Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question
Solved

Need Help With Selecting Parts for an Old 2007 Build

Tags:
  • Asus
  • old
  • Build
  • Systems
Last response: in Systems
Share
May 18, 2014 11:33:26 AM

Hello!

I recently came across an old Asus A8n-sli Deluxe board. Since this was such a nice board back in the day, I would really like to build an old system around it. I have an 80gb HDD and about 3gigs of memory for the thing already, but my main concern is power. I would like to throw in 2 9800 GTXs to utilize the SLI function of the board, but I don't know how much power I would need, nor do I no of a reliable power supply that would suit it for its age. The case I was looking at came with a 400W PSU. I would also like to mention I would be throwing in an AMD Athlon X2 5000B. I'm excited to build with this board. Any help or tips are appreciated!

More about : selecting parts 2007 build

Best solution

May 18, 2014 12:00:21 PM

Well any power supply would really do connections wise, as for power if you are running 2x graphics cards I would suggest going for an absolute minimum of 600w but really I'd be looking at a 750w. Older systems suck as much, if not more power than new systems so you will still require a powerful unit just the same as building an up-to-date SLI / crossfire build. Input your details into here and see what you get:

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.js...

When selecting a power supply, do some research and buy a decent unit not a cheapie.. I appreciate you are building an old build on a budget but your still going to require stable power delivery.
Share
!