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elperra   10-20-2008 at 01:12:52 AM

Hi. How good is this p.s. Antec tp3 650 trio? I got this one with a 900 antec case for $175.00 Canadian. Put a GA ep35 mobo and a e5200 cpu, 2 gigs 800 mhz ram and my old 9600 GT. I use this system for light gaming and internet. Will this power supply will be enough for the future if I want to get, let say a 4850 or 4870 video card? I am going to oc the e5200 a bit.
Thanks.

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0mg_1ts_m3   10-20-2008 at 01:19:46 AM
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for only one it should be okay for those 2 cards. antec makes quality power supplies.

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chookman   10-20-2008 at 03:03:55 AM
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I own three of these and never had an issue.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.p [...] ory&reid=1

Should be fine for a 4850 or 70 later on ;)

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zenmaster   10-20-2008 at 03:13:13 AM
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Its a fine PSU.
It could even handle a 4870x2 w/o issue.

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elperra   10-21-2008 at 03:36:59 AM
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Thanks for the replies guys. Maybe next year I will upgrade to 4850-70 :)

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Wr   10-21-2008 at 05:15:38 PM
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Have TP3-650. Going strong for 2 years and 2 months now. 20/7 operation, main system, ambient 15-35 Celsius.

 

x6800 @3.2-3.6 Ghz, 975x, Velociraptor + storage drive, Radeon x1900xtx - recently upgraded to GTX280. Both are power-hungry GPUs at load, never had a power issue with either. However, Radeon 4870x2 is known to consume even more power than the GTX280.

 

Of note, I was not able to fit the 8-pin connector to the GTX280 (the 8-pin is not even a PCI-e connector, but one for server motherboards), but the card came with (6-pin pci-e + 6-pin pci-e -> 8-pin pci-e) and (4-pin drive + 4-pin drive -> 6-pin pci-e) adapters, and since the TP3-650 has 2 6-pin PCI-E connectors, I was able to fully connect the GTX280.

 

Edit: Rails are specified at 19A each, but the reviewer linked above took apart the PSU, did some load testing, and determined that it's equivalent to a single rail PSU, 52 amps total on 12V lines. That explains how I can o/c my GTX280 without issue. PSU should be enough for a 4870 x2, more than enough for what you planned.

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elperra   10-23-2008 at 04:08:50 AM
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Wr wrote :

Have TP3-650. Going strong for 2 years and 2 months now. 20/7 operation, main system, ambient 15-35 Celsius.

x6800 @3.2-3.6 Ghz, 975x, Velociraptor + storage drive, Radeon x1900xtx - recently upgraded to GTX280. Both are power-hungry GPUs at load, never had a power issue with either. However, Radeon 4870x2 is known to consume even more power than the GTX280.

Of note, I was not able to fit the 8-pin connector to the GTX280 (the 8-pin is not even a PCI-e connector, but one for server motherboards), but the card came with (6-pin pci-e + 6-pin pci-e -> 8-pin pci-e) and (4-pin drive + 4-pin drive -> 6-pin pci-e) adapters, and since the TP3-650 has 2 6-pin PCI-E connectors, I was able to fully connect the GTX280.

Edit: Rails are specified at 19A each, but the reviewer linked above took apart the PSU, did some load testing, and determined that it's equivalent to a single rail PSU, 52 amps total on 12V lines. That explains how I can o/c my GTX280 without issue. PSU should be enough for a 4870 x2, more than enough for what you planned.



2 years and 2 months, wow and with those videos cards, that's good to hear. I don't have to worry about ps for a while. Thanks for the 8 pin connector info.

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