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volta   08-11-2007 at 10:35:45 PM

If i add in a 2900xt will my antec neoHE 550watt handle it or don't i have a chance?

My system right now has 3 120mm fans (on very very low speed), 2 300gig HHDs, audigy2, tv tuner, e6600, 2 gigs ram, dq6 mobo.
I will get another PS in time but i just want to know if it will boot and work for at least a few months with my current PS. Any thoughts?

Off the topic....i heard you can't utilize 4gigs of system ram if your OS isn't 64bit, true or not.

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strangestranger   08-11-2007 at 11:05:04 PM
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without doing too much research i would say yes.

according to this list, http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=108088 it is a tier 2 PSU which is equal to a seasonic and AFAIK seasonic also make the NEo PSU's. i had a 600W seasonic which was quite happy powering my crossfire rig until i misdiagnosed a problem and replaced it with my current one so a 550 given that it has enough amps should be fine.

oh and the answer is true to your other question, you might be able to get 3¼GB's but not all of it.


Message edited by strangestranger on 08-11-2007 at 11:06:07 PM
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volta   08-11-2007 at 11:13:42 PM
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Any games have issues running on vista 64?, my tv turner card has drivers for it already so game compatibility is the big thing holding me back from switching. Like will they run even if there is not an exclusive "64-bit version"?

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