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[rlbowers3]

I will have to challenge your PC skills with my HP 486CX2 w/420M and 64M DRAM running a 14.4 modem and a hand painted 3 button mouse!

 

[lavinrac]

Ok after a couple year vacation from AMD stuff, I am going to try another one.. (always worked well but Intel stuff was running a lot cooler)Not sure that this is all top of the line stuff but should do ok for the little bit of gaming I do (COD/Fear/Flight sims)I got all this in and the Motherboard was "DOA" crapola..... new one on the way already
I have some addl stuff I already had that is going in but if you see any missing "toys" post up.... always open to "add-ons"

ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe/Mempipe nVidia nForce 780a SLI AM2+ Phenom FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon X2 /AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron Socket AM2+ 5200 MHz PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066) ATX Motherboard (this board will run 3 SLI video cards and I have 2)

AMD Phenom X4 9950 Agena Black Edition Quad Core Processor 2.6Ghz Socket AM2+ 4MB Cache

CORSAIR DOMINATOR with DHX Technology TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF 4GB PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066) DDR2

LITEON DH-4O1S-08 SATA Blu-Ray Black Drive (also have dual layer DVD burner)

Netgear JGS524 ProSafe 24 Port Gigabit Rackmount (network upgrade)

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive X2 (also 1tb of addl storage sata raid 5)

CORSAIR|CMPSU-620HX RT (power supply)

EVGA 8800GT Superclocked Edition 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express Dual DVI Video Card X2 (and a slot for a third one if needed)

All I can say to you man is best think about uppin that there Power Supply. I am running basically the same setup.

changes:

intel quad
xfx 780I mb tri-SLI capable
3 x GeForce 8800 GTX 768mb vid cards.
and the dominator I have is only 8000.

Also I wouldnt worry about the fans being to loud I have 14 on mine.


With basically nothing more than 1 video card I am about to kill my 850watt PS and I see you only gonna run a 620 Might have a few issues with that just as a heads up.

 

[Mr Bogus]

All I can say to you man is best think about uppin that there Power Supply. I am running basically the same setup.

changes:

intel quad
xfx 780I mb tri-SLI capable
3 x GeForce 8800 GTX 768mb vid cards.
and the dominator I have is only 8000.

Also I wouldnt worry about the fans being to loud I have 14 on mine.


With basically nothing more than 1 video card I am about to kill my 850watt PS and I see you only gonna run a 620 Might have a few issues with that just as a heads up.

I was thinking larger but this unit has 3 discreet 12v channels for 50Amps total... one channel for main board, and one each for each video card...

I thought that was going to be ok... you think not? (the larger PSU was actually cheaper too) only other option is the 1000W

EDIT: ok you got me paranoid... hows this for a PSU? (I ordered it already) so say YEA BABY!!

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008048&prodlist=celebros

I have a stack of dead ThermalTake PSU's and getting them warranted is nothing but an exercise in futility... they just ignore you.....

 

[lavinrac]

I am running an 850ToughPower. Look em up there are real nice PS's I am getting ready to bump mine up to a 1200w just to support the things I have.

Here is what I am currently running and about to kill:

Toughpower 850 - W0131


Here is what I am going to replace it with:

Toughpower 1200W - W0133

Might look at getting something a little more beefy....

 

[lavinrac]

Yeah Corsair makes a pretty nice PS. I thought about getting one of theirs but at the time there was a deal on the TP's.


I would say good choice though.

 

[Mr Bogus]

aww crud it is thermaltake.... I have 3 of them from other systems that have died (about 18 months on each) and Thermaltake is one of the worst companies I have ever dealt with on warranty... they just screw you around till you get tired of sending meaningless BS emails.....

their "High Reliability" has been "High crapola" for me...

 

[lavinrac]

Sorry to hear you have had bad luck with Thermaltake. They have treated me very well. I have replaced 4 ps's and some other cooling items a few times with em with no problems.

 

[Mr Bogus]

Sorry to hear you have had bad luck with Thermaltake. They have treated me very well. I have replaced 4 ps's and some other cooling items a few times with em with no problems.

well now I feel bad, I just checked the PSU's they are "Enermax" units... my bad..... I did order the 1000W PSU however..