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koolman007   08-31-2008 at 10:56:51 AM

hi guys,
i am about to upgrade my system and was wondering what power supply should be enough to power that beast of a card.
its an overclocked version and i will be mainly using it for playing games.
here are the rest of the specifications,

BFG 680i Sli mobo
BFG 8800 Ultra VGA OC
2GB Corsair cas5 xms2
500 GB Seagate 32MB
Q6600 Go stepping (finally made up my mind to go with quad core)
Audigy 2 sound card (still gonna stick with it dont think its worth getting an Xfi)
Antec three hundred casing
Pioneer DVD RW

any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
thanks

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Strangestranger   08-31-2008 at 12:17:36 PM
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Any 500W+ will be fine.

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ixnemesisca   08-31-2008 at 01:21:53 PM
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i don't know about the ultra but the 8800gtx that i have needs two 6 pin connectors. so just to be safe and also as an investment for the future i'd say get a psu with at least 600W+ that has the 6 pin connectors required. i have the 600W ocz stealthxstream. the thing is extremely quiet and it's 120mm fan keeps it running cool and very quiet.

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Strangestranger   08-31-2008 at 04:09:54 PM
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avoid

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bobwya   08-31-2008 at 04:24:23 PM
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koolman007 wrote :

any opinion on this model by hipper..

 


http://www.ebuyer.com/product/109552

 

Actually its Hiper but what the **** - who cares!! That model is OK... I have used it myself and it is nice and stable. But I wouldn't personally hook it up to an 8800 Ultra.

 

A better bet for your rig would be:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114941
The Corsair PSUs use better quality components. That is also a modular PSU like the one you suggested.

 

For future SLI 8880 Ultra (yey!!) I would get a 1KWatt Ultra X3, Thermaltake Toughpower or Corsair 1000HX:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143019
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133804
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cat [...] s_id=21545
(will ship cheaply to UK)
But not sure if SLI is worth the bother though!! :sol:

 

Generally it is best to work from Tiers 1 & 2 from this quality guide:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=108088
Enermax are apparently over-rated and some of the very cheap Antec PSUs are actually very good Seasonic rebrands.

 

Here is a calculator for your system wattage:
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

 

It never seems to gets the GPU wattage right (it may assuming full 2D load) so use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8_Series
for your Ultra (175 Watts full load - ouch!!)

 

Bob


Message edited by bobwya on 08-31-2008 at 04:25:32 PM
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Nik_I   08-31-2008 at 04:26:25 PM
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if you haven't already bought the ultra, i would suggest looking into a better card.

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koolman007   08-31-2008 at 05:52:36 PM
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wow!!
thx for the informative post Bob.
it really helped me out and i have decided to go with corsair 650W TX series :)
i reckon its not only worth the extra 20 but also makes my pc more future proof.
Nik i have already bought the VGA (very cheap) and as far i know it performs better than a 9800 GTX
http://www.digit-life.com/articles [...] part3.html
thx again guys

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bobwya   08-31-2008 at 06:14:27 PM
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Nik_I wrote :

if you haven't already bought the ultra, i would suggest looking into a better card.

 

+1 but surely OP wouldn't list that to purchase with the 4870 (X2) out!! Like no way... must be lying around his bedroom!!

 

Good choice of PSU - should be nice and stable!!

 

Bob


Message edited by bobwya on 08-31-2008 at 06:21:39 PM
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