samedi 26 juillet 2014

Need Recommendations On AXi 1200 or 1500

Hey all,



Long time no post.



Having issues maybe related to power and I am looking to upgrade my power supply. I've owned the current one in my system now for over a year and until I purchased the 295x2 and 290x for TRI-Fire 3 months ago I never had a problem. I was running three Gigabyte Windforce 3x 780's ( non Ti versions ). Upgraded my Dell 30" to a 4K display and found the lack of video memory in a lot of titles to be a concern, so when the 295x2 was released I jumped on it. Now with my PSU I get a lot of rail noise which I probably shouldn't, I've gone over placement of the rails so its even and that I am not sharing anything on the rail except the GPU but still get constant rail noise when gaming and it becomes annoying, now with the 290x to eek out a bit of extra performance it gets even worse. I am also running into a lot of microstutter in World Of Warcraft and Diablo 3, when removing the 295x2 and using just the 290x it runs smooth but choppy in a lot of titles since a 290x can not run by itself at 4K very well.



So it was recommended to me to try a PSU with a large 12v rail and Corsair came highly recommended, looked at a lot of reviews in regards to the AXi 1200watt and 1500watt and I have a few quesitons:



1.) Is the Corsair Link required to run a single 12v rail? I see people being able to switch it from single to multi and I would like to not install the software and just use it as is in a single rail config.



2.) Will the 1200 Watt PSU be enough? You can see my system specs, what you don't see is the amount of fans I have in the system. I am running a custom loop inside the rig, consisting of the following:



480 Radiator with 8x Corsair SP120 Extreme Performance in push pull

Corsair SP120 Extreme Performance in push pull added to the 295x2 Radiator ( 1 fan )

2x 180MM Fans that came with the tower for intake

D5 Pump, connected with a 4pin molex.



My CPU OC is at 1.275v and I want to be sure that I am not wasting my money if I just buy the 1200Watt PSU instead of the 1500Watt PSU. Looking for future proof but I am also looking at getting rid of the 295x2+290x due to 3 months of poor drivers and constant problems. Probably end up getting 880's when they release and probably 3 of them. Seeing as how they will probably use less power a 1200watt may suffice.



3.) I want no rail noise on the system, I don't want to hear static popping coming from the PSU anymore while gaming, but this could be due to the GPU's as well.



Thanks in advance.




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