PSU Problems

[scoce]

Ok, so I'm obviously new.  I SHOULD have listened to all of the others that have gone before me when stating that the PSU is not something you skimp on. 

After 7 hours of mining scrypt based (getting 1.4 Mh/s), my PSU went dead and wont spin.

Soo.. question.  I have 2 r9 280x cards and planning on getting a 1000W PSU.  Is that sufficient if I wanted to run 3 cards eventually on this board?  Of course I'd use risers when I went up to deal with heat.

Thoughts?

[Fabrizio]

PSU's have different specs too, so even some 1000W models might have problems with 4 cards on heavy loads. But if you go with quality PSU like corsair or seasonic, you wont have problems

Running 4 7970 ati's on corsair tx 850w

[BawsyBoss]

I agree with him. The best brands IMHO are Seasonic, Corsair, and Coolermaster. Corsair is definitely my top pick of those 3.

[CptEpic]

Corsiar / Seasonic are the way to go. But stay away from the "cx-XXX" series of corsair (builder series). Not near the quality of the rest of theirs, and the price shows it.
Seasonic is the most reliable, IMO.

[sgsdebruijn]

Corsair RM1000, using it with 3 280x

[949miner]

Agreed with all the advice I have a corsair 850 AX for trifire 6970 . Your cards are power hungry if your planning on trifire (3 cards) I would suggest get the largest 1000-1200 purchase a watt meter $15-20 so you can see the power draw and make sure your in range.

Spend the extra money for your powersupply

[scoce]

Thanks all!  I decided to go with the Corsair 1050. 

Now I have to really hope that the old blown PSU didn't knock out any of my other components.

For those of you with multiple cards in one closed case, is 82 degrees just too damned hot for running 24/7, or should I really try to keep the temp down?  I know they CAN go higher, but it just seems really hot to me.

Thanks for the advice!!

[Velodrom]

Platinum 1250W all the way

[celebreze32]

I was thinking of risking skimping on the power supply until I read this. You have probably saved me from wrecking some good cards that I cannot afford to wreck. Could someone advise me where the best place to buy power supplies is?

[chrismb54]

Can cards really be destroyed by a bad PSU? Or is it only the PSU that can be destroyed? Im going to make a mining rig with 4 280x and i already have a 850W and a 450W that Im not using, is there any way to combine them so i can use them on my rig?

[kylekartan]

I was thinking of risking skimping on the power supply until I read this. You have probably saved me from wrecking some good cards that I cannot afford to wreck. Could someone advise me where the best place to buy power supplies is?

I usually get mine from Amazon or NewEgg. Both carry the brands that have been mentioned.

[scoce]

I use newegg for all my PC parts.  As far as a PSU frying things?... Yeah, a low quality one, if fried, can take out a motherboard or anything else under load, but a high quality powersupply will probably just crap itself and not cause issues beyond that.   Seriously... if you're debating whether or not to get a higher quality/ higher Watt PSU.. do it.  I've been reading about a ton of people that didn't heed this warning and lost money because of it.  I should have listened..