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Old November 20th, 2009, 02:09 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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A good PSU?

Newegg.com - XCLIO DIAMONDPOWER 880W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Any thougts? I wil be getting the new GTX 275 Co-op soon and my current 620w PSU seems like it will not run that beast. So, you think tis is a good PSU to run it with? Its $100 off untill december.
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Old November 20th, 2009, 02:35 PM     #2 (permalink)
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What is your current PSU?

That 880 watt psu is overkill, and kind of expensive for an off brand. If your current psu is of suspect manufacture, you may want to consider one of these:

Newegg.com - Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply - Power Supplies $110 free shipping

Newegg.com - OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 - Power Supplies $98 ($68 after MIR) Free shipping

Both are very good brands for less that the one you posted. Both are more than enough to power that 275GTX.
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Old November 20th, 2009, 02:48 PM     #3 (permalink)
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My current PSU is the AeroCool "ZeroDBA" 620w

+12v1 = 20A
+12v2 = 17A

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I'd ditch that and get a better one for sure!
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you probably only need less than 400-500W to power that system. much less 800W
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Really? A 500W would feed my system? I have a C2Q Q6600 for a proc, a 500W will still work with a 275 co-op?
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By co-op, do you mean SLI?
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The co-op 275GTX is a 275GTX and a 250GTS hybrid card.... Either of those two PSU's suggested will easily run that card.
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Okay, now I'm curious, how does that work?
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They are both on the same PCB the idea is that the 250 is used for physx processing, which is why it has batman all over it as the dark asylum game fully supports physx (a few others have but nothing special, just added effects).

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