600 Watt psu for GTX 275 2-way SLI

Hello
I want to buy a GTX 275 card and after sometime I want to SLI.
Is the FSP EPSILON 600Watt psu can support these cards knowing that Iam going to oc them ?
My system is:
E8400 @ 4.0Ghz 1.4V
2x2GB DDR2 800 Mhz Kingston
W.D 500GB SATA HDD.
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-216D
OCZ VENDETTA 2 CPU COOLER.
Please answer !
Thanks

Will my system lag because of this psu ?

Wrong use of the word bottleneck.

You should be looking at a Corsair 850W. They run around $135. Or you can get the PCP&C equivalent for $250 and feel sore in the shorts afterwards.

Will a 700W Cooler Master or Thermaltake Toughpower be enough or I should go for the Corsair 850W ?

Unfortionatly Corsair is not availabe in Lebanon .
There is a Point of View Black Diamond 850W modular PSU which is relatively cheap wrt TT or Cooler Master.
What you guys recommend ?

2- GTX275s in SLI will use about 300 watts at load, an overclocked to 4.0GHz E8400 system without GPUs will also use about 300 watts at load. A minimum of 750w power supply would be required to not overstress your PSU, 850w is even better. I agree with the zipman that the 850w Coolermaster would be a good choice.

http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index.php?showtopic=264

Youre walking on thin ice Snuffles with 750W. Dont mislead the OP.

I call shannegins on his post. If he really has all that on a 750watt PSU, then his computer should've exploded the moment he turned it on.

Not nearly enough. Get the Ultra 100 watt modular PSU... it's AWESOME!!!! Will provide adequate power for years to come.

Yes it should work but you might be limited to high end overclocks.

I meant your entire basic system without the graphic card will use about 300w at load, with the E8400 at 4.0/1.4v . That includes your HD, burner, RAM, cooler, case fans and any peripherals.

What could he possibly upgrade to with Die shrinks lowering the power needs of the latest and greatest GPUs. The only 2 cards more power hungry are the ATI 4870 x2s.

Agreed you couldnt use it for Benchmarking but not too many ppl will ever use the full wattage caps in their systems. Running any video game will use no more than 2 cores as for the 2 GTX 295s nothing can dent them.

It's unlikely snuffles computer wont turn off under high loads unless hes runs nothing but 1 stick of ram 1 hdd underclocked cpu and under clocked 295's lol i know pc power and cooling 750w is a great psu but it can't produce power it doesn't have. He should be running a 1000w system for 2 295 min.
Maybe he has vvthisvv and is not telling us
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6221

You need an 750w psu min but it would have to be very high quality with great amps for 2 275's but it's highly recommended you get a good buffer like 850w psu

Ok now I know that I need a 750w+ power supply for my pc.
Please can anyone tell me if the Point of View Black Diamond 850W is a good quality psu because there is no reviews at all about it.

Look at my rig im running it only with 500w when 600+watt is recommended.

Every generation of new cards uses more power, Hello, is anybody in there??
So your telling me the upcoming 5800X2 will use less power than the 4800X2's huh? How bout the quad gpu ATI is working on, thats gonna use less power too huh? LOL
The 7800GT uses more power than the 6800GT. The 8800GT uses more power than the 7800GT. The 4800 series uses more power than the 3800 series. The 4870x2 uses more power than the 4870. The GTX280 uses more power than the GTX260, the GTX295 uses more power than the GTX285, are you starting to see a trend yet smart guy?

Oh and by the way, just cause you've "witnessed" some moron under powering his system doesnt mean its the right thing to do, so stop misleading the OP. I've witnessed a lot of idiots doing a lot of things.

Power supplies are inneficient when they are pressed over 50-60%.

Thanks for pointing out your ignorance, we'll be sure not to take your suggestions into consideration in the future.

It is a bit of an exaggeration on the manufacturer'ers part, but it's not that far off when you consider 2x 295s is basically 4 GTX260s. And GTX260s are part of the high end lineup.

Already read that, but thanks anyways.
Just because the next gen will be more efficient, doesnt mean it will use less power. I'll be sure to PM you when the new 5800X2's arrive. K?

Will Amazon ship to Lebanon? http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMPS [...] 892&sr=8-1

Seems like you didnt even look at the pictures.

Anywhooo, wait and see what happens when the Nvidia guys stick a new sticker on it and shrink the Dies, same performance less Wattage.


alaa - wish i could help with the shipping and selection

Maybe you should check out some Chinese or British sites, they might ship to you.

Not true!

Plug all the values in this PSU calculator and you'll find out a 700W PSU would be more then enough to push those cards.


http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/



I've got 2 GTX 275's with a Quad 9400 Yorkie pumped to 3.8GHz, 4 X 2GB sticks of DDR3 1800, 6 X 120MM fans, 3 HDD's,
2 cold cathode tubes and a Silverstone 700W PSU has been running w/o a problem.