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sr. member
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I heart thebaron
May 17, 2012, 03:59:49 AM
#8
To get the most I could (power out of 15A home circuits that is...), I used two circuits (15A each) to split 3 rigs onto.....that looks like this:

(1 full machine & 'in-window' twin cooling fan per circuit, 3rd rig split over 2 circuits to keep from blowing breaker)
Circuit A also has a Dell 24port 10/100 switch (almost forgot about that...lol

All cards running @ 950Mhz GPU / 900Mhz Mem @ 1.02V, 565MH/s per card....(using CGMiner 2.4.1 defaults, Win7 x64)




Both of the remaining 4-card rigs will also get their 5th 7970's installed as soon as the cards arrive.

Hope this helps some people, or gives a few ideas for those wondering....

For those wondering about specific setup...(not including the obvious single power supply 5-card/1200W PSU Rig)...

On the 2x PSU rigs, I use the 850's to power the Motherboard/CPU/HDD + 2 Video Card's External 8pin/6pin connectors (and of course all PCIe Slot Power by association).
The Secondary 650's get used for external Video Card power to the 6pin/8pin connectors to the 3rd, 4th and 5th cards (and perhaps additional cooling fans if required in the future).
sr. member
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May 17, 2012, 03:10:44 AM
#7
I am running 5x 7970's using a single Sparkle Power 1200W 80+ (rated for 900W 12V @ 5 rails)

The total system power draw is 865W at the wall running the cards @ 950Mhz GPU / 900Mhz Mem @ 1.02V, 565MH/s per card.
The system consists of a 790FX-GD70, AthlonII X2 215, 4GB DDR3 and an SSD.
legendary
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May 17, 2012, 03:09:14 AM
#6
Pssh, cmon. Undervolt that shit. You shouldnt need more than a 1KW PSU for 5 7970's, if that. My guess, properly undervolted/underclocked memory/max core @ 0.95v, it would only draw 750w at the wall.
sr. member
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May 17, 2012, 01:03:02 AM
#5

This is what you need for 5. Average power consumption for 3 7970's is around 900w so 1500w for 5 including the mobo and cpu. That's if the power supply actually supplies a full 1500w.
newbie
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May 17, 2012, 12:50:26 AM
#4
legendary
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What's a GPU?
May 17, 2012, 12:39:19 AM
#3
Yes. Tongue
sr. member
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May 17, 2012, 12:39:08 AM
#2
1500w+ for sure.
newbie
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May 17, 2012, 12:37:54 AM
#1
Do you think its possible 1 PSU can run 4-5 7970's in 1 system?
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