New Power Supply

[willhub]

Hi, I am thinking of possible selling my 8800GTS and buying an HD2900XT, problem is my PSU proberbly wont handle it and wont work eaither due to the fact I have only one PCI-E connector.

I have about £50 as my budget is £400 for the new upgrade.

 

[semi-pro waster]

For £50 I think you are unlikely to be able to improve much on the PSU you have, if you can stretch to ~£70 then I'd go for a Corsair HX 520w.

 

[stickroad]

For £50 I think you are unlikely to be able to improve much on the PSU you have, if you can stretch to ~£70 then I'd go for a Corsair HX 520w.

Agreed, cant get a much better PSU than the Corsair.

 

[willhub]

Well I guess I'll have to upp my budget.

Might aswell ask in this thread and not create another thread but with the stock cooler of an E6600 and an Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard, am I likely to be able to overclock it to a speed that does not bottleneck my 8800GTS, like 3.3Ghz?, because in my budget I was going to use the money I now need to use for a new PSU for a CPU Cooler and NB Cooler but now I think I will just use the stock cooling.

 

[Energize]

I think your current 580watt psu would be more than enough?

See here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

[The Halk]

I think your current 580watt psu would be more than enough?

See here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

That tells me I need an 800W PSU

I think the 620W Corsair will be fine for a long time.

 

[willhub]

I think your current 580watt psu would be more than enough?

See here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Its not SLi Cert tho as I got the old version with only 1 PCI-E connector so cant have an HD2900XT

 

[semi-pro waster]

You can buy molex to PCI-E adapters if required so that would save you a bit of cash and you are otherwise happy with your current PSU.

 

[The Halk]

I'd ask on the MM before buying them, if there's other people like me then people have 4+ spares of them.