stelth Posted May 22, 2005 Posted May 22, 2005 Hi everyone, I'm newbee here, I like to say that this is an awesome forum. I learned in last two days more about Motherboards that I could ever think of. I would like to say GREAT job to every one of you. Back to the post>>> Ok I'm putting new rig 3700 SD/ DFI nF4 SLI-DR. Alots of Air cooling 1st? What is better 1X 6800gt or 2X 6600gt (OR WHAT IS RECOMMENDED by you) 2nd? If I buy 1st 6800gt and down the road 2nd one is that bad thing or should I wait and buy as a set? 3rd? Max. <$150> a good power supplies.(my pick so far: OCZ OCZ520ADJ ATX 520W Power Supply) Any other one that i should pick? Should it have 2 separate 12v rails? or one is ok? Thanks Stelth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted May 22, 2005 Posted May 22, 2005 Hi everyone, I'm newbee here, I like to say that this is an awesome forum. I learned in last two days more about Motherboards that I could ever think of. I would like to say GREAT job to every one of you. Back to the post>>> Ok I'm putting new rig 3700 SD/ DFI nF4 SLI-DR. Alots of Air cooling 1st? What is better 1X 6800gt or 2X 6600gt (OR WHAT IS RECOMMENDED by you) 2nd? If I buy 1st 6800gt and down the road 2nd one is that bad thing or should I wait and buy as a set? 3rd? Max. <$150> a good power supplies.(my pick so far: OCZ OCZ520ADJ ATX 520W Power Supply) Any other one that i should pick? Should it have 2 separate 12v rails? or one is ok? Thanks Stelth Get one 6800GT now & you can always add another later. The OCZ PowerStream 520W is fine, as is this Enermax 600W for about $150. http://www.gameve.com/gve/Store/ProductDet...ku=PS-EN-600W-A The PowerStream 520W has one +12V rail, the Enermax has two. Either will server you well. GL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted May 22, 2005 Posted May 22, 2005 Hi everyone, I'm newbee here, I like to say that this is an awesome forum. I learned in last two days more about Motherboards that I could ever think of. I would like to say GREAT job to every one of you. Back to the post>>> Ok I'm putting new rig 3700 SD/ DFI nF4 SLI-DR. Alots of Air cooling 1st? What is better 1X 6800gt or 2X 6600gt (OR WHAT IS RECOMMENDED by you) 2nd? If I buy 1st 6800gt and down the road 2nd one is that bad thing or should I wait and buy as a set? 3rd? Max. <$150> a good power supplies.(my pick so far: OCZ OCZ520ADJ ATX 520W Power Supply) Any other one that i should pick? Should it have 2 separate 12v rails? or one is ok? Thanks Stelth Get one 6800GT now & you can always add another later. The OCZ PowerStream 520W is fine, as is this Enermax 600W for about $150. http://www.gameve.com/gve/Store/ProductDet...ku=PS-EN-600W-A The PowerStream 520W has one +12V rail, the Enermax has two. Either will server you well. GL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
audscott Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 This is too valuable a thread, in my opinion, to let drop.....how about sticky status? Here's a bump to the cause. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 The G70 SLI setup recommends 500w PSU minimum. Another bump to the cause for huge PSUs! Linkage to http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/attachment...tachmentid=1224 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frallan Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 I just read this http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/05/2..._sli_pt5/1.html Basically what it says is... Don't save on PSU get the Biggest baddest thing U can afford. Thex also recommended the OCZ 520. Ill go a bit further and say if U plan SLI and oc get the 600W Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinobi Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 I was hoping on being able to use my current PSU for when i take the plunge and upgrade to NF4 SLI(thats why i chose this particular ATX 2.2 24Pin model), do you think it will be ok? Anyone else use one of this? Its been very reliable for me so far in my NFII. Hiper HPU-4S525 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frallan Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 I was hoping on being able to use my current PSU for when i take the plunge and upgrade to NF4 SLI(thats why i chose this particular ATX 2.2 24Pin model), do you think it will be ok? Anyone else use one of this? Its been very reliable for me so far in my NFII.Hiper HPU-4S525 Well its absolutely worth a try... And it should be ok at least til U sart oc:ing. :dog: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 Well its absolutely worth a try... And it should be ok at least til U sart oc:ing. :dog:Those are pretty good PSU's & you have a combined total of +12V@30A (360W) available. :dog: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indie24 Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 i got the same psu, very very stable rock solid. good rails as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 This is too valuable a thread, in my opinion, to let drop.....how about sticky status? Here's a bump to the cause. AG made this a sticky when the 24pin/480W requirements first came out. This week I'll be redoing the guide because of the new 150W VC's that are suppose to start shipping within the next few months. SLI PSU's for these new VC's are going to be very expensive! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 GeForce 7800 GTX (G70) Specs Updated:0.11 micron process TSMC 430Mhz core / 1.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 memory 256-bit memory interface 38.4GB/s memory bandwidth 24 pixels per clock 10.32Bps Fill Rate 8 Vertex Pipes 860M vertices/second 400MHz RAMDACs NVIDIA CineFX 4.0 engine Intellisample 4.0 technology 64-bit FP texture filtering & blending NVIDIA SLI Ready (7800 GTX only) DX 9.0 / SM 3.0 & OpenGL 2.0 supported G70 comes with 3 models; GTX, GT and Standard Single Slot solution Single card requires min. 400W PSU with 12V rating of 26A SLI configuration requires min. 500W PSU with 12V rating of 34A Launch : 22nd of June http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=2206&s=1 Nvidia SLI Certified: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_sli_powersupplies.html Currently we are recommending a min of +12V@24A & "more is better" for non-SLI & a min of +12V@30A & "more is better" for SLI. In order to keep up with the needs of the latest technologies we will be increasing the min for non-SLI to +12V@26A & the min for SLI to +12V@34A & as always "more is better". We will also be taking a very close look at the "true" combined +12V amperage ratings. For example; Fortron 500W Blue Storm is really only 460W & although it list +12V1@15A & +12V2@15A, the max combined is only +12V@24A. The same is true of some other well respected PSU's as well. Dave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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