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AcidPlayer said:i'm not bashing know nuttin but he seemes harsh with his advice. it didnt state any advice to me except to forget sli all together wich made me feel like a twit . maybe in this case i am but i'm just learning. thanks everyone for the great advice and spider...is the lower priced psu you mentioned is actually better? wow do these company's try to snow people over with there numbers. 600w i would assume is better then 400w but then again your talking about stability and rails and stuff i'm not familiar with as of yet. Boy this is alot harder then it should be..lol. Well if your stated psu for 39.99 will do a better job then my stock and the one i'm suggesting getting then i will give it a try. high hopes as i cant afford to be wrong right now. Sorry know nuttin if i seemed irritated...well thats becuase i am but not at you. thanks everyone for the help..any more imput would be great!
AcidMan
My advice to you was to not skimp on the PSU and to forget about SLI with a cheap PSU. To be honest, I don't see the point of buying cheap now, and then having to buy again later. Buying inadequate, overrated PSU's are never a good idea, as they are usually lower in quality, and when pushed, can damage other equipment.
While my advice may have seemed harsh, that was not its intention. A harsher reality would be having your equipment lost/damaged because of a cheap PSU.
SLI 7800GT's require a PSU that can stand up to the rating on its label. You also have to factor in all the other components in your PC. While Athlon64's draw less power than your average Intel, they still require power and exclusively from the +12v rail. 24A as max stated with that particular PSU, is not something I would like to test with my own PC equipment to verify that it can sustain that output.
The Fortron unit should be fine for now but not for SLI 7800GT's. You will eventually need to upgrade this unit to go SLI. The good thing about this unit, is that it will power a 7800GT in single configuration.