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xiterx   02-16-2009 at 10:33:28 PM

CPU:Core i7 920 @ 2.66
PSU:Corsair TX650w
CASE:Coolermaster HAF
FANS:2*120 , 1*120 with led ,1*230
HDD:1* 1.5TB Barracuda ; 1*160 Hitachi ; 1*320 Maxtor all of them SATA
SOUNDCARD:AUZENTECH X-fi Forte
GRAPHIC CARDS:im getting a XFX9800GTX+ BLACK EDITION from RMA so i have now a 9800GTX+ OC from BFG and thininking in SLI
RAMS:Corsair 3*1 1600MHz
Drives:2* DVD-RW
6 USB Ports used

and im asking if my PSU will get fully functional with all of this xD :sol:

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EAZY-E   02-16-2009 at 11:37:32 PM
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yup. go for it

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chookman   02-17-2009 at 01:07:46 AM
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Motherboard will have the biggest bearing on this now... which you neglected to mention.

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xiterx   02-17-2009 at 07:59:21 AM
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gigabyte ex58-extreme

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the-donkey   02-17-2009 at 12:21:43 PM
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i have a gigabyte ma790x-ds4 i aslo have 2 xfx gforce 9800gt xxx cards can i do sli/crossfire? if so whats the benifit and is it easy set up? im a newbe

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nzxtlexa   02-17-2009 at 12:52:46 PM
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the-donkey - I don't believe you can with that motherboard. It uses an Intel chipset, not an Nvidia chipset and therefore can't use SLI with Nvidia cards, although obviously you can use just one of your 9800 GTX's without a problem, or both of them separately, they just can't be joined up.
To use multiple cards connected to each other you would need ATI graphics cards and you would use crossfire (ATI's version of SLI)

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zipzoomflyhigh   02-17-2009 at 02:57:24 PM
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X58 is crossfire and SLI ready. That psu should be fine.

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Helloworld_98   02-17-2009 at 03:42:59 PM
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@the-donkey
You can do CF but not sli, and since there nvidia cards you're stuck there

 

It's an AMD chipset by the way

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PsychoSaysDie   02-17-2009 at 03:45:28 PM
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Doable but i suggest a 750W incase you want to overclock.

Configure it here...

http://www.antec.outervision.com/

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hoodlum80   02-17-2009 at 04:09:25 PM
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nzxtlexa wrote :

the-donkey - I don't believe you can with that motherboard. It uses an Intel chipset, not an Nvidia chipset and therefore can't use SLI with Nvidia cards, although obviously you can use just one of your 9800 GTX's without a problem, or both of them separately, they just can't be joined up.
To use multiple cards connected to each other you would need ATI graphics cards and you would use crossfire (ATI's version of SLI)



hello this is the first time i heard that intel chipset isnt supporting nvidia sli
i thoght sli support all sli card no matter the cipset can u plz tell me more

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hoodlum80   02-17-2009 at 04:14:36 PM
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Helloworld_98 wrote :

@the-donkey
You can do CF but not sli, and since there nvidia cards you're stuck there

It's an AMD chipset by the way



corei7 its intel's giga-byte x58 supports intel chipset

am i right or am i right??

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hoodlum80   02-17-2009 at 04:14:58 PM
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Helloworld_98 wrote :

@the-donkey
You can do CF but not sli, and since there nvidia cards you're stuck there

It's an AMD chipset by the way



corei7 its intel's giga-byte x58 supports intel chipset

am i right or am i right??

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B-Unit   02-17-2009 at 04:29:22 PM
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Prior to the release of Core i7 and the X58 chipset, in order to use SLi you needed 2 things.
A) Two (or three) nVidia graphics cards of the same model (e.g. 2x 8800GT 512 or 3x GTX280)
and
B)a motherboard with an nVidia SLI chipset.

With the release of the Intel X58 chipset, Intel and nVidia finally reached an agreement to allow for SLi technology on a non-nVidia chipset. Initially, this was facilitated by use of the nForce 200 southbridge chip (same thing they used for Skulltrail), but there was a recent announcement that nVidia would be bringing native SLi support to Intel chipsets. Right now its only X58, but I heard rumors that it would eventually trickle down to the rest of the Intel linup.

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chookman   02-18-2009 at 02:22:00 AM
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some x58 boards dont officially support SLI still though...

No mention of SLI
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/ [...] uctID=2988

Product model has SLI in the name to designate.
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/ [...] uctID=3018

The Extreme that the OP has is fine though ;)

@hoodlum80: Yes the gigabyte x58 is intel but Helloworld_98 was talking to the_donkey who mentioned the ma790x-ds4 which is an AMD chipset that doesnt support SLI as far as i know.

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