yeah defo want enough for Tri-Sli if im spending that sort of money.
Which 1000w PSU ????
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yeah defo want enough for Tri-Sli if im spending that sort of money.
Actually, it has got 6. If you need more then just use adaptors. Choosing a P/S is a lot more than, "how many plugs has it got". It's about it's ability to deliver as much power as is needed, as cleanly and efficiently as possible. Sometimes in life Malazan you pays your money and makes your choice, but when comes to P/S's, if you buy cheap then be prepared to pay dear.
No doubt, it's not worth that much money and i'm a big PC P and C proponent, their units are superb.
You should get at least 6 PCI-E connectors for that much money. You could probably do Tr-Sli with it, if you mess around with molex's, but who wants to do that after spending over £200?
IIRC the new ENermax has 6 at least.
The ones i saw came with 4, they have obviously changed the spec. Even thier own spec sheet states - "two 6 pin and two 6/8 pin PCI-E"
I don't buy cheap PSU's old chap. I don't reccomend buying them either.
THE TC 100W isn't worth that much money. There are other very good 1000W units around.
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Mine came from the USA 2 years ago and has 6. Perhaps the UK spec is different, i don't know. Either way, the OP is asking for recommendations and that is mine. We all have different opinions, that's why peeps ask for them
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Mine came from the USA 2 years ago and has 6. Perhaps the UK spec is different, i don't know. Either way, the OP is asking for recommendations and that is mine. We all have different opinions, that's why peeps ask for them
In that case there's not much point him buying one is there? unless he can be sure he's getting six it's not worth it.
£230 for four PCI-E is ridiculous!
Might be worth having a look through this review. The reviewer doesn't seem to think any 1kW psus are that good.
I find my Tagan 1.3Kw is pretty nifty.
One thing to note, SLI 280s + a 8800gt doing physx will not work as it is not supported. either your sli cards share the load, or one is dedicated to it. Unless Nvidia have released "SLI 2" and i haven't noticed, you can't run SLI and then a seperate card for physx yet.
The only thing I have heard about the OCZ ( few months back) was that when AnAndTech were reviewing Sli and Tri SLI on the gtx 280s, the OCZ would boot with two of them in it. They had to change it to a corsair 1kw (i think) and it worked fine.
One thing to note, SLI 280s + a 8800gt doing physx will not work as it is not supported. either your sli cards share the load, or one is dedicated to it. Unless Nvidia have released "SLI 2" and i haven't noticed, you can't run SLI and then a seperate card for physx yet.
The only thing I have heard about the OCZ ( few months back) was that when AnAndTech were reviewing Sli and Tri SLI on the gtx 280s, the OCZ would boot with two of them in it. They had to change it to a corsair 1kw (i think) and it worked fine.
Ah i wasnt aware of that, so i will just have 2 or 3 GTX280's then.
I think there is something up with their review methodology as they're getting results in the same vein as Anandtech (seemingly poor voltage regulation/ripple) that simply aren't corroborated by reviews over at JonnyGURU or HardOCP.
The 1000w and greater Themaltake Toughpowers were actually applauded for being some of the first examples of "industrial-grade" quality in a mainstream product.
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Something I should point out is that since AnAndTechs was just one sample it could easily have been faulty/old. They werent actually testing the PSU in the review i read so they didnt discover if it was just that one or not.
But as stated above. There are much better/safer bets out there.