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February 03, 2014, 06:42:51 PM
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What power supply in stock can run 5 280xs?!

I was looking at the 1600w Hercules thats the only available powersupply with high enough watts i can find, but everyone telling my the quality is bad.. i also seen on reddit someone using it to power on 6 280xs and hes doing it successfully.
so if i only do 5 will it work for a long time?

seeing as i wont be getting lepas because theyre sold out everywhere...

any help please
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February 03, 2014, 08:59:58 PM
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use 2 800w supplies.
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February 03, 2014, 10:47:05 PM
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whats wrong with the 1600W hercules, and why two PSU's over one? two better quality ones?
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February 03, 2014, 11:17:10 PM
Last edit: February 04, 2014, 12:06:20 AM by prowler9
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what about two SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 Power Supply
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February 04, 2014, 05:01:31 AM
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For our 5x 280x rigs, here are our power numbers:

At stock volts (1.13), our rig pulled ~1450W.
After undervolting (1.01), we pulled ~1250W.

You don't need a 1600W. You can get away with a 1500W. We use 2x 750W Rosewill Capstone, and they work wonderfully.

Two smaller PSUs are usually cheaper than one large one; We got our two for $100/each.
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