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Offline kimochi

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500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« on: January 28, 2008, 07:50:08 PM »
Hello I am process building a new computer for my little brother and he just got 2 superclocked 8800gt for his 15th birthday.  I was going to give him my hand me down 500w Psu, but I dont think its enough to power the cards. If not what is a good affordable power supply? Thanks for your Help  :tup:




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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2008, 08:41:03 PM »
someones spolied. and sry but newegg is your best bet for psu maybe tigerdirect. you will probably need several undred more watts it all depends on what the rest of the internals require.
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2008, 09:39:06 PM »
yeah, james is right but you should see if there is a micro center near you there in store prices are the best
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2008, 11:00:29 PM »
 :w00t: i'm totally jealous of you right now and there are sli certified psu for sell if you do choose to get one of them make sure they're a good brand
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2008, 11:43:48 PM »
i'd say 700W Minimum, if its gonna be an OC'ed quadcore with multiple drives etc. then 1000w would be a good choice.
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2008, 05:51:15 AM »
and if you get a GOOD 1kw PSU youl never need another one (unless when you build a new computer you plan on keeping your old one)
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2008, 11:57:03 AM »
Get a 900w or 1000 watt supply and be sure they're good quality.
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2008, 12:26:55 PM »
Thanks guys for all your input! He is going to run a core 2 E6420 probably with a 2.8oc, so I think a 700w psu should be enough? "Yeah I know he is spoiled, But he gets straigt A's unlike his older brother" hahaha Thanks for all your help   :tup:

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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2008, 01:59:52 PM »
he cant be that spoiled there only GT 's
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2008, 03:08:57 PM »
yeah lol, thats what? $500?
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2008, 05:57:39 PM »
Quote from: kimochi on January 29, 2008, 12:26:55 PM
"Yeah I know he is spoiled, But he gets straigt A's

I've got 42 high school and 22 college credits and I'm a senior in high school with a 94.4~ average and I never got any gifts that were that expensive for it...

hell, my parents told me to get a job for college because they weren't going to support me 100% financially

luckily I got scholarships so I have ~$50,000 of my own cash to screw around with LOL
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2008, 07:50:10 PM »
I was just surfing the web and I came across this 5.25 drive bay 325w power supply http://www.xoxide.com/ultra-power-partner-350w.html
This should be enough to power to 2 cards correct me if I am wrong and just use the 500w psu to power the mobo and accessories.
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2008, 07:52:21 PM »
Quote from: Reaper on January 29, 2008, 05:57:39 PM
I've got 42 high school and 22 college credits and I'm a senior in high school with a 94.4~ average and I never got any gifts that were that expensive for it...

hell, my parents told me to get a job for college because they weren't going to support me 100% financially

luckily I got scholarships so I have ~$50,000 of my own cash to screw around with LOL

I guess my parents are happy that he is not getting below a 2.0 gpa like me LOL
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2008, 09:33:49 PM »
Quote from: kimochi on January 29, 2008, 07:50:10 PM
I was just surfing the web and I came across this 5.25 drive bay 325w power supply http://www.xoxide.com/ultra-power-partner-350w.html
This should be enough to power to 2 cards correct me if I am wrong and just use the 500w psu to power the mobo and accessories.
Lol! 325watts is not enough for 2x 8800GTs.
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2008, 10:59:15 PM »
I was doing some research and saw that the 8800gt only consumes 110 watts.  Here is the web site http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxMCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==



I guess I was wrong  :faint: Well at least I could power one card and the 500w psu can power the other one right?

Thanks for your help  :tup:
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2008, 12:16:46 AM »
yeah, but if everything else is going to be good enough to use the 2 GT's, then you will need like 700W, then i'd still go over the top for the next upgrade....
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2008, 12:50:07 PM »
Go over the top with your power supply like matt said because when you do upgrades in the future you don't want to have to replace your power supply because of insufficient power.
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Re: 500w enough for x2 8800gt?
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2008, 02:01:35 PM »
and dont underpower it - i did that with my first build and it would keep turning off whenever the fans began to spin up more and i began to use more ram
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