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10-07-2007, 12:31 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2007
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|  This PSU Good with 2900Pro? Hello, is this PSU good enough with the 2900Pro? b1gapl recommended this but I had read someones review of the 2900Pro and it said that it needed a PSU of 550W minimum. Just wanted to ask before I buy my parts. Thanks. ClubIT Product - CORSAIR HX CMPSU-520HX 520W Active PFC NVIDIA SLI Certified Modular ATX Power Supply Retail If not, could you please recommend me a PSU? |
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10-07-2007, 12:50 PM
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| Commander SMod  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City
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  | Re: This PSU Good with 2900Pro? Agreed. I wouldn't have recommended it, if it wasn't good. As we said countless times before, that the power is not the amount of wattage a power supply has, but how many amps are in it's +12v rails. That Corsair 520HX has 54A, and that's enough for two 8800Ultras in SLI. |
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10-07-2007, 12:52 PM
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| Retired.  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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| Re: This PSU Good with 2900Pro? It should do fine. Wattage means nothing. Amps mean more.
__________________  My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V. "The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in." Quote:
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10-07-2007, 12:54 PM
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| Re: This PSU Good with 2900Pro? I wish companies all rated their power supplies in RMS wattage or something.
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10-07-2007, 01:01 PM
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| Re: This PSU Good with 2900Pro? ya, i'm not understanding why people think you need such extravagant psu's to power high end systems... such as the rumors of needing uuber high psu's for the 2900xt.. i think at full load on a standard system i guess you say only consumes about 400 watts.. give or take a few watts... going crossfire should only add another 130 watts or sometihng of that area.... 600watts should power pretty much any system there is today.. unless your running like 15 hard drives.. 10 cd's ... etc.
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10-07-2007, 01:10 PM
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10-07-2007, 01:15 PM
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10-07-2007, 01:22 PM
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| Re: This PSU Good with 2900Pro? Quote:
__________________ My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V. "The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in." Quote:
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