7970 'Boosted' PSU req?

[Coxey]

Hey there,

Got my eye on a couple of 7970 'boosted' cards - was wondering what the comfortable wattage would be for my system if I swapped out my 7870 for one of these.

In particular I have my eye on the Club3D 7970 boosted / MSI 7970 lightning boosted.

Specs:
MSI 7870 OC | i5 760@3.8GHz | Asus P7P55D-E LX | 4x2GB Corsair XMS3@1600MHz

Corsair TX650M | 1920x1080 (32") | W7 x64 / W8 x64

Cheers.

 

[WYP]

your current psu will be more than adequate mate

 

[tinytomlogan]

Hey there,

Got my eye on a couple of 7970 'boosted' cards - was wondering what the comfortable wattage would be for my system if I swapped out my 7870 for one of these.

In particular I have my eye on the Club3D 7970 boosted / MSI 7970 lightning boosted.

Specs in sig.

Cheers.

Please post specs other wise when you sig changes and someone finds this thread in a few months time looking for an answer to the same thing they wont know the answers

 

[Coxey]

your current psu will be more than adequate mate

Cheers

Please post specs other wise when you sig changes and someone finds this thread in a few months time looking for an answer to the same thing they wont know the answers

True - sorted.

 

[tinytomlogan]

True - sorted.

Many thanks

 

[Zaim]

your current psu will be more than adequate mate

+1, The TX650M is a good high quality PSU, more than enough for a single high end GPU.

 

[Coxey]

Aight cheers for the reassurance all.

Gone ahead and got the MSI 7970 Lightning BE on order.

 

[Zaim]

Aight cheers for the reassurance all.

Gone ahead and got the MSI 7970 Lightning BE on order.

No worries, just as a reference my pc (see specs) under gaming load uses around 310w (BF3) that's with the gpu at stock (1050mhz core @ 1.15v) and cpu at 4.4ghz 1.12v