520w psu enough to run 2 9600gt in SLi?

[c4n3x]

Hi im getting my new rig nx week but i am not sure whether my current psu given by my bro which is a Corsair HX520 watt sufficient enough to power up 2 9600GTs in sli... any idea?

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Is it this PSU?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001

If yes, read up on it, but that one is a 520 and is supposed to be SLI certified. So if yours is the exact same, it should...but I'm not gonna make a guarantee on it.

 

[stoner133]

There is much more to concider in this, how many drives, how many fans, CPU power draw, any USB devices drawing power from the computer and any case lighting. I can't find the link to a psu calculating site I had. Maybe someone else will have one.

 

[pauldh]

It should be fine, depending on the rest of the system draw(as ^ said).

I am running SLI 8800GT, and OC'ed Q6600, 2 optical drives and two HDD on an Antec TP trio 550W with 41 amps on the 12v rails. I would have bought a bigger one, but had this in stock and it's been totally stable. That's a fairly loaded system and your PSU is about the same, having 40 amps on the 12v. Anyway, IMO yes it should work.

 

[iluvgillgill]

yeah.a 500w would run sli nicely if you have enough amp per rail.in your case the corsiar psu should me enough if you dont have too much of anything else inside.