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8800gts PSU question

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Exce

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I tried searching the forums and googled information for an hour and im sorta confused.

I have a MSI 8800gts, i know that my current power supply is a cheap POS and i need a better one to support my 8800gts, and i need one that will support SLI for the future when i get another 8800gts.

Heres where im confused. All of what i can gather, is that the 8800gts needs a 12v rail at 24A, yet i cant find ANY power supplies that support over 20A on the 12V rails, and even then, those are few. So am i misunderstanding something? i was looking at getting a 650WATT Power Supply, but i cant find the one i need due to the 12v rail buisness.

Thanks for the help.
 
SLI 8800GTS? Okay.

The entire system needs a 24a psu. The card itself takes significantly less power than that.

I recommend this psu, which is $124 after mail in rebate. It offers a single 50a +12v rail (the label isn't true), it's very quiet, modular, and just plain sexy.
 
are you looking at like quad rails and dual rails? i have seen tons of ones even dual rails with easy over 22amps. PC Power & Cooling Silencer makes i think the best ones and they have models with over 50 amps on the 12v if you dont want to deal with dual and quad rails
 
Exce said:
Heres where im confused. All of what i can gather, is that the 8800gts needs a 12v rail at 24A, yet i cant find ANY power supplies that support over 20A on the 12V rails, and even then, those are few. So am i misunderstanding something? i was looking at getting a 650WATT Power Supply, but i cant find the one i need due to the 12v rail buisness.

Thanks for the help.
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It is the combined 12v rating of 24amps...not 24amps on just one rail.

As an example:
If you have 2 12v's with 18amps on each and a combined rating of 420 weatts that is a 35amp combined 12v rating...which exceeds the 24amp recommendation.
 
Spectre said:
It is the combined 12v rating of 24amps...not 24amps on just one rail.

As an example:
If you have 2 12v's with 18amps on each and a combined rating of 420 weatts that is a 35amp combined 12v rating...which exceeds the 24amp recommendation.
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each 12v rail doesnt need 24A each for the 8800gts? just a 24a total? okay then, thats 12a on each rail. thanks

And thats for the link, awesome!
 
Remember: you get what you pay for. Bling costs money.

Pass on it. Terrible power supply, overinflated ratings, it's a fucking joke.

I recommend this psu. Not as bling-y, but it's the insides that count and that's where Corsair wins.
 
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