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Old 05-07-2008, 06:51 PM   #4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36
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Re: Advice on my machine

First point: If you look at this in the first link you gave me, this should tell you that this is a low quality supply:
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More than 70% efficiency at typical load operation
A good power supply will be at least 80% efficient and have active PFC. In addition, this thing only puts out 16 amps on the +12 rail. That is not enough power to even run a single pci-e card and you are running two of them. This is a very weak supply.

Second point: The second power supply is simply not worth anything IMHO. You don't have enough amps to run two cards in sli on this one either.

Third point: If you sell the whole rig on Ebay, you won't get much out of it, unless you part it out. That can be a big hastle.

ASUS PN5E SLI mb

Not a bad board

Intel quad core 6600

A very good CPU

2 nvidia geforce 8600GT 512mb (sli plus bridge)

In sli, a decent video card setup for a reasonable price.

4mb cruisial ddr2

Crucial ram is what I am running in this rig. You didn't mention the speed of the ram, so difficult to say.

2 dvd rw

Nice to have.

atx 680w psu

Trash

soundblaster x-fi xtreme

That is a nice card IMHO

and a sata 500g seagate 7200rpm hdd

Very good hard drive

Those are my perceptions. Maybe another tech will chime in and give an opinion.
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