Need Help With Selecting Parts for an Old 2007 Build

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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!
 
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Poprin
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.jsp

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.
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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.jsp

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.
 
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