Looking for a SLI power supply on a on a tight budget

adamdon89 · Jul 2, 2007

My System:
1. AM2 X2 4200 (65w) OC'd to 2.42GHz
2. HHDs (1 SATA, 1 IDE)
2. 512s of DDR2 800 (soon to be 4)
3. 120mm fans
1. 200mm fan
1. optical drive
1. 8800 GTS (will put a 2nd one in at some time in the next year)
1. PCI TV card

to save on p&p I would rather buy from scan.co.uk... maybe overclockers.co.uk or amazon.co.uk if I had to.

Also the cables on the PSU would need to be long enough for a PSU at the bottom of a case (Antec nine hundred)

Any thoughts/comments/ideas will be appreciated, Thanks.

Gam'ster · Jul 2, 2007

What sort of budget u have in mind ?,

Gam'ster · Jul 2, 2007

Only reason i ask is that if ur looking to add another card in the near future id say save the extra bit and get this http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=446787
Very good PSU plus a 5 year warranty.
PS. it has long cables and plenty of them ( modular )

adamdon89 · Jul 2, 2007

As cheap as possible lol, about £60-70 (but I could stretch it).

Gam'ster · Jul 2, 2007

Ok how bout this one http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=465734, i currently have a hiper psu and i love it as do many other tpu users, ill try looking for a review for it but take a look at it and its just £1 odd over ur budget :laugh:

Mediocre · Jul 2, 2007

I have a link on my home PC to a 'power supply calculator' real handy webpage.

That would tell you what total wattage you'll be looking at (you would be surprised, with the setup described its probably 350W total) Even in SLI I bet you're drawing ~450W max.

I'll post the calc when I get home....IMO its silly to pay for extra AMPS/WATTS if you don't need them

Buckaroo Banzai · Jul 2, 2007

This would do well for a single GTS:

Corsair HX520W

Or its big brother for SLi:

HX620W

zekrahminator · Jul 2, 2007

That Corsair 520 will serve you well

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adamdon89 · Jul 4, 2007

Thanks for the replies... So the Corsair HX520W will run 2 8800 GTS'es? It looks like a good PSU , Does anyone know of anyone whos tried them together?

Grings · Jul 4, 2007

i have one, and run sli with 2 gts's (only for 2 days though, a friends for a rig i was building him came before the mobo, so i just had to try it out) , seemed fine

edit: alternatively, these got a good write up in custompc mag, seems theyre yet another nanopoint built (good) brand http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=575387

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ EE AM2 @2.42HGz
Motherboard	Abit NF-M2 nView
Cooling	4x120mm & 1x200mm
Memory	4x512MB Corsair XMS2 6400 @880MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA Superclocked GeForce 8800GTS/320MB @650/1000MHz
Storage	500GB SATA & 2x80GB IDE
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 940mw @1440x900
Case	Antec Nine Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair HX520w
Software	Vista Ultimate 32bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06: 8577 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2814249

System Name	Toshiba L350
Processor	AMD QL-65
Motherboard	Toshiba 780G/SB700
Cooling	Laptop
Memory	3GB
Video Card(s)	ATI HD3000
Storage	250GB
Display(s)	17" Widescreen
Case	Black/Carbon effect
Audio Device(s)	OnBoard
Power Supply	Brick
Software	WIN7

System Name	Toshiba L350
Processor	AMD QL-65
Motherboard	Toshiba 780G/SB700
Cooling	Laptop
Memory	3GB
Video Card(s)	ATI HD3000
Storage	250GB
Display(s)	17" Widescreen
Case	Black/Carbon effect
Audio Device(s)	OnBoard
Power Supply	Brick
Software	WIN7

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ EE AM2 @2.42HGz
Motherboard	Abit NF-M2 nView
Cooling	4x120mm & 1x200mm
Memory	4x512MB Corsair XMS2 6400 @880MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA Superclocked GeForce 8800GTS/320MB @650/1000MHz
Storage	500GB SATA & 2x80GB IDE
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 940mw @1440x900
Case	Antec Nine Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair HX520w
Software	Vista Ultimate 32bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06: 8577 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2814249

System Name	Toshiba L350
Processor	AMD QL-65
Motherboard	Toshiba 780G/SB700
Cooling	Laptop
Memory	3GB
Video Card(s)	ATI HD3000
Storage	250GB
Display(s)	17" Widescreen
Case	Black/Carbon effect
Audio Device(s)	OnBoard
Power Supply	Brick
Software	WIN7

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Cooling	Apogee GTX, 2x120mm DD, MCP-1000P Res/Pump, all 3/8" 7x80mm (4x push/pull, 2x exhaust, 1x side)
Memory	2 x 1GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 @ 800 (4-3-3-6)
Video Card(s)	EVGA 9800GTX+
Storage	3 x 80 GB WD SATA300 (2x RAID 0)
Display(s)	Scepter x37 1080p 37" LCD & Samsung 204B
Case	CoolerMaster HAF932
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Mushkin HP-580AP (C/O TPU!)
Software	Vista Ultimate (32-bit)

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Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Motherboard	ASUS P5N-D
Cooling	OCZ Vendetta II
Memory	G. Skill PQ 4GB DDR2
Video Card(s)	EVGA 8800GT SLi
Storage	WDCaviar SE16 500GB & 250GB SATAII
Display(s)	Samaung 245BW
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	SB X-Fi XtremeMusic
Power Supply	Corsair HX520W
Software	Vista Ultimate x64 SP2

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Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
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Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
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Cooling	XSPC Raystorm Edge,EK QS P420M,EK D5pwm Revo Res
Memory	32gb Corsair Vengeance RT 3600 cl16
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3070ti Amp Extreme
Storage	Samsung 980pro 1tb x2
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Power Supply	EVGA 1000 P2
Mouse	G900
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