RE: change of card

[conoflex]

Hi Guys,
haven't been in here for over 3 years

you can tell that by my question:

I have an Asus A8N-Sli Premium mobo running a XFX geforce 6800 GS card i want to change my card to something more up to date like 9600gt or 8800 gts along those lines but have been told i will have to change my power supply cos of a 6 pin power connector is this true ? and if is there any way around changing my supply as it an enermax 550watt.

Any help will er helpful

thanks in advance

Andy

 

[HeX]

All you need is a Molex >> PCI-E 6pin adaptor.

Costs a couple of quid tops, or if you ask in the Wanted section some kind soul might have one hanging about spare they don't need.

 

[-iceblade^]

if you're up to changing your GPU, i'd suggest you just upgrade the PSU so you can power something a little bit beefier, like the 8800GT

that said, that's a s939 board, isn't it? i'd suggest you just build a new PC - you get a lot more power than trying to hold on to s939. What is the rest of your system spec?

 

[conoflex]

hang on now even more confused now can u get a PCI-E 6pin adaptor ????
if so this will have to do for now as can't afford to do a complete upgrade yet......

my system spec was really good in 2005 when i built it

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CONOFLEX
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, 2211 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1303, 10/08/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.3
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CONOFLEX
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, 2211 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1303, 10/08/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Total Physical Memory 2,046.94 MB
Page File Space 2.29 GB
Page File C:\pagefilAvailable Physical Memory 838.02 MB
Total Virtual Memory 4.21 GB

 

[eyetrip]

You will need to look on your psu to see the rated amperage. There will more than likely be a number of cards available to you without needing to upgrade anything else.

 

[conoflex]

i know this , thanks what i need/want to know is there a Molex >> PCI-E 6pin adaptor taht can use and will it work ??


Andy

 

[LoadsaMoney]

yeah there is, you normally get them supplied with the cards, but if you dont, then buy one of these which are the same, and yes they do work :- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=

Enermax 550w should easily power the 8800 GT, i was powering one on a 520w PSU, that only had a single 12v rail at 28a.

 

[setter]

should have no problems with an 8800 series card on a 550w enermax, have a 600w enermax noisetaker which used to easily run 2x 7900gt's in sli, the 8800 cards use a bit less power.

 

[conoflex]

Excellent thanks to all, one more silly question then 8800gt or 9600gt ???

 

[gurusan]

i'd go for the 9600GT. In either case your CPU is going to bottleneck the card a bit.

 

[-iceblade^]

9600GT if you want to keep it in that PC
8800 if you want to upgrade the CPU or transfer the card to a new build.

that said, both cards kill in SLI...

 

[conoflex]

thanks i'm thinking of going for Leadtek GeForce 9600 GT Extreme 512MB NOW then doing upgrade bit by bit as funds allows (old disabled git now ) and then getting another one for SLI....

wouldn't mind recommendations for mobo, cpu, ram and psu if possible

many thanks Andy

 

[gurusan]

Would be glad to recommend stuff but we need a budget

 

[conoflex]

50p

seriously about £400 below that would be better, best ican get for that please.

 

[eyetrip]

If you are upgrading slowly over time, it is best to ask for suggestions when you are ready to upgrade as stuff is always changing/getting cheaper.

 

[gurusan]

That's a bit of a tight budget considering you want to SLI. LGA775 Nvidia chipsets are neither good nor cheap IMO.

 

[bledd]

i'd go for the 8800gt, its about £130 i think, performance difference between that and a £300 card isn't worth it

you could get a motherboard, cpu & ram & gfx card for £400

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-034-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1008
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-100-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-086-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Thats 8800gt, ds3l motherboard, 4gb ram, £244inc vat!

now you need a cpu, either get a cheap e21x0 chip and over clock it, or buy a q6600 and over clock that


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-171-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793
£50

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN
£150

so thats £395 ish for the quad core, 4gb ram, motherboard and 8800gt

damn good machine..