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I went ahead and bought one anyways, even before waiting for feedback from this forum, but did I make a mistake?
I needed another PSU for my (second) Q6600 + CF 4850 build. I had chosen the Antec EarthWatts 650W PSU for the two builds, but I ended up using one to build my quad-GPU F@H rig. So I was short one PSU.
My main reason for picking this PSU up was that it included TWO PAIR of PCI-E connectors, two 6-pin and two 6+2-pin. The EA650 only included one 6-pin and one 6+2-pin. I was thinking that if I ever upgraded from CF 4850 to 4870 or beyond, that I would be needing those extra connectors.
(I know that the EA650 has a lot of extra juice on the PCI-E connectors, as I took the 6-pin and the 6+2-pin and connected two 6-pin to dual 6+2 adaptors, so that I ended up with four 6-pin PCI-E for my four 9600GSO video cards. I just don't know if I would trust it powering two 4870s, that each take a 6-pin and a 6+2-pin connector, through splitters.)
The Xion 800W PSU lists these rails:
+3.3V@24A; +5V@32A; +12V1@18A; +12V2@18A; +12V3@20A; +12V4@22A; -12V@0.5A; +5VSB@2.2A
It also has these connectors:
(8) Molex 4-pin Connectors; (1) Floppy 4-pin Connector, (6) Serial ATA Connectors
(2) PCI Express 6-pin Power Connectors; (2) PCI Express 6+2-pin Power Connectors
Do you all think that the Xion, being rated at 800W, would be equivalent to the EA650, rated at 650W, assuming that the Xion is probably rather at 25C rather than 50C. It's ok if it's not truely capable of 800W, but as long as it will power a 3.6 Q6600 and CF 4870s, I'd be happy.
This is the closest I could find for a review. It's for the older 700W model, but specs seem similar to the 800W, going by the label.
I went ahead and bought one anyways, even before waiting for feedback from this forum, but did I make a mistake?
I needed another PSU for my (second) Q6600 + CF 4850 build. I had chosen the Antec EarthWatts 650W PSU for the two builds, but I ended up using one to build my quad-GPU F@H rig. So I was short one PSU.
My main reason for picking this PSU up was that it included TWO PAIR of PCI-E connectors, two 6-pin and two 6+2-pin. The EA650 only included one 6-pin and one 6+2-pin. I was thinking that if I ever upgraded from CF 4850 to 4870 or beyond, that I would be needing those extra connectors.
(I know that the EA650 has a lot of extra juice on the PCI-E connectors, as I took the 6-pin and the 6+2-pin and connected two 6-pin to dual 6+2 adaptors, so that I ended up with four 6-pin PCI-E for my four 9600GSO video cards. I just don't know if I would trust it powering two 4870s, that each take a 6-pin and a 6+2-pin connector, through splitters.)
The Xion 800W PSU lists these rails:
+3.3V@24A; +5V@32A; +12V1@18A; +12V2@18A; +12V3@20A; +12V4@22A; -12V@0.5A; +5VSB@2.2A
It also has these connectors:
(8) Molex 4-pin Connectors; (1) Floppy 4-pin Connector, (6) Serial ATA Connectors
(2) PCI Express 6-pin Power Connectors; (2) PCI Express 6+2-pin Power Connectors
Do you all think that the Xion, being rated at 800W, would be equivalent to the EA650, rated at 650W, assuming that the Xion is probably rather at 25C rather than 50C. It's ok if it's not truely capable of 800W, but as long as it will power a 3.6 Q6600 and CF 4870s, I'd be happy.
This is the closest I could find for a review. It's for the older 700W model, but specs seem similar to the 800W, going by the label.
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