Will my CX750M be enough for FX-8370 and a HD 6970 Crossfire?

[Slushyspy33]

Hello, I was basically just wondering if i really needed to upgrade. I have 4 case fans and a DVD/RW drive as well.

 

[neieus]

I have the same PSU with my 8320 overclocked and it runs my rig just fine.

 

[RCFProd]

Edit:No headroom at all with the FX-8370. Your power supply will remain in continued stress and may aswell lead to reduced life length of the PSU.

Buy a newer single graphics card. Crossfire with old GPU's is a no no anyways.

 

[LouieSmith66]

^ Maybe he doesn't have the money i have GTX 770 SLI and AMD 8320 oced to 5.5GHz with 7 case fans Hope this helps

 

[Slushyspy33]

Edit:No headroom at all with the FX-8370. Your power supply will remain in continued stress and may aswell lead to reduced life length of the PSU.

Buy a newer single graphics card. Crossfire with old GPU's is a no no anyways.

But I dont have much money. Where another new 6970 would cost $90, compared to a $250 card that would equal the power of the Crossfired 6970s... ( I mean crossfired 6970s equal about 1 GTX 770. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487108

 

[Slushyspy33]

I was thinking about waiting until I have enough for R9 280. Would my PSU be able to crossfire 2 980s?

 

[Slushyspy33]

im looking on tons of websites and it still says the r9 280 is worse than 6970 crossfire. How is old GPU crossfire a no no? Look at these results.

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=2177&gid2=1953&compare=radeon-r9-280-xfx-double-d-black-3gb-edition-vs-radeon-hd-6970-crossfire

The only card that i can mind on par with the 6970s is a r9 280x:
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1953&gid2=1907&compare=radeon-hd-6970-crossfire-vs-radeon-r9-280x-club3d-royalking-edition

 

[RCFProd]

Crossfire support is simply not so good and wouldn't work well in half of the games you played.

 

[Slushyspy33]

^ Maybe he doesn't have the money i have GTX 770 SLI and AMD 8320 oced to 5.5GHz with 7 case fans Hope this helps

I put my exact hardware into here : http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

It said Minimum PSU Wattage should be 682, and their recommended was 732. Now I know this doesn't leave any room to overclock the CPU, but I don't plan to.

 

[RCFProd]

That is the exact problem. The Corsair CX750 isn't a quality unit and I wouldn't be suprised if it doesn't deliver the full 750w under full load. I think it more likely will deliver around 720. That's why you shouldn't try it.