Will I have enough power with this PSU?

Elluzion · Nov 24, 2007

I want to run 2 8800gt cards 's and a Q6600

will my 520hx be ok???

is their a graph of the power consumption??

I know the 520hx is more like a 600w power supply.

What do you guys think??

JamesXP · Nov 24, 2007

I say it's a little too low.

NoodleGTS · Nov 24, 2007

Yeah I'd say go with at least 700w. That's what most people seem to have. That quad draws a lot of power if you want to overclock and dual GPUs will always require a powerful PSU.

Rattle · Nov 24, 2007

i'd say the 620 would have been ok but not the 520

Elluzion · Nov 24, 2007

guess im not doing SLI

already got my 520hx. SLI is expensive anyways.

THANKS EVERYONE

RollingThunder · Nov 25, 2007

Elluzion said:
I want to run 2 8800gt cards 's and a Q6600

will my 520hx be ok???

is their a graph of the power consumption??

I know the 520hx is more like a 600w power supply.

What do you guys think??

Ellizion,

You may want to consider an alternative to SLI with your Corsair 520HX:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxOSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Less power required, cooler and it's right up there with the 8800GT for about $100 less. (ATI 3850, ATI 3870 about $60 less)

burebista · Nov 25, 2007

You'll be fine, but don't push too hard with OC 24/7.

AFG34 · Nov 25, 2007

i think you will be fine...

RollingThunder · Nov 25, 2007

Elluzion said:
I want to run 2 8800gt cards 's and a Q6600

will my 520hx be ok???

is their a graph of the power consumption??

I know the 520hx is more like a 600w power supply.

What do you guys think??

Elluzion,

Check this for power consumption:

http://www.jonnyguru.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3137

You should be ok but it's getting up there.

Elluzion · Nov 25, 2007

Yeah i think that I will be ok.

The only thing is that their aren't any good boards for SLI and 45nm Quads... So i might have to skipout on the SLI for now or get an x38 and do crossfire with the new ATI's. But Nvidia is kicking ATI's *** right now.

Super Nade · Nov 25, 2007

burebista said:
You'll be fine, but don't push too hard with OC 24/7.

As my friend here says, don't push the OC. You can probably pull 'em off at stock GPU clocks.

Elluzion · Nov 25, 2007

yeah maybe i'm better off just getting 1 card and overclocking it.

Thanks for all the comments.

and their aren't any solid boards for SLI anyways.

I'll just get a solid P35 Board

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