Opinions please

ChrisUK1983 · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:03

Hi guys, new member on here...
Upgrade time for my old Q6600, ordered this lot last night:

OcUK V12 Watercooled Case - Corsair 800D

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge)

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive

Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad

HIS ATI Radeon HD 6990 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply

Been doing a bit of reading online regarding the 6990 and have a few concerns regarding the PSU now :confused:

Will it have enough power to supply the system taking into account the watercooling loop and the inevitable overclocking of the 2500k? Ill probably be adding a few more fans (and a fan controller) to the case and some UV lights etc.

Cheers

stulid · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:05

The PSU you have selected is fine for a single 6990.

numatic.nathan · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:06

Looks good, thought about two GTX580s instead? Or even two 6950s? A lot cheaper and give great performance in crossfire!

stulid · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:06

numatic.nathan said:
Looks good, thought about two GTX580s instead? Or even two 6950s? A lot cheaper and give great performance in crossfire!

He has already bought it.

numatic.nathan · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:07

My fail

I blaim this headache..

Adam_101 · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:09

it's fine for that, no worriesss

ChrisUK1983 · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:16

I did consider crossfire, but ideally wanted a single GPU card as my previous experience with crossfire a few years ago (2x3870s) didnt turn out too well. Dont know wether it was driver problems but I really struggled to see any gains at the time....

Cheers for the advice though chaps

stulid · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:17

ChrisUK1983 said:
I did consider crossfire, but ideally wanted a single GPU card as my previous experience with crossfire a few years ago (2x3870s) didnt turn out too well. Dont know wether it was driver problems but I really struggled to see any gains at the time....

Cheers for the advice though chaps

You did know that the 6990 is Crossfire on a single card?

ChrisUK1983 · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:20

stulid said:
You did know that the 6990 is Crossfire on a single card?

erm........I do now