Compatibility and power..

[a1an]

Hey guys! I'd like to know if you get all the necessary power leads and that with your graphics card so when you get a graphics card you can just put it in or would i maybe have to get a new power supply aswell because mines is quite dated now anyway and only 600W... I thought about getting two 460's also but i think my motherboard doesn't support SLI, i don't know so i think i might just get the 5870..

 

[Rustyy117]

What make and model is your power supply? Also what motherboard do you have?

 

[a1an]

Ill try and open my pc..see it was a prebuilt one from Ebuyer..

 

[a1an]

Ok maker of powersupply is Zoostorm and the model is ZOO-G500HGP and the motherobard is made by Foxconn and the model is G31MX out of the 46GMX series..

 

[a1an]

Hmm ;/

 

[Rustyy117]

Your motherboard only has one PCI-E lane so no SLI or Crossfire. I couldn't find any info on your PSU, could you look at the label on the PSU and see how many amps and watts it has on the +12V rail(s)?

 

[a1an]

http://shop.zomp.net/gb_en/16c4447243-zoostorm-zoo-6500hgp.html

 

[Rustyy117]

Is this: http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?ProductCode=2518-1536 your PSU?

If so then you'll need to buy a new PSU if you want to power a card like the HD5870. The PSU has most of its power on the +3.3V and +5V rails which isn't much good for todays PC's. Modern PSU's have almost all of there power on the +12V rail(s).
It does have 2 x PCI-E 6 pin connectors so it might power a GTX460, However I wouldn't risk it, Never heard of Zoostorm before.

 

[a1an]

Yeah ,Ah okay...so this is gonna cost me more than i thought >.< Any recommendations on cheap motherboards which can handle the 775 socket quad cpu processors and also ofcourse offers SLI?

 

[a1an]

http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?d=1&product_id=20040071&rw=y that ok?

 

[Rustyy117]

No that motherboard is no good, just 1 x PCI-E x16 lane

I know its not that cheap but it does support SLI and quadcore's http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/55582/asus-p5n-d-motherboard-s775-nforce-750i-sli-atx-raid-sata-lan?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=Base%202010_08

I'd recommend this PSU for GTX460 SLI http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

 

[a1an]

Nah im forgetting that idea now.. keeping my same mobo but getting a 480 i think , a new PSU and new case and windows 7, because i think im better waiting till the new socket and cpu's come out next year instead of investing in an new dead socket..