Hey all, I have a small question for you ppl. I need a new PSU for my pc which has the following specs: AMD64 3700+ San Diego s939 Sapphire ATI Radeon X850XT/PE Platinum PCI-E 256MB Ati Radeon Crossfire card (name?) 1 gig of ram 2 Raptors (74 and 36,7GB) 1 CDRW 1 DVDROM 3 fans for my radiator All watercooled. Now my question is (I have actually 2) I have an Asus A8V-E Deluxe here.. will it support the Crossfire mode or will I have to buy the A8N-SLI Deluxe? And my 2nd question. Will the Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU do for this setup? Or do I have to pick an even higher one? Thnx for any help in advance, greetz, aevi
Erm... Crossfire != SLI. The two are totally different. You'll need one of the new crossfire boards, when they come out. Even so, the A8V-E deluxe doesn't even support SLI. I'm not familiar with the X-connect, but I've seen similar systems run by the Antec Neopower, which is 480 watts.
I would not use the X-connect for that. Apparently under real heavy load they tend to have problems. I'd say PC P&C 510SLI or Antec Truepower II 550w. There's more to it than wattage... like a 500w aspire I wouldn't trust for anything more than a tester PSU and wouldn't let it within twenty feet of an SLI setup. I'd suggest calling/emailing their service if you have it already to see what they think, but personally I'd opt for an Antec or PC Power and Cooling. I've got my SLI rig (2x 6800GT @ Ultra, 3000+ @ 2.25GHz, 2 DVDRW, 3 7200RPM HDD, 2 10000RPM HDD, watercooling) going on an EPS12v Antec True550 I modded to do SLI, but the Truepower II 550w looks to have dual PCIE plugs (although it's a bit hard to tell for sure, but I'm 98% sure) And AFAIK, no mobos are out that will support crossfire, although supposdly ATI is working to make it work on any board with two physical x16 slots.
[INTERRUPTION] Hey, what's AFAIK? [/INTERRUPTION] Yeah, the PC I had before this shuttle setup used a Truepower 430w and it was VERY solid and handled everything I ever plugged in there just fine, including a 6800gt and Audigy 2 ZS, and some overclocking. Antec is the way to go. -Rob
AFAIK = as far as I know Your a8n-SLI will NOT support crossfire. The a8n-sli has an nvidia chipset, the nForce 4 SLI It will ONLY run a single card of your choice, or SLI. No crossfire. Currently, I do not know of any crossfire boards. Sorry.
