SLI PSU

Draethz · 10th August 2008, 2:26 PM

After reading an article on Tom's Hardware it got me thinking, do you need a big beefy PSU to run a simple SLI setup?

Apparently not!

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...thon,1962.html

They run a system there, as you can see, with SLI 8800gt's and even a few extra fans and such off a 400w Silverstone PSU.

So my question is, would the Coolermaster 460w PSU that comes bundled with many of their cases be able to handle a simple SLI setup like in the link (it would actually be 8800gs's not gt's)? It is slightly less powerful on the 12v rails.

Hennels · 10th August 2008, 2:28 PM

Yes, it should. If you use a PSU calculator you can figure out how much power it wll draw.

10th August 2008, 2:26 PM	#1
Draethz Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Shadows Posts: 204	SLI PSU After reading an article on Tom's Hardware it got me thinking, do you need a big beefy PSU to run a simple SLI setup? Apparently not! http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...thon,1962.html They run a system there, as you can see, with SLI 8800gt's and even a few extra fans and such off a 400w Silverstone PSU. So my question is, would the Coolermaster 460w PSU that comes bundled with many of their cases be able to handle a simple SLI setup like in the link (it would actually be 8800gs's not gt's)? It is slightly less powerful on the 12v rails.

10th August 2008, 2:28 PM	#2
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