Go Thermaltake. Get an 850W. 800 might do it.=Karma-Kills= wrote:
Any reccomendations? I dont know what is a decent manufacturer... i do know that a decent quality lower watt PSU, is better than a poor quality higher watt PSU...Poseidon wrote:
Pretty nice. That GTS'll go good for you. You'll want to up the PSU if you go SLI (which you should).
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D9GHM is a model of IC made by Micron that are rather wonderfully good. You find them on just about all high end RAM.=Karma-Kills= wrote:
Any reccomendations? I dont know what is a decent manufacturer... i do know that a decent quality lower watt PSU, is better than a poor quality higher watt PSU...Poseidon wrote:
Pretty nice. That GTS'll go good for you. You'll want to up the PSU if you go SLI (which you should).What is D9GHM? I chose the OCZ becuase of the SLI features, as i thought with an Nvidia GPU, and NForce motherboard it would fly...?ghettoperson wrote:
Switch the RAM to Crucial Ballistix. OCZ is nice, but those sticks don't use D9GMH, whereas the Crucial does.
I have heard 8800 > 2900, but anyways this is only ideas... so im not *too* worried about pricing atm.leetkyle wrote:
Get an X2900XT. Or at least wait for the 8800 to go down in price now that the 2900 is out! Arctic Cooling 5 works well.
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Yes, I believe so.=Karma-Kills= wrote:
Can USBs be used in windows setup. Eg insert SATA driver is usally done via floppy, will it recognise a USB during install?CrazeD wrote:
No need for a floppy. You can use a thumb drive as a floppy if you need it.
EDIT: If you want a bigger PSU check out the Thermaltake Toughpower 750w.
I'm not sure of the quality of Enermax as I have never used it and haven't read much about it. Though supposedly it is a good, solid brand. The Thermaltake Toughpower 750W is also an excellent power supply.=Karma-Kills= wrote:
My PSU should be k right? Quality over quantity?
That's paper-bench illusion. In real-world computing, it doesn't help all that much. I'm using two 74GB Raptors in RAID0 myself, so can speak from personal experience.CrazeD wrote:
It's not a "small speed increase", it's just about twice as fast as a single Raptor. Your choice though.=Karma-Kills= wrote:
Changed the HSF, can you reccomend any better case fans?CrazeD wrote:
Looks good other than the Arctic Cooling fans. The case fans are "okay", but there are better ones. The CPU cooler is pretty crappy, though. You're better off going with a Zalman CNPS9500 or one of the Scythe or Thermaltake ones.
I also recommend getting two 74GB Raptors instead of the one 150GB Raptor. It will be 148GB of space, but you can put them in a RAID array and make it twice as fast.
I looked into the 2 x 74GB RAID 0, but id be paying £50 more, for the same space, and a small speed increase. Plus the Raptor X is pretty, and the CM 830 case has a special design / holder to show it off - apparently!
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what gfx cards you are planning to use on SLi? that is important to know because cards like 8800GTX need more than one pci-e power cable from psu which means 4 pci-e cables needed when running SLi.=Karma-Kills= wrote:
Thanks for the continued input.
Realistically, what PSU will i need?
Im looking at SLI, Dual Core, 2 Optical drives and 3 HDDs as worst case scenario.
Looking at Corsair 620W:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … =CA-004-CS
and, Enermax Infiniti 720W:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … =CA-031-EN
nope it consumes less than 220w. radeon 2900XT crossfire needs 1000w. over 700w is enough for 8800GTX SLighettoperson wrote:
If you're looking at SLi, you'll be wanting round about a 1000W PSU. A 8800 GTX consumes about 350W on it's own at load.
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946&s=9[69th_GFH]GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
nope it consumes less than 220w. radeon 2900XT crossfire needs 1000w. over 700w is enough for 8800GTX SLighettoperson wrote:
If you're looking at SLi, you'll be wanting round about a 1000W PSU. A 8800 GTX consumes about 350W on it's own at load.
lol, ya pwned ur self. thats the hole system's power need hahahahahghettoperson wrote:
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946&s=9[69th_GFH]GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
nope it consumes less than 220w. radeon 2900XT crossfire needs 1000w. over 700w is enough for 8800GTX SLighettoperson wrote:
If you're looking at SLi, you'll be wanting round about a 1000W PSU. A 8800 GTX consumes about 350W on it's own at load.
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I know that's what it says, but if that was the case no one would have bothered inventing a PSU over about 150w till the 8800 came along. I think they may have labled it wrong or something. And based on what you're saying, you need a 1000w for 2x 2900XT, but only 350w for a high end rig with one of the same card in? Don't be ridiculous.[69th_GFH]GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
lol, ya pwned ur self. thats the hole system's power need hahahahahghettoperson wrote:
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946&s=9[69th_GFH]GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
nope it consumes less than 220w. radeon 2900XT crossfire needs 1000w. over 700w is enough for 8800GTX SLi
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one GTX for high end rig -> 500w PSUghettoperson wrote:
I know that's what it says, but if that was the case no one would have bothered inventing a PSU over about 150w till the 8800 came along. I think they may have labled it wrong or something. And based on what you're saying, you need a 1000w for 2x 2900XT, but only 350w for a high end rig with one of the same card in? Don't be ridiculous.[69th_GFH]GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
lol, ya pwned ur self. thats the hole system's power need hahahahahghettoperson wrote:
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946&s=9
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Oh wait, I calculated that with GTS's. With a GTX I get about 800w.[69th_GFH]GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
one GTX for high end rig -> 500w PSUghettoperson wrote:
I know that's what it says, but if that was the case no one would have bothered inventing a PSU over about 150w till the 8800 came along. I think they may have labled it wrong or something. And based on what you're saying, you need a 1000w for 2x 2900XT, but only 350w for a high end rig with one of the same card in? Don't be ridiculous.[69th_GFH]GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
lol, ya pwned ur self. thats the hole system's power need hahahahah
two GTXs for high end rig -> about 750w PSU
you need to have some extra power so the psu runs more cooler and at better efficiency
EDIT: and for karma-kills: Thermaltake Toughpower 850w has 4 pci-e power cables so it can easily handle 8800GTX SLi
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