Is my psu good enough?

[imported_Maz]

I was thinking about grabbing an 8800gt since they're so cheap now. I will likely get another 8800gt either at the same time or a couple months later depending on what I feel the pricing/availability will be.

My question is this:
Is my PSU good enough for one 8800gt? Is it good enough for 2? If not, what wattage do I need for 2?

Also, my proc and/or the rest of my setup won't be a bottleneck for two 8800gt will it? I will be playing all my games at 1680x1050.

 

[BassBomb]

NO

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
NO

Based on what?

Xclio uses CWT as their OEM for great power (I think stable power too) lines...

...and CWT is being used in almost every other top PSU on the market right now.


*edit*

oh thats a good power psu, nvm then.

 

[BassBomb]

From what I read they are only "OK" units

 

[mpilchfamily]

Just because CWT is used for top brand units doesn't mean all of them are good. The companie gets to choose the components used in the PSU. They can go with a very basic setup using cheap parts or they can upgrade it with better wuality caps and what not. No doubt that CWT has a great design but if you put crap parts on the board the PSU will be crap. Not to say the Xcilo is crap. They have there good and there bad PSUs.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

OP, don't listen to these guys, I'm running almost the same exact setup (E4500 OCed, 2x1GB, 8800GT, etc) with the same power supply and it works fine.
Although I think two is out of the question.

 

[RallyMaster]

Run it on a Corsair HX620 please.

 

[imported_Maz]

Thanks for the responses. I knew when I bought this power supply that it wasn't the greatest but I don't buy high end these days. I get in on everything a little late and buy mid range. I still get to enjoy my games and I don't have to rape my wallet to do it. In the past when I bought high end everything I still ended up lowering video quality for competitive reasons anyway. Mid range parts clocked to their limits is the way to go imo.

RallyMaster: you're saying that a good quality 600+w psu should run a couple 8800gt just fine?

What I really want is a psu that will power not only a couple 8800gt, but will also be usable with the next video upgrade, which will likely be whatever comes out a year or even two from now. Think a good quality 800w will give that future proof'ness that I'm looking for?

 

[RallyMaster]

By the time you hit your next necessary video card upgrade, I think you'd have to bump up your CPU as well. In that case you might as well just get a new computer period

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: Maz
Thanks for the responses. I knew when I bought this power supply that it wasn't the greatest but I don't buy high end these days. I get in on everything a little late and buy mid range. I still get to enjoy my games and I don't have to rape my wallet to do it. In the past when I bought high end everything I still ended up lowering video quality for competitive reasons anyway. Mid range parts clocked to their limits is the way to go imo.

RallyMaster: you're saying that a good quality 600+w psu should run a couple 8800gt just fine?

What I really want is a psu that will power not only a couple 8800gt, but will also be usable with the next video upgrade, which will likely be whatever comes out a year or even two from now. Think a good quality 800w will give that future proof'ness that I'm looking for?

Your current PSU will handle 1x 8800GT just fine. If you were to SLI 8800GT's, it maybe questionable, if it happens to be made with decent parts it should be fine.

A good quality PSU in the 600-700W range will be a better bet for what you want.

Also, your upgrade path for the LGA775 socket is going to be limited as it becomes discontinued and replaced at the end of this year, so if you want another upgrade from that you'll be needing a new motherboard, processor, and memory; that is only if you want to migrate to the new socket of course.

 

[Mwing]

I got 2 dvdrw, 1 velociraptor, 2 wd640 hd, 1 8800gt, 4 sticks of 1gb ram, q9450 @ 3.2, 4x120mm led fan, 1x92mm cpu fan, 4 usb devices (ocz rally 2 4gb for readyboost, 1 webcam, 1 kb, 1 mouse) on a crappy 500w psu without a problem running 24/7

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: Mwing
I got 2 dvdrw, 1 velociraptor, 2 wd640 hd, 1 8800gt, 4 sticks of 1gb ram, q9450 @ 3.2, 4x120mm led fan, 1x92mm cpu fan, 4 usb devices (ocz rally 2 4gb for readyboost, 1 webcam, 1 kb, 1 mouse) on a crappy 500w psu without a problem running 24/7

I wouldn't feel sorry for you if it died and took the stuff with it