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Adequate PSU ?
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Posted by: Elfraj
Will an
ENERMAX 460W Whisper II Power Supply for AMD K7 & Pentium4
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-103-456&depa=0
be adequate to power an Athlon Winch. 3500/nV 6800 GT OC, non-SLI gaming rig?
Would it be enough to run two SLI 6800 GT's?
What would you use for the one-card rig?
Also, what add-on HSF would you use?
Posted by: redwench
it should be adequate for 1, its iffy for 2. youd probably need either a larger size or a better manufacturer for that.
Posted by: TecH-
This would need 2 go in Hardware but... It would be ok for 1 card but for an SLI gaming rig you would need at least 520W of power.
If you go SLI I would recomend a 650W suply...
Posted by: Elfraj
Would you suggest a better PSU for the 1 card rig ...
and one for the SLI rig.? Moderately priced but definitely good enough. I want to run trouble free.
BTW in the past 6 weeks I've learned about CPU's, GPU's, HDD's, Mem and MB's, PCI e, IDE and SATA, DDR2 v/s DDR, SLI, ATI v/s nV, Pentium and AMD thanks to this forum, 3D gamers and AV. It's been a blast .
Posted by: TecH-
For the 1 card rig I would go with Thermaltake W0014 Silent Purepower 480W. Its an excellent power suplly more then enough + its on sale at newegg.com.
For the SLI rig I would go with-
ENERMAX Noisetaker 600W Power Supply, ATX 12V V2.0 compatible, Model "EG701AX-VE SFMA 2.0 SLI"
The enermax is a good solid choice and its SLI ready.
All of the products you need can be purchased at www.newegg.com best service and prices.
Posted by: redwench
the moderately priced is the stickler. in my opinion, the prices generally follow the reliability of the psus. there was a power supply roundup at tom's hardware a couple years back that illustrates what the potential risks are. its still in their archives i think, its well worth reading, although the specific model recommendations arent viable anymore of course. http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20021021/index.html
id suggest investing in a fortron, sparkle, or antec power supply in general, although some other power supply might address your needs better. as an example, antec offers a 3 year warranty on most of its power supplies. if that breaks the bank, you probably shouldnt be looking at purchasing that kind of hardware anyway 
the most recent power supply testing that toms did is here http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040122/index.html
while it is not the most unbiased site in the world, they at least address the need for some actual data, rather than just opinions and anecdotes.
make sure you purchase the right form for your motherboard as well. there are now 2 types of atx power supplies around, thanks to the advent of pcie.
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