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August 14, 2011, 06:54:01 PM
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i have a antec 1200w psu. looking to upgrade mobo to GA-990FXA-UD7 and install 2 6950s on top of the 2 i already have. will my psu be able to support this. recommendations please?
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August 14, 2011, 08:40:37 PM
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Quote from: timbuckley on August 14, 2011, 06:54:01 PM
i have a antec 1200w psu. looking to upgrade mobo to GA-990FXA-UD7 and install 2 6950s on top of the 2 i already have. will my psu be able to support this. recommendations please?
It should enough,the 6950 is power efficient @ 150-200 watts load x 4=~ 800 watts.Only question would be do you plan on overclocking as those recommendations can certainly increase due to overclocked power requirements.
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August 15, 2011, 05:55:43 AM
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overclocking power at 20% so 240w x 4? 960w? cpu = amd athlon II x2 255.3 3.1ghz 2mb, and 1 4gb stick of ddr3. will that be enough? also do i increase hashrate on my gpus by having a better cpu? if so is it sufficient? thx
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Should be good are you planning on jumping the pins to unlock it?
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August 19, 2011, 03:07:33 AM
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no i havnt looked into pin jumping or anything of the sort, i am overclocking using the standard ati software. where is the best place to read up on that at? and what would u recommend?
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