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[NIN]

I'm building a new comp and I was wondering if the antec SmartPower 400W can support SLI with 6600GT's? I will be running one harddrive and one dvd burner and an athlon 64 3700+ with a NForce 4 chipset.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[harobikes333]

r u planning on adding more stuff tho later?

 

[PZEROFGH]

probably not, you always want an SLi ready psu. it might, you can try but i would like to see it go BOOM! anyways why 2 6600Gts 1 6800GT is better then 2 6600GTs

 

[Elbatrop1]

Nope. I wouldnt go with anything less than 500W for an SLI setup. With 400W, you would likely be able to start but experience random reboots while gaming.

 

[SHAWN]

Nope. I wouldnt go with anything less than 500W for an SLI setup. With 400W, you would likely be able to start but experience random reboots while gaming.

Agree'd

 

[NIN]

I will stick with a single card. What card should I go with. I'm on a budget so getting a 500 will be pushing it

So far I plan to get

Asus A8N-E Mainboard
Athlon 3700+ 939 pin.
1GB OCZ gold PC3200 RAM with 2-2-2-5 timings (Dual Channel)
Hitachi 80 GB SATA2 harddrive

Still need case and power supply. Planning on the Antec TX640b that comes with the 400W smartpower PSU.

Some Dvd burner.

 

[Zindel]

if you need to save some money, cutting down on a psu isent the smartist thing to do, what i would do eather wait a little longer and save up a little more money, or see if you cant find something thats the same thing that is cheaper, if you can find a cheaper ram or hard drive but i would say keep what you have and save up a little more money

 

[NIN]

I'm running 350W in my current setup with a 9600 pro and athlon XP 2600+.

A 400W won't hold up? I didn't think 400 Antec PSU was cutting down on the PSU.

If it is I'll just get a 500W smart power.

 

[Syphanx]

Thermaltake sell some nice psu's check out those ones.

 

[PZEROFGH]

its not about wattage people its about the ampage. geez, who cares about watts. anyways, why asus with amd?