Good enough for crossfire?

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:13

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-OC&tool=5

im thinking about buying this, however i dont think theres enough connectors seeing as my card requires 2x 6-Pin PCI-E Power connectors.

can anyone recommend a cheap SLI/Crossfire PSU

thanks

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:16

What cards are you Crossfiring/SLI'ing? the 8800GTX in your sig?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Cable Connectors
Fixed FDD:up to 1
Fixed Peripheral:up to 7
Fixed 6+2-pin PCI-E:2
Fixed 6-pin PCI-E:2
Fixed ATX12V / EPS12V:One 4+4-pin
Fixed Motherboard Connector:20+4 Pin
Fixed SATA:up to 8

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:18

rustynuts · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:19

winngames said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-OC&tool=5

im thinking about buying this, however i dont think theres enough connectors seeing as my card requires 2x 6-Pin PCI-E Power connectors.

can anyone recommend a cheap SLI/Crossfire PSU

thanks

There is enough connecter.

PCI-E 8 Pin Connector 1 x 6pin & 1 x 6+2pin

The +2 pins on the other 6pin are loose so you can just plug in the 2 x 6 pin connecters. I have this PSU and my gfx card requires 2 x 6pin.

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:20

winngames said:
6850

That XFX is plenty, made by Seasonic, so the quality is high.

rustynuts · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:23

Just noticed your wanting two of the cards. So you would also have to buy something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-AK

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:23

rustynuts said:
There is enough connecter.

The +2 pins on the other 6pin are loose so you can just plug in the 2 x 6 pin connecters. I have this PSU and my gfx card requires 2 x 6pin.

He wants to crossfire, if the card is the ASUS 6850 then it needs 2X6pin per card.

rustynuts said:
Just noticed your wanting two of the cards. So you would also have to buy something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-AK

Or just buy a decent PSU.

Or the ASUS card comes with molex-power adapters.

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:23

I've never SLI/Crossfired anything so im not really sure how much of a different it will make tbh.

i was initally thinking of buying this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI how much of a bottleneck would the second x4 slot be?

might order this it seems to be a much better board
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-342-GI

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:25

winngames said:
I've never SLI/Crossfired anything so im not really sure how much of a different it will make tbh.

i was initally thinking of buying this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI how much of a bottleneck would the second x4 slot be?

might order this it seems to be a much better board
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-342-GI

Getting a board that does Crossfire/sli at 8X/8X is much better

But that second board lacks Lucid Virtu+Quicksync, this one has it all - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-380-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:25

think ill go for the XFX

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:26

stulid said:
Getting a board that does Crossfire/sli at 8X/8X is much better

so its worth the extra £19 lol

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:27

winngames said:
so its worth the extra £9 lol

Yes, but I have added an alternative above that has two extra features and has display connectors should you have a GFX card issue or two

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:42

im actually spoilt for choice lol btw my card is pci-e 2.1 how will this affect the performance in a pci-e 2 slot?

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:45

winngames said:
im actually spoilt for choice lol btw my card is pci-e 2.1 how will this affect the performance in a pci-e 2 slot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

PCI Express 2.1

PCI Express 2.1 supports a large proportion of the management, support, and troubleshooting systems planned for full implementation in PCI Express 3.0. However, the speed is the same as PCI Express 2.0. Unfortunately, the increase in power from the slot breaks backwards-compatibility between PCI Express 2.1 cards and some older motherboards.[citation needed] Most motherboards sold currently come with PCI Express 2.0 connectors.

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:57

ah so they would be fine in any of the 3 mother boards posted above?

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:58

winngames said:
ah so they would be fine in any of the 3 mother boards posted above?

Yes

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 16:09

for some reason my build has came out so much cheaper lol - i already have hd and drives

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
£149.99
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £90.00
£90.00

OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £87.95
£87.95
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
£64.99
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
£46.99

Corsair Vengeance Blue 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9B) £24.95
Asus Royal Knight CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM2+) £12.98
£12.98
( Arctic Silver Alumina Thermal Paste (14g) £5.99
Sub Total : £403.20
Total : £483.84

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 16:13

That CPU is on "today only" offer (until 09.00hrs tomorrow or the 4 units sell)

That CPU cooler is shocking

this is worth the few extra quid - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

------------------------

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £90.00
1 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £87.95
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £19.99
Total : £496.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

• Thermal paste comes with the cooler.
• 8GB of RAM is cheap if you have a 64BIT OS?

Everything matches colour wise

winngames · 27 Mar 2012 at 16:15

see i was thinking that or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-034-CM&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 which one of the 3 is best?

stulid · 27 Mar 2012 at 16:16

winngames said:
see i was thinking that or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-034-CM&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 which one of the 3 is best?

The one in the spec above