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Can my Aurora R4 ALX handle a 295x2?
I want to upgrade my current 680 but i will not give up my PCI-e gaming drive and sound card, so i do not have the room for SLI. So i am looking at the ATI 295x2 video card that requires:
- System power supply with two 8-pin PCIe® power connectors that are each capable of supplying 28 A of dedicated current
I know that the 875 watt psu is beefy enough to support almost anything SLI minus perhaps 2x 780ti OC editions. But anyway... Can my systerm handle that? I do not want to spend 1500.00 to find out i was wrong. I am normally an NVIDIA man and dont really like ATI.... but Nvidia has its head so far up its behind with ttrying to shove the titan/titanz down our throats.(and yes yes its a pro card BUT they marketed it like it was gamings second coming only to ger CRUSHED by the 295x2)
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August 1st, 2014 15:00
Your 875 specs out as 18amps per cable, so you're 10a short on each. Comparatively, they want 50amps nominal across two cables; you're @ 36a.
A new aftermarket psu in Aurora isn't unheard of; here's a 1250w install thread & video link:
Anyone willing to drop that much cash shouldn't blush at another ~$200 or so for a better psu. I hope what I said here helps.