Sunday, April 11, 2010

PSupply opinions?

Just looking for opinions on this PS: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817189005Putting together a relativly simple PC.  E6400, 2Gigs of DDR2800, an 8600GTS, one HDD, DVDRW drive.  Im pretty sure this PS will do just fine and the reviews hvae been good on it.  My only question is, if I decide to add a 2nd 8600GTS...will the PS hold up?  Sure its SLI Certified, but Ive had plenty of ''certified'' PS%26#39;s that wont cut it.PSupply opinions?
never heard of that brand, i usually go for OCZ personallyPSupply opinions?
It%26#39;s a cheapo brand, but your not going to get a good psu brand and specs like that for anything less than $90-110
low level power suply is mainly good for e-box%26#39;s, for gaming rigs its better to go with high quality cuz gaming works the pc hard
theoretical maximum headroom you need is 300w to power both cards(75w x2 for each pci-e x16 slot + 75w x2 for each single pci-e molex power connector) but given that a single card uses about only 47 watt at load, this begs the question for the molex connector... why? (silly nvidia..... :roll: )
In all likelihood that power supply will work just fine for the rig you%26#39;re planning - but for SLI, I wouldn%26#39;t trust it. The +12v rails are rather low-powered, no active PFC, and fairly unspecific efficency doesn%26#39;t inspire a whole lot of confidence in me.
oh.. lol.. to answer the question.... should be fine for an sli setup, dual rails at 16-17A should be good enough.
that psu got great reivews!
[QUOTE=''KyleGates'']Just looking for opinions on this PS: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817189005Putting together a relativly simple PC.  E6400, 2Gigs of DDR2800, an 8600GTS, one HDD, DVDRW drive.  Im pretty sure this PS will do just fine and the reviews hvae been good on it.  My only question is, if I decide to add a 2nd 8600GTS...will the PS hold up?  Sure its SLI Certified, but Ive had plenty of ''certified'' PS%26#39;s that wont cut it.[/QUOTE]+12V1@16A; +12V2@17A, 70% efficiency? A mediocre power supply at best don%26#39;t buy that trash. 

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