm talking realistic next gen gaming scenarios (ultra settings, with max resolution of 1920x1080), not synthetic stress tests like FurMark etc
Clarifications much appreciated!
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