Comments on an SLI build

platypus · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:34

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £319.99
(£375.99) £639.98
(£751.98)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99
(£204.44) £173.99
(£204.44)
Asus P5N32-E PLUS SLi nForce (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C3 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC3DC) Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C3 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC3DC) £259.99
(£305.49) £259.99
(£305.49)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Enermax Galaxy 850W EGA850EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU Enermax Galaxy 850W EGA850EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU £154.99
(£182.11) £154.99
(£182.11)

Just wondering what people think, the graphics cards aren't 100%, but I was looking at getting top end ones.

Edit: Revised a little

Lolcb · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:38

- Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit

- Enermax Galaxy 850W EGA850EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU

- Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

platypus · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:42

Would the 850w be sufficient as opposed to the 1000w for 2 graphics cards, etc?

You seem to rate that memory, how come?

Lolcb · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:46

The memory you have chosen is not worth the £.

And yes the enermax 850W is enough to power 2 8800GTX.

555BUK · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:50

As already said, SLI is pointless when you consider the powe of current gen graphics cards. There are some nice systems mentioned above.

platypus · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:57

555BUK said:
As already said, SLI is pointless when you consider the powe of current gen graphics cards. There are some nice systems mentioned above.

Well thats why I said the cards werent 100%. The board I chose can support quad-core, so when quad-core is viable I can upgrade that way, just not sure about graphics cards.

Edit: Taking the case that SLI is pointless currently, what graphics card would do that system justice, given the RAM suggested - a single 8800 GTX?

Lolcb · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:05

Lets put it this way. Get one 8800GTX first. If it is not enough, get another one and just slot it in.

melbourne720 · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:15

Lolcb said:
Lets put it this way. Get one 8800GTX first. If it is not enough, get another one and just slot it in.

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Very good advice

platypus · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:35

Aye sounds about logical