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MultiForce
12-05-2007, 03:53 PM
Is it enough with 1000W PSU when I got a Quad Core CPU and 2 8800GTX cards?

It says you got to have a 450W PSU for one card and I guess that it includes a "basic" system setup?

Found out that recommended was 750W...

:D
helsing
12-05-2007, 07:36 PM
it is more than enough ;)
sleepyy
12-06-2007, 03:47 AM
Yes well enough i asked the same question and was told it's an over kill
mr. nails
12-06-2007, 10:48 AM
no need for 1k psu. grab urself a good 850w and ur set.
MultiForce
12-06-2007, 10:57 AM
Already ordered a 1K MIST PSU.. modular thingie :D
Appzalien
12-09-2007, 02:34 PM
Having more than you need is a good idea not bad. You can add more sata drives for more hard drive space without having to worry. Heck some motherboards have 8 hookups for sata drives but not too many cases have 8 HDD slots. If all your hard drives are Sata you can put 4 dvd burners in your 51/4 bay and start a production company on the IDE line.
silent h3ro
12-10-2007, 10:12 PM
Yes, it is good to have more than recommended just in case. You are very lucky.
Fibre
12-12-2007, 12:36 PM
Stay away from the cheap PSUs. Get a decent brand like Seasonic or Corsair.
clocker
12-12-2007, 12:56 PM
Stay away from the cheap PSUs. Get a decent brand like Seasonic or Corsair.
Why?
Shiranai_Baka
12-12-2007, 05:14 PM
Stay away from the cheap PSUs. Get a decent brand like Seasonic or Corsair.
Why?

Because the cheap ones have a higher chance of asploding!
MultiForce
12-12-2007, 05:34 PM
Why?

Because the cheap ones have a higher chance of asploding!

I think I'll take my chances hehe.
grimms
12-18-2007, 11:37 AM
Having more than you need is a good idea not bad. You can add more sata drives for more hard drive space without having to worry. Heck some motherboards have 8 hookups for sata drives but not too many cases have 8 HDD slots. If all your hard drives are Sata you can put 4 dvd burners in your 51/4 bay and start a production company on the IDE line.

Agreed. You are very lucky my friend.:)
MultiForce
12-18-2007, 12:38 PM
Having more than you need is a good idea not bad. You can add more sata drives for more hard drive space without having to worry. Heck some motherboards have 8 hookups for sata drives but not too many cases have 8 HDD slots. If all your hard drives are Sata you can put 4 dvd burners in your 51/4 bay and start a production company on the IDE line.

Agreed. You are very lucky my friend.:)

I've got the computer @ work and cannot get it home before Friday... so I'm not that lucky, yet :P

With the two gfx cards and a big heatsink/fan it's not much space for anything else in there hehe.
silent h3ro
12-19-2007, 06:58 PM
What case do you have?
MultiForce
12-19-2007, 07:16 PM
What case do you have?

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=312508

Cheap for the setup but I wanted something that didn't give too much space.

I've always bought the big tower Chieftec cases but now I got 2 servers and a dedicated gaming computer so I don't need the big ones anymore. I don't like the thought of water cooling (yet) so I wanted to test some smaller cases with just a few big fans.