Would a Corsair CX600 power an AMD 9590 along with a GTX 770? (Along with 6 fans, HDD and optical drive)

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Would a Corsair CX600 power an AMD FX 9590 along with a GTX 770? (Plus 6 fans, HDD and optical drive)

I've got an AMD 9590 with a low-end card. I'm in the process of upgrading and I'm wanting to buy a GTX 770 or something along the lines.

Will my CX600 power it with my processor and other components, or will I have to go for a smaller card?

Cheers!
 
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With the 9590 , I would go with 1000w PSU just like AMD recommends.

EVGA G2 1000w.


Your choices for the 9590 series:



Asrock 970 Performance
ASRock 990FX Extreme9
ASRock 990FX Extreme6
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R4.0\5.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling or full system liquid cooling.
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Yes, I've already got the PSU. I have a friend that runs a CX600 with a GTX 770, an i5 4670k, an SSD and HDD with fans etc. Would my system have similar power consumption?
 
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fans take very little power - and if a few fans puts you over the edge as far as power, you have way bigger issues
ssd is in the same boat
heck, even hdd aren't that bad half of the time. unless your currently-playing game is sprayed across 4 drives of a RAID, you can mostly ignore it too

basically, CPU+GPU+50 is a good quick number to work from - that gives you the bare minimum you should have. add 20% to 25% for inefficiency, and there's your starting PSU rating.
 
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You add 25-50% for capacitor aging, not for inefficiency.

PSU that delivers 600 watts, will always give that output (if it is brand new) regardless of the 80+ rating.

The 80 plus rating is how much the PSU takes from the power socket, not how much the PSU delivers.

Best rule of thumb is to have your PSU at 50% load. This way it is most efficient, runs cool and quiet and the caps don't degrade that quickly.
 
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that capacitor aging number is complete and utter BS. unless the PSU is on 24/7 and the caps are home-made using dung and masking tape AND the user intends on keeping the system running for 10+ years with no maintenance, that "add 25-50%" number is complete crap.

and i clearly said that the numbers are a STARTING point, not the ideal point. heck, if we ALL had $200 to spend on a PSU for every computer, nobody would ask any questions like "is this enough" or "i can only afford X, what can i buy".
 
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If capacitor aging was "BS" as you say, all will be running with Chinese caps because they are cheaper. You clearly have no idea how electronics work. Corsair CX series fail after 1.5-2 years mainly because of the cheap caps on the secondary system.

A descent PSU loses around 2-5% of total output per year. It is just how it works. 75% of PSU failures are related to caps failing. Another 10-20ish is related to Active PFC failure.

How do I know? I have a degree in computer sciences. My father has a degree in electronics. He works in PC service and a lot of his job is refurbishing PSUs. I had my fare share of PSUs to deal with. And exploding or bursting capacitors is a real danger.
 
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and i have a B.Eng. in elec eng. a degree in comp-sci is not relevant to how a psu is designed or how it works. and your daddy's education isn't genetically implanted into you, so he could be a horticulturist for all we care.

bursting caps are a possibility, but any cap can burst - some early, some late. i have modern electronics that fry quickly. i have tube amps from the 70s and 80s that are still working perfectly fine today. at your 5% per year loss, i'd have accumulated over 200% of loss on my '72 Fender Pro Reverb. even if we do the mathematically-correct 95%-capacity-after-a-year, it would be down to 11% capacity today. which it isn't.

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also, a power rating has nothing to do with power quality. i pretty well said so in my first post in this thread. you seem to be throwing around numbers and confusing the two terms.

kids these days...
 
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1 - Your 72 Fender Pro Reverb is not a PSU. It is designed differently. But I guess for you anything that you plug in the electricity is the same.

2 - Capacitor aging is not declining with % from total output, but with % from current output.

A 500W at a 2% loss per year is not going to be 20%. Its not 500 - [2% x 10]. It is {([500 - 2%] - 2%) - 2%} ... etc. If you had any knowledge - well you would have known.

There is also another fact in capacitors life. It is usually rated as operating hours at maximum temperature. Good caps are rated for 2000 hours at 105 C. Capacitor life generally doubles every 10c under the max temperature. That means if you run those caps at a steady 55C they should run for 7.5 years 24/7 operation. This is if they are always in spec. Capacitor aging can make them go out of spec if overstressed and die prematurely.

3 - And who said power rating has anything to do with power quality. The power rating is the efficiency or how much does it pull from the wall socket. Where did you even read it or you just make it up. As I said "The 80 plus rating is how much the PSU takes from the power socket, not how much the PSU delivers."

And your offensive stance does show rather emotional immaturity. You read whatever you wish and write utter nonsense. Calling people kids, when you yourself are acting as immature as possible to win an argument over the Internet. Good call.



 
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My thoughts on this debate. I am NOT going to recommned you do this. While you may skimp away with like 590 watts under load, the CX600 runs through its caps like butter when coming to its max load. Meaning, the psu will become destroyed faster... And it could risk damaging other components.


My recommendation: Get an EVGA 750 B2. HAs great caps, made by the best company, and is actually the same price as the cx..


Also, if we are just going to argue, then leave this thread to SR-71...
 
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With the 9590 , I would go with 1000w PSU just like AMD recommends.

EVGA G2 1000w.


Your choices for the 9590 series:



Asrock 970 Performance
ASRock 990FX Extreme9
ASRock 990FX Extreme6
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R4.0\5.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling or full system liquid cooling.
 
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