What to look for in motherbroads

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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40883 Credit: 32,173,434 RAC: 19,463	Message 1049191 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 2:13:00 UTC - in response to Message 1049187.
	- 2 ati cards as my boys games play best on them and a 1200w as it may need at high rate processing. o/s window 7 home premium I think that 1200 watt power supply is a bit overkill.. As I have 2 GTX-260's and a 650 watt, is plenty. It also powers 3 hard drives, 2 DVD burners and multiple fans. And yes I am a gamer as well. Well if he is thinking of expanding to 4 video cards then 1200 watts might not be enough. They proved with 4 X GTX480's that you need almost 1600 watts to run them. My 2 in Furmark have hit 905 watts so his estimates are not bad. I don't like running my power supplies at 100%, 75% is much easier on them and then you don't have to worry about loud fans as a nice side benefit. Then only the Silverstone 1500w psu would do, But last I looked It's only certified for 3 GTX480 cards, Me I'm going to get a 1200w psu, But then I'm not interested in a GTX480... I have a GTX295 and I intend to get 2 more GTX295 v2 cards. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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Brkovip Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 274 Credit: 140,758,490 RAC: 48,289	Message 1049199 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 2:25:50 UTC - in response to Message 1049191.
	- 2 ati cards as my boys games play best on them and a 1200w as it may need at high rate processing. o/s window 7 home premium I think that 1200 watt power supply is a bit overkill.. As I have 2 GTX-260's and a 650 watt, is plenty. It also powers 3 hard drives, 2 DVD burners and multiple fans. And yes I am a gamer as well. Well if he is thinking of expanding to 4 video cards then 1200 watts might not be enough. They proved with 4 X GTX480's that you need almost 1600 watts to run them. My 2 in Furmark have hit 905 watts so his estimates are not bad. I don't like running my power supplies at 100%, 75% is much easier on them and then you don't have to worry about loud fans as a nice side benefit. Then only the Silverstone 1500w psu would do, But last I looked It's only certified for 3 GTX480 cards, Me I'm going to get a 1200w psu, But then I'm not interested in a GTX480... I have a GTX295 and I intend to get 2 more GTX295 v2 cards. As a side note: Recommended Power Supply So here's my power supply recommendation: GeForce GTX 295 * A GeForce GTX 295 requires you to have a 700 Watt power supply unit at minimum if you use it in a high-end system. That power supply needs to have (in total accumulated) at least 50 Amps available on the 12 volts rails. GeForce GTX 295 Quad SLI * A second GeForce GTX 295 requires you to add another 300 Watts. You need a 1000 Watt power supply unit if you use it in a high-end system. That power supply needs to have (in total accumulated) at least 70 Amps available on the 12 volts rails. taken from: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-295-review-bfg/5 ____________
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40883 Credit: 32,173,434 RAC: 19,463	Message 1049202 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 2:33:38 UTC - in response to Message 1049199.
	- 2 ati cards as my boys games play best on them and a 1200w as it may need at high rate processing. o/s window 7 home premium I think that 1200 watt power supply is a bit overkill.. As I have 2 GTX-260's and a 650 watt, is plenty. It also powers 3 hard drives, 2 DVD burners and multiple fans. And yes I am a gamer as well. Well if he is thinking of expanding to 4 video cards then 1200 watts might not be enough. They proved with 4 X GTX480's that you need almost 1600 watts to run them. My 2 in Furmark have hit 905 watts so his estimates are not bad. I don't like running my power supplies at 100%, 75% is much easier on them and then you don't have to worry about loud fans as a nice side benefit. Then only the Silverstone 1500w psu would do, But last I looked It's only certified for 3 GTX480 cards, Me I'm going to get a 1200w psu, But then I'm not interested in a GTX480... I have a GTX295 and I intend to get 2 more GTX295 v2 cards. As a side note: Recommended Power Supply So here's my power supply recommendation: GeForce GTX 295 * A GeForce GTX 295 requires you to have a 700 Watt power supply unit at minimum if you use it in a high-end system. That power supply needs to have (in total accumulated) at least 50 Amps available on the 12 volts rails. GeForce GTX 295 Quad SLI * A second GeForce GTX 295 requires you to add another 300 Watts. You need a 1000 Watt power supply unit if you use it in a high-end system. That power supply needs to have (in total accumulated) at least 70 Amps available on the 12 volts rails. taken from: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-295-review-bfg/5 Ok I fixed Your link and made It active for other users and I have an Enermax 1050w psu and I've run 2 GTX295 cards off of It 24/7 with no psu problems, The GTX295 uses 288w or 24A and 3 cards should use 76A at stock speed, But then I don't overclock the video cards, Just the fans, I run them at 100%. I'm going to get the Corsair 1200AX psu, It has just over 100A on the 12v rail. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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Brkovip Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 274 Credit: 140,758,490 RAC: 48,289	Message 1049207 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 2:42:48 UTC - in response to Message 1049202.
	Ok I fixed Your link and made It active for other users and I have an Enermax 1050w psu and I've run 2 GTX295 cards off of It 24/7 with no psu problems, The GTX295 uses 288w or 24A and 3 cards should use 76A at stock speed, But then I don't overclock the video cards, Just the fans, I run them at 100%. I'm going to get the Corsair 1200AX psu, It has just over 100A on the 12v rail. Yeah, you know review sites, they use very conservative marks just like the manufacturers. ____________
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40883 Credit: 32,173,434 RAC: 19,463	Message 1049218 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 3:20:41 UTC - in response to Message 1049207.
	Ok I fixed Your link and made It active for other users and I have an Enermax 1050w psu and I've run 2 GTX295 cards off of It 24/7 with no psu problems, The GTX295 uses 288w or 24A and 3 cards should use 76A at stock speed, But then I don't overclock the video cards, Just the fans, I run them at 100%. I'm going to get the Corsair 1200AX psu, It has just over 100A on the 12v rail. Yeah, you know review sites, they use very conservative marks just like the manufacturers. Just the same, I had two runnin g 24/7 with an overclocked cpu @ 3.52GHz and I was crunching for S@H on the cpu and all 4 gpus. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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GTP Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 28 Credit: 30,786,392 RAC: 28,262	Message 1049230 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 3:44:44 UTC Last modified: 18 Nov 2010, 3:45:41 UTC
	Pics are up! http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/tech_news.php All the best, Aaron Lephart ____________
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40883 Credit: 32,173,434 RAC: 19,463	Message 1049233 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 3:52:40 UTC - in response to Message 1049230.
	Pics are up! http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/tech_news.php All the best, Aaron Lephart Ok now everyone can go see them. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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GTP Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 28 Credit: 30,786,392 RAC: 28,262	Message 1049251 - Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 4:54:49 UTC
	Ack! I posted this in the wrong thread! Now it's no longer news, :( I am crushed. All the best, Aaron Lephart ____________
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HAL9000 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 3279 Credit: 77,046,793 RAC: 78,691	Message 1049689 - Posted: 19 Nov 2010, 21:11:50 UTC - in response to Message 1048616.
	What to look for in motherbroads. I am going to build a pc intel i7 980 but cannot find info on good motherboards, it will have 2 ati graphics cards and main use games,cruching,and a little home work. It will be my first build i am very new to computers. Motherboards are the only thing that i can not lots of info on, but i have a feeling that its an important decision. You might want to look over some of the articles at toms hardware. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Components,1/Motherboards,2 They have done comparisons between things like the 900 series & 800 series i7 boards with multi video cards. To find out at what point the 900 series' increased bandwidth actually start to matter. I am not in AMD systems myself, but they have topics about them as well. Based of their, and several other peoples, test results between the two i7 series I went with the i7-860 for my newest system back in Jan. As I wasn't going to be building a 3 or 4 GPU uber gaming system the 900 series was just extra money in my situation. ____________ SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the BP6/VP6 User Group today!
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