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Postby brownbox » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:39 pm

ok ok, Ive changed everything in my computer to the budgetest of budget things with high overclocking potential (E.g. the cheapest core 2 duo, the best budget overclocking board, nice ram, etc.) . Problem is, my PSU has once again held me back. (suprise suprise :rolleyes: ). I am failiing to put up my Vcore over a certain point supposedly due to a power supply power shortage (thanks to the guys at Overclock.net). Also, I am too scared to voltmod my video card as my PSU may not be able to handle the load.

Because of this, action will be taken in order to fix this problem.

I am looking at this
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Comp ... 36.htm?p=1

It has dual 12v rails, and 2 pcie plugs which is great cause i plan to upgrade to SLI some day. It is also Enermax :drool:

The second choice is this
http://www.qmb.co.nz/p.aspx?105385
It also has 2 PCI-e plugs. It is another great brand, Thermaltake. Also dual 12v rails.

Which one would you all suggest?

The Enermax has dual fans which would help with cooling, although the TT one has a 120mm fan on the bottom which does the job of the dual fans anyway...
Enermax also has better current output.

Decisions, decisions...
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Postby Zöltuger » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:53 pm

I've got that Enermax, it's really nice. Stable as anything, mind you I don't overclock...

Once again, I'll point out that FSX doesn't support SLI anyway, so that's of no use to you.
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Postby brownbox » Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:08 pm

looking at benchmark tests of FSX, the single 7600gt scored 15fps and the SLI scored 19fps. Only a small increase, but nevertheless an increase. Also, I play many other games other than FSX. Many of the other games scored 80, 90 even over 100% speed increase from adding another card. I was planning to do this, however I feel a new PSU is a main focus at the moment B-)
Desktop:Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8@ 3.0Ghz@ 1.36v. 4Gb Supertalent DDR2-800 2.1v@ 5-5-5-15. Asus P5N-E SLI Pencil Modded. Corsair TX 650. 512MB Palit Geforce 8800GT. 2x200GB IDE+640GB SATAII. Windows Vista Ultimate X86. Samsung SH-S222A
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Postby creator2003 » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:53 pm

clean power is a must dude bigger the better ,plus i forget the name but i think its a epu or something ive got one on mine it make sure before the power reaches the psu that the power is even and pure ,about $80 up ,also if there is a power cut ive still got five minutes to crank it off and save
anyway good luck once again :thumbup:
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