A Corsair HXi HX1000i should be beefy enough for Broadwell-E and 1080 SLI RIght?

Marcdaddy

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Guys I'm building another Rig but I'm not dismantling my current Rig which as a Corsair 1200 watt Powersupply. I went with the HX1000i and now I'm second guessing myself, Am I worried over nothing? Here is my build.
Also running 2 GTX 1080s
CPU Is a Intel 6850K along with all of this fine gear :)
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Your list has one GTX 1070 and one GTX 1080.

With the i7 6850k, stock power consumption will max out around 500 watts. With maximum overclocks on air, you'll probably max power consumption at about 700 watts. The HX1000i is overkill.
 
It's 2 1080s I allready got those and they are in my 2600k setup, thanks for the heads up. I was starting to second guess my self. I've had the 1200 watt power supply for so long I've taken it for granted hehe.
 
That's weird, the link is for a gtx 1080 at newegg. When you click it , it goes to a 1070 fir $699....
 
Yeah, the 1080s aren't high power chips. Their equibmvalents in nVidia's history are the 980, 770, 680, 560, and so on.
 
Guys I just bought a Kill a Watt meter, it's pretty darn cool. I'm going to test my heavily overclocked 2600k and 1080s, I'll see what they are pulling.
 
Okay guys in my current System, 2600k @ 4500 Mhz, 2 Evga gtx 1080s, 3 hard drives, Asus Maximus mobo, 4 sticks of ram and multiple fans and a blu ray drive I'm only peaking around 560 watts accrding to my kill A Watt meter.
 
Assuming 90% efficiency for a 80+ Gold PSU, you're actually pulling around 500 watts from the PSU. The watts you pull from the PSU is what matters for load capacity, though the kill-a-watt is not the most reliable measurement of computer load.
 
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