SLI or Crossfire for E6600

[CrudOfCrow]

Ok, so im building a new system. I have the processor picked out.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

So the question is, what motherboard. I'm not sure wether or not to use SLI or CrossFire. I was thinking about getting this

ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

But when looking up what power supply to use for crossfire, lots of them had horrible reviews...and it seems like most power supplies support SLI but no crossfire. "IF" i decide to use SLI, what are some reccomendations for a motherboard? Should i even go that direction? or stick with the ASUS? I've read a lot in other posts about DX10 coming out and this a possible reason to not use either SLI or Crossfire. Is this true?

 

[Bobthelost]

If you're getting SLI NOW then do it, if you're using it as an upgrade path, don't.

What's the budget and what's the monitor?

If you want a PSU that will eat anything you throw at it then the enermax liberty and the corsair 620W are both more than capable of running a X1900XTX crossfire system and are both nice PSUs. There'll be cheaper ones out there that will too, as well as others worthy of contention, but i like the look of those two and they have had good reviews.

(No one certifies for crossfire, that doesn't mean they can't power it )

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
If you're getting SLI NOW then do it, if you're using it as an upgrade path, don't.

What's the budget and what's the monitor?

If you want a PSU that will eat anything you throw at it then the enermax liberty and the corsair 620W are both more than capable of running a X1900XTX crossfire system and are both nice PSUs. There'll be cheaper ones out there that will too, as well as others worthy of contention, but i like the look of those two and they have had good reviews.

(No one certifies for crossfire, that doesn't mean they can't power it )

Actually there is a certification for crossfire. However, EVERY and I mean EVERY SLI PSU can run a crossfire setup. This is because you can't certify for both (stupid I know), but the 2 PSUs would be exactly the same in every possible way. PS Power & Cooling has 2 Turbocool 1k PSUs (ne is SLi one crossfire) and they say either works in any configuration but you can't certify 1 PSU for both :disgust:

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
If you're getting SLI NOW then do it, if you're using it as an upgrade path, don't.

What's the budget and what's the monitor?

If you want a PSU that will eat anything you throw at it then the enermax liberty and the corsair 620W are both more than capable of running a X1900XTX crossfire system and are both nice PSUs. There'll be cheaper ones out there that will too, as well as others worthy of contention, but i like the look of those two and they have had good reviews.

(No one certifies for crossfire, that doesn't mean they can't power it )

Actually there is a certification for crossfire. However, EVERY and I mean EVERY SLI PSU can run a crossfire setup. This is because you can't certify for both (stupid I know), but the 2 PSUs would be exactly the same in every possible way. PS Power & Cooling has 2 Turbocool 1k PSUs (ne is SLi one crossfire) and they say either works in any configuration but you can't certify 1 PSU for both :disgust:

The Seasonic S12 500W is SLI certified but it's only got 16A on the second rail which would have to try to handle 2 X1900XTXs. Much as i love seasonic PSUs there's no way on earth i'd put money on that happening. (It got the certification for SLI'd 7900GTs)

Anything that's been SLI certified for 7900GTX use you're probably right. I'm sure i'd been told that about Xfire and SLI certification, but i forgot

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
If you're getting SLI NOW then do it, if you're using it as an upgrade path, don't.

What's the budget and what's the monitor?

If you want a PSU that will eat anything you throw at it then the enermax liberty and the corsair 620W are both more than capable of running a X1900XTX crossfire system and are both nice PSUs. There'll be cheaper ones out there that will too, as well as others worthy of contention, but i like the look of those two and they have had good reviews.

(No one certifies for crossfire, that doesn't mean they can't power it )

Actually there is a certification for crossfire. However, EVERY and I mean EVERY SLI PSU can run a crossfire setup. This is because you can't certify for both (stupid I know), but the 2 PSUs would be exactly the same in every possible way. PS Power & Cooling has 2 Turbocool 1k PSUs (ne is SLi one crossfire) and they say either works in any configuration but you can't certify 1 PSU for both :disgust:

The Seasonic S12 500W is SLI certified but it's only got 16A on the second rail which would have to try to handle 2 X1900XTXs. Much as i love seasonic PSUs there's no way on earth i'd put money on that happening. (It got the certification for SLI'd 7900GTs)

Anything that's been SLI certified for 7900GTX use you're probably right. I'm sure i'd been told that about Xfire and SLI certification, but i forgot

Hrm...I didn't know you could be certified for a Gt and NOT a GTX...I figured it would be both or nothing heh. Shows how much I know