- Jul 22, 2009
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Specifications:
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU - Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Memory - OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Graphics - EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
OS - No OS installed yet
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB / 7200 RPM
Power Supply - OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500W ATX12V / EPS12V
Case - COOLER MASTER Mystique
Before I get lazy and settle into my rig and forget all about its guts, should I consider upgrading to a 600W StealthXStream? One of my friends says I should be fine but that it is recommended to have 2 true PCI-Es for the video card as recommended by the manufacturer. Also in BIOS it states that the video card won't run optimally (paraphrased).
A friend helped me with this build that fit my budget. My only problem getting it up and running was with the video card's power. Currently with the PSU the video card is hooked up with 1 PCI-E and a two Molex-head-->PCI-E adapter (I had to 'swap' the molex heads in order for the PC to boot).
The EVGA GTX 260 says :"Minimum 500W (36A on 12V rail) power supply with two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors, or 4 available hard disk power connectors...
StealthXStream says: "+12V1/18A, +12V2/18A".
Before I get lazy and settle into my rig and forget all about its guts, should I consider upgrading to a 600W StealthXStream? One of my friends says I should be fine but that it is recommended to have 2 true PCI-Es for the video card as recommended by the manufacturer. Also in BIOS it states that the video card won't run optimally (paraphrased).
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU - Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Memory - OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Graphics - EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
OS - No OS installed yet
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB / 7200 RPM
Power Supply - OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500W ATX12V / EPS12V
Case - COOLER MASTER Mystique
Before I get lazy and settle into my rig and forget all about its guts, should I consider upgrading to a 600W StealthXStream? One of my friends says I should be fine but that it is recommended to have 2 true PCI-Es for the video card as recommended by the manufacturer. Also in BIOS it states that the video card won't run optimally (paraphrased).
A friend helped me with this build that fit my budget. My only problem getting it up and running was with the video card's power. Currently with the PSU the video card is hooked up with 1 PCI-E and a two Molex-head-->PCI-E adapter (I had to 'swap' the molex heads in order for the PC to boot).
The EVGA GTX 260 says :"Minimum 500W (36A on 12V rail) power supply with two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors, or 4 available hard disk power connectors...
StealthXStream says: "+12V1/18A, +12V2/18A".
Before I get lazy and settle into my rig and forget all about its guts, should I consider upgrading to a 600W StealthXStream? One of my friends says I should be fine but that it is recommended to have 2 true PCI-Es for the video card as recommended by the manufacturer. Also in BIOS it states that the video card won't run optimally (paraphrased).
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