[JMT668]

hey guys been looking at the OCZ gamextreme 700w sli ready psu and im wondering if it will run this setup

amd 940be, 8gb ram, 2 250gb hdds, a 9500gt and a dvd rewriter and lots of cooling fans and stuff?

i may possibly upgrade the 9500gt to 2x9800 in the future

so would the psu power my the setup listed and in the future would it power 2x9800's in sli?

 

[sgdude]

yeah itll work fine.

 

[smoothjk]

With the 9500GT, your PSU won't even blink an eyelash...if it had eyelashes.

 

[JMT668]

and with the sli'd 9800s or 250s?

 

[tubesaddict]

Yeah that should be enough. Even with the SLI cards you shouldn't be straining that PSU.

 

[JMT668]

sweet cheers guys REP+

 

[Green Machine]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMT668 and with the sli'd 9800s or 250s?

corsair 750 tx is powering my rig with 9800gtx+ sli...no prob!

 

[pez]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMT668 hey guys been looking at the OCZ gamextreme 700w sli ready psu and im wondering if it will run this setup amd 940be, 8gb ram, 2 250gb hdds, a 9500gt and a dvd rewriter and lots of cooling fans and stuff? i may possibly upgrade the 9500gt to 2x9800 in the future so would the psu power my the setup listed and in the future would it power 2x9800's in sli?

For reference, I used to have 2x9800GT's in SLI, but a more power hungry CPU, mobo and ram than I do now, and it still only drew about 500 Watts at 100% load. That PSU will be perfectly fine. This was also w/ the 2 HDD's I have now and another IDE HDD running XP.

EDIT: I always use this site for a good rough estimate: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

[Akisame]

This will handle those cards just fine, but if you have some extra cash, get this

 

[JMT668]

cheers but i want a blue led as its going in my project case im gona leave it a while anyway as you already know. so i might just see what there is in a month or two.

 

[linskingdom]

9800GT is a 105w so that OCZ 700w has plenty of pwoer for future SLI.

 

[Akisame]

Blue leded PSU Most people don't like zalman , but im using one , and am satisfied with it . I know that they cost more than corsairs(my country is an exception

) This one has 4 rails, in some cases it may be better than one , that all depends. Also the blue leds are not that strong , but they are there

 

[JMT668]

yeah i was looking at them aswell i like the heat pipe cooler pretty cool!!

cost a little bit more tho.

 

[kpo6969]

Quote:

Originally Posted by linskingdom 9800GT is a 105w so that OCZ 700w has plenty of pwoer for future SLI.

+1

GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ~50A

 

[Akisame]

Yeah the copper heat pipe looks cool , thou i should warn you that those leds are not lasers, just for overall blue theme. The best part about them is how quiet they are, my stock cpu cooler is louder...

 

[JMT668]

yeah alot of people said the same about the OCZ one for some reason Most LED psu's are not very bright at all.

 

[Akisame]

I think there's a reason for that, since most people face their pc's to the wall, so you won't see the led's anyways...

 

[JMT668]

my project case it pretty cool have a look if you want. i flipped a aerocool case so the psu is at the bottom. i realy want a bright blue led psu but suppose i will have to settle with either the OCZ or zalman

 

[pez]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMT668 my project case it pretty cool have a look if you want. i flipped a aerocool case so the psu is at the bottom. i realy want a bright blue led psu but suppose i will have to settle with either the OCZ or zalman

Eh, I think you'd be better off with a black PSU w/ black sleeved cables than trying to go for a PSU based off of LED's, but the OCZ is a perfectly fine PSU.

 

[Chadh92]

A 650w can run Crossfire 4870's perfectly.

What do you think? >_>