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phnguyen89   10-05-2007 at 10:07:34 PM

The ultra 500W that i got has a 12V rail with 28A so is that enough to have the 8800GTS at full load?

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emp   10-05-2007 at 10:10:36 PM
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Should run it, however I wouldn't even try, The ultra X-Finity units quality are less than stellar (To say the least), but then again I wouldn't even try using an Ultra unit for any system.

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phnguyen89   10-05-2007 at 10:14:29 PM
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Why wouldn't you try? I have been using it for over a year and nothing is wrong so far. Why are their units quality less than stellar?

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emp   10-05-2007 at 10:30:10 PM
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Because they use cheaper parts to make them, Ultra is known because of their PSUs (And not in a good way), just like Rosewill. However Ultra does have a decent unit, I believe it's the Ultra X3, but that's it.

I wouldn't try those units, because I try not to even consider lower quality units (Doing my best not to call it cheap, low quality), after a little incident with a cheap PSU about a year ago I have been completely faithful to high quality units. By this I'm not saying that all their units are doomed to fail quickly, however they are prone to it when under heavy load, something that you most likely have not put your unit under until the day you start using an 8800GTS (And god forbid an HD 2900 Pro which consumes even more power).

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gstrother1   10-05-2007 at 10:52:35 PM
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I've been running an evga 8800GTS 320mb superclocked, evga 7950gt (not running sli, just 3 monitors), three sata2 hard drives, an ide dvd burner, and an e6400 on an evga 680i mobo (forget the model).. all on the ultra X-Finity 500w. The PSU is 11 months old.

I'll be upgrading to a q6600 in the next few months and don't want to push my PSU any more with an additional two cores.

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cliffro   10-06-2007 at 12:08:51 AM
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I've got an Ultra X2 Connect 550, running X2 3800, GigaByte K8N-SLI, 2gigs of DDR400, 3xHDD's , 2x Optical Drives, a 2900 Pro(512Mb), 2x pci cards (Audigy and a Wireless NIC) And 3x 120mm Case Fans 1x 140mm case fan and a 4th 120mm fan in the PSU plus 2x 6" Cold Cathode UV lights. And it runs it without a hiccup, has for just over a year minus the 2900 which i just got Tuesday and it only has 12v+1 17a, 12v+2 18a.


Message edited by cliffro on 10-06-2007 at 12:10:28 AM
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kpo6969   10-06-2007 at 12:39:59 AM
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http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=205763

Ultra V-Series 350w ULT31839 18amps
Ultra V-Series 400w ULT31840 20amps
Ultra V-Series 500w ULT31841 28amps
Ultra V-Series 600w ULT33133 35amps
Ultra X-Connect 400w(all models) 16amps
Ultra X-Connect 500w(all models) 34amps
Ultra X-Connect (X2) 550w ULT31851 34amps
Ultra X-Connect (X2) 550w ULT31852 34amps
Ultra X-Connect (XVS) 400w ULT33134 20amps
Ultra X-Connect (XVS) 500w ULT33135 28amps
Ultra X-Connect (XVS) 600w ULT33136 35amps
Ultra X-Connect (XVS) 700w ULT33183 40amps
Ultra X-Finity ULT31842 20amps
Ultra X-Finity 500w(all models) 32amps
Ultra X-Finity 600w(all models except 2G and EE) 35amps
Ultra X-Finity 2G 600w ULT33120 37amps
Ultra X-Finity EE 600w ULT40006 36amps
Ultra X-Finity 800w ULT33184 55amps
Ultra X-Pro 650w ULT40053 36amps
Ultra X-Pro 750w ULT40029 50amps
Ultra X-Pro 800w ULT33185 55amps
Ultra X-3 1000w ULT40064 70amps

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phnguyen89   10-06-2007 at 01:03:34 AM
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thank you for all of your replies. (phew) I thought I had to get a high priced psu to run an 8800 gts.

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