New PSU Upgrade for Tri-SLI

dchristy47 · Apr 23, 2011

current pc specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 (2.8GHz quad core)
RAM: 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 XMS3
Motherboard: eVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 X58 Tri-SLI
Hard Drive: 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, 30 GB OCZ Vertex, 1.5TB Western Digital Blue, 2x1TB Western Digital Blue
Video Card: MSI Twin Frozr II 560 TI
Case: NZXT Phantom
Power Supply: Raidmax 630W

I am looking for a new PSU that is capable of powering 2 560's and my i7 920 for right now, but in the future I may want to upgrade to another 560 and wouldnt want to have to buy another psu at that time as well.

Would this PSU be sufficient for SLI, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=10&IsFeedbackTab=true&rdm=50#scrollHelpful1
If not, what would you suggest for sli, what about for tri sli?

Thank you!

RollingThunder · Apr 23, 2011

dchristy47 said:
current pc specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 (2.8GHz quad core)
RAM: 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 XMS3
Motherboard: eVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 X58 Tri-SLI
Hard Drive: 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, 30 GB OCZ Vertex, 1.5TB Western Digital Blue, 2x1TB Western Digital Blue
Video Card: MSI Twin Frozr II 560 TI
Case: NZXT Phantom
Power Supply: Raidmax 630W

I am looking for a new PSU that is capable of powering 2 560's and my i7 920 for right now, but in the future I may want to upgrade to another 560 and wouldnt want to have to buy another psu at that time as well.

Would this PSU be sufficient for SLI, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=10&IsFeedbackTab=true&rdm=50#scrollHelpful1
If not, what would you suggest for sli, what about for tri sli?

Thank you!

That Corsair doesn't have enough 6-pin PCIe connectors. You'll need 6 6-pin connectors for a triple.

Go to our sticky list here:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=589708

And find one that has 6 6-pin or 6 6+2 pin connectors. Looks like this one will do:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139013

There are others on that list.

dchristy47 · Apr 23, 2011

Thank you very much for the response! I noticed the sticky, and thank you for the suggestion. I did initially plan on going with that PSU until I noticed it was not modular.

However I came across this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=3#scrollFullInfo

It is the 850W version of the one I previously posted, and it has 6 PCI-E connectors, so I will probably go with this one. I wanted an NZXT Hale90 PSU to match my case but I really want this PSU to last and I've heard great things about corsair.

TheQuadFather · Apr 23, 2011

sorry dude, 560ti gtxs only support 2 way sli

dchristy47 · Apr 23, 2011

Well, that is a bit of a downer but thank you very much for the reply. I'm sure my wallet will thank me for only doing SLI 560's.

RollingThunder · Apr 23, 2011

TheQuadFather said:
sorry dude, 560ti gtxs only support 2 way sli

Quadfather, good catch. That settles that issue!

dchristy47 said:
Well, that is a bit of a downer but thank you very much for the reply. I'm sure my wallet will thank me for only doing SLI 560's.

Then the 750W Corsair is just what you need and you'll save some money.

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