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Title: PSU-Power Supply questions Post by: max in montreal on June 11, 2011, 12:44:34 PM I finally got my hands on an MSI 890FXA-GD70, sempron 140, and 3 X 5870. I am still missing the power supply. Eventually there will be another 5870 so I need a power supply that can handle 4 cards. I am thinking a quality 1000 Watt will work, and going with 1200 Watt just to be sure.
My question is...when buying a quality power supply is it possible to wire up 4 video cards with everything that iscomes in the box, or will I have to get different wiring adapters? Title: Re: PSU-Power Supply questions Post by: mewantsbitcoins on June 11, 2011, 02:29:27 PM Depends on the power supply. Some have enough pcie connectors, some don't. If they don't, most of the cards have 4pin->6pin pcie converters included
Title: Re: PSU-Power Supply questions Post by: Xenland on June 11, 2011, 03:45:15 PM You just have to make sure you have enough rails to power each card, that's all I'd be worried about, unfortunately I purchased a PSU with only two 6+2(8pin) pin power connectors and I can only fit two cards, now i gotta go out and buy another one.
Title: Re: PSU-Power Supply questions Post by: finnthecelt on June 11, 2011, 09:17:41 PM You just have to make sure you have enough rails to power each card, that's all I'd be worried about, unfortunately I purchased a PSU with only two 6+2(8pin) pin power connectors and I can only fit two cards, now i gotta go out and buy another one. I ran into that as well. So I ended up with another PSU that was just laying around, ergo I was forced to buy the necessary gear to fulfill its existence :'( lol |