- Jul 8, 2014
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Hello all,
to cut a long story short my old corsair cx600 psu has given up on me so i now need to buy a new one as i have this unfortunate oppertunity i quite like the thought of running 2x asus gtx 780 direct cuii oc gpu,s however i only have 1x16 pcie slot on my mobo and the other is x8 now from doing some research i see that my cpu can only handle 16 threads anyway so what will be the differnce if any useing 2 gpu's on a x8 basis?
Current Rig
MOBO:Asus P8Z77-V LX
CPU:i5 3570k @ 4.7GHZ
Cooler:Corsair H80i (2013 eddition)
RAM:16gb corsair vengenance 1600mhz
GPU:Asus GTX 780 direct cuii OC + OCED 20%
SSD:Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD:Western digital caviar black 1TB
Case:Aerocool X warrior with additional 4x120mm LED Fans
PSU: To Be decided - RIP CX600
Thanks in advance
to cut a long story short my old corsair cx600 psu has given up on me so i now need to buy a new one as i have this unfortunate oppertunity i quite like the thought of running 2x asus gtx 780 direct cuii oc gpu,s however i only have 1x16 pcie slot on my mobo and the other is x8 now from doing some research i see that my cpu can only handle 16 threads anyway so what will be the differnce if any useing 2 gpu's on a x8 basis?
Current Rig
MOBO:Asus P8Z77-V LX
CPU:i5 3570k @ 4.7GHZ
Cooler:Corsair H80i (2013 eddition)
RAM:16gb corsair vengenance 1600mhz
GPU:Asus GTX 780 direct cuii OC + OCED 20%
SSD:Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD:Western digital caviar black 1TB
Case:Aerocool X warrior with additional 4x120mm LED Fans
PSU: To Be decided - RIP CX600
Thanks in advance