qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
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- Dec 6, 2007
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System Name | Quantumville™ |
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Processor | Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz |
Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 |
Memory | 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz) |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB |
Display(s) | ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible) |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 922 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe |
Power Supply | Corsair AX1600i |
Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow |
Keyboard | Yes |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
Just bought a Zotac GTX 590 off eBay for £160 and am awaiting delivery. Got it to play around with quad SLI, like a proper PC enthusiast. I've got an EVGA Classified to pair it with.
I know two of these require something like an 1100W PSU to run properly and the new Corsair 1200W PSU I bought some time ago still has an unresolved problem (long story) so I can't use it for now. Therefore, I'm still on my 5 year old Corsair HX850W v1 PSU at the moment.
Its worked flawlessly the whole time I've had it and the reviews were excellent at the time, saying it could even be loaded up to around 1KW without showing significant strain. However, it is old and not officially rated for that kind of power, so my questions are:
1 Do you think I'm likely to get away with running both cards in 2D only just to check out the NVIDIA control panel options with 4 GPUs running?
2 If yes to question 1, then do you think I could get away with a "light" 3D load, such as an old game eg Unreal Tournament 2004 for a short time? I wouldn't try Far Cry 4, Furmark or anything like that which gives the GPUs a real workout and really draws current. Obviously, I won't be overclocking the cards either.
Note my PC specs are up to date if you need to check out my current setup.
I know two of these require something like an 1100W PSU to run properly and the new Corsair 1200W PSU I bought some time ago still has an unresolved problem (long story) so I can't use it for now. Therefore, I'm still on my 5 year old Corsair HX850W v1 PSU at the moment.
Its worked flawlessly the whole time I've had it and the reviews were excellent at the time, saying it could even be loaded up to around 1KW without showing significant strain. However, it is old and not officially rated for that kind of power, so my questions are:
1 Do you think I'm likely to get away with running both cards in 2D only just to check out the NVIDIA control panel options with 4 GPUs running?
2 If yes to question 1, then do you think I could get away with a "light" 3D load, such as an old game eg Unreal Tournament 2004 for a short time? I wouldn't try Far Cry 4, Furmark or anything like that which gives the GPUs a real workout and really draws current. Obviously, I won't be overclocking the cards either.
Note my PC specs are up to date if you need to check out my current setup.