you know what? sorry for bein testy...alot of these threads so close to i5 and dx11 launches and no one really listening. trust me, 750 watts is fine for all that and more, but if you need to hit that price point, it's a good choice...
Well you're the second person who's stuck from the beginning who says a tx750 will pull it. And I do appreciate it. If I swap out the tx850 for a tx750, maybe then I can swap one of the HDDs to 32mb cache. My real question is: Does tx750 have the right connections for 2x gtx 260? If you don't know, how do I find out??
i wouldnt go for the tx750 over the tx850 simply because you get another 100 watts and 10-12 more amps for $10 after MIR, i was just trying to make it clear that 850 watts is not necessary to accomplish what you want to do. i would recommend the 850hx or the seasonic i mentioned before, but if $200 is too high, the 850tx is fine. it does have the ability to run 2 x 260's. check the pci-e plug-ins on the card, then check the pci-e connectors on the psu. 2 x gtx 260's require 4 x 6 pin connectors. the tx850 has 4 x 6+2...so you're good.
For The Record Budget Gaming/Photoshop Monster: $1500 i7 SLI Build MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R --- $450 combo with CPU CPU: i7 920 --- $450 combo with mobo GPU: 2x EVGA GTX260 --- 2x $195 PSU: Corsair TX850 --- $140 HDD: WD Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB --- 2x $70 RAM: (3x 2GB) OCZ Obsidian DDR3 Tri Channel PC3 12800 --- $120 CPU COOLER: Scythe MUGEN-2 --- $37 CASE: Cooler Master HAF 932 --- $140 OS: Vista Home 64bit OEM (with free Win7 upgrade) --- $110 TOTAL: $1527 -$95 MIR - Mobo does support x16 SLI. - Dual HDD because Photoshop uses scratch disk. - WD because it had less negative reviews than Samsung. - 850w PSU for overclocking: SLI gtx260s, i7 920, and 6GB DDR3 TC RAM with potential for overclocking 16GB RAM. - OEM OS because I'm poor. - Thanks everyone SOOOOO much for patience and free help!!! I love you guys. - Hope you like it as much as I hope I will
That mobo supports SLI through a bios update. At launch there was no SLI on that board so you might want to buy a SLI bridge, the board may not come with one. @ Trig- i never stole anything from you.. i agreed with you to start with as we had the same opinion that it was not the best build right now and it was blatantly obvious.. I just spotted the problem and gave advice better Like the SLI support on that motherboard thing.. </salt rubbing>
i was bein playful, but im confused...better advice? thats the ram i suggested originally? i know it supports sli through a moboo update, i think bit mentioned that in their review maybe...but i wouldn't recommend op attempting that personally...
Now you're making me nervous. I called Gigabyte who says the mobo will support sli with a bios update. Is that risky or something? Yeah, I will probably have to by a bridge.
A bios flash is easy, but it's a hassle you likely wish to avoid. Simply pick another Motherboard. What is your budget on the board and i'll have a look on newegg. @Trig- I just looked on Newegg for ram the same price as he had picked out for himself and found the G SKILL, not a huge coincidence..
i hear ya, it was just kinda funny to me...i still got mad love for ya though...lol in addition, by the time you pay for the bridge, you could have gotten a better board more times than not
If the Asus p6T (just p6t not deluxe) is available and within your price range then you can't go wrong with that. It supports 3 cards in SLI.
Guys, question about different mobo. I have an ethernet card that fits in one of those white slots. Can I use SLI on the 2 blue slots closest to the CPU with no problems? (no slowing down of SLI, gpu will fit next to fan...) I was looking at the Asus and would rather have the EVGA for $10 more... They look identical, so the question above goes either way. EDIT: I'm also constantly worried that the Scythe MUGEN-2 CPU Cooler won't fit in these mobos that have a lot of stuff around the CPU.
You will be able to use the v bottom pci slot. No idea about the cooler fitting, i don't think it will be a problem though.
I don't know... I talked to 2 different Gigabyte CS guys so far, they both say that it supports SLI native. They say that if I want to flash the bios and the board fails, its covered in the warranty... So I'll take my chances and grab that evga bridge, saving $60. Plus I like the layout of the UD3R much more than the expensive mobos. Thanks for the heads up guys So when it comes down to it, how will I know if SLI is activated and functioning or not? EDIT: Make that 2 customer service guys and 1 tech support guy. This is how it is: The SLI version of the board comes with the bios update. The regular version require a bios update to support SLI. The BIOS can be flashed via Windows using @BIOS from the gigabyte site. Supposedly risky, but it seems automated so I don't know why it would be risky. Anyways, FYI.
