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Quick update - Installed the card, runs Crysis on high settings quite well, no power problems at all so far. Thanks again

Thanks, it's all starting to make more sense now. I'll give it a go and see if Crysis causes a system shutdown :S. I bought the antec originally because many people had recommended them, and many since have said I was unlucky with the problems I had, but I still did not want to try them again...

So the two 12V values it has would indicate that there are two completely separate rails supplying a max of 22A @ 12V each then? "There is no doubt that your current PSU is a low quality unit and it would be in your best interest to get a new one." What are you basing this on, what in...

I've been looking at the specs of the psu I have in my PC, and am not sure whether I should try out my new 8800gt card on it or wait a little while longer until I can get a new psu. It boils down to this: The power supply has the following specs- 3.3V Max 35A 5V Max 53A 12V(1) Max 22A...

Thanks for your replies. I seems jonnyhazE's and my mainboard both have PCI-E 1.0a compliant slots, which unfortunately fall into a grey area, in which <b>some</b> cards will not work with some main boards. I'll look a little further into it. Is SLI worth bothering with? I'm currently looking...

Hi I'm wanting some technical advice for a GFX card upgrade. First off, the current system basics :- K8N Diamond mainboard, 3700+ CPU, single 7800GT GFX card, 2 GB (DDR2 if I remember correctly) RAM. I'm thinking about getting a 8800GT card, possibly 2 in SLI, so first question is this-...