possible problem with the Ultima dreadnought?

Reaper 392 · 23 Feb 2011 at 12:16

i have been looking at £1500 gaming PC's for a mate of mine. he was initially looking at the ultima dreadnought with a second graphics card (when it was on offer last week) but i have now told him to go with the ultima mosasaur (also with the 2nd graphics card)

however, ive just noticed something which could be a major problem with the dreadnought:

there is the option of having 2 GTX480's SLI'd, but the power supply is only 750W. as far as i know, you need at least 850W to run these two cards properly, so is this a major problem with that build, or simply a mistake on my part?

Reaper 392 · 23 Feb 2011 at 15:04

surely someone must know if its actually a problem or not

(ps, this is just a quick bump to stop the thread from going to page 2)

Surveyor · 23 Feb 2011 at 18:04

Guru 3d ran a test with Core i7 965 overclocked to 3.75 GHz and 480's in crossfire and it drew 702W:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-480-3way-sli-review/25

PhillyDee · 23 Feb 2011 at 18:21

Its the Corsair TX. It will be fine with that configuration. OcUK would not ship it like that if it could not handle it.

They state 850W as it must assume everyone might be using crap PSU's. Quality PSU's will be fine!