I'm going to SLI some GTX 460's. I'm running an i3 2120, 2 HDD's, and an optical drive. I just want to spend the least amount of money to get SLI working. I don't care too much about cable management, lights, sleeving. Brand name isn't of huge importance to me. Is it possible to buy a PSU for around $60 that will do the job?
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Looking for cheap, cheap, cheap sli solution
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I just saw this thing on newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182032
Would that work for two GTX 460's you think?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182032
Would that work for two GTX 460's you think?
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Ive been using Rosewill PSU's since they came out, never had a problem, I have about 5 of them.
I think my brother has the 500watt version of the Rosewill PSU you posted, the fan bearings went bad after about 4 years of use (because it he is a fat nasty slob who has food and crap inside his computer), so he stuck a pen between the fan blades so the fan would not spin anymore. He has been running like that in a rig with 2 overclocked 4870's for like a year now.
They are solid products.
I think my brother has the 500watt version of the Rosewill PSU you posted, the fan bearings went bad after about 4 years of use (because it he is a fat nasty slob who has food and crap inside his computer), so he stuck a pen between the fan blades so the fan would not spin anymore. He has been running like that in a rig with 2 overclocked 4870's for like a year now.
They are solid products.
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Easily:
$64 - Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W PSU
No. It lacks APFC (which denotes that it's an older model) and the 500W version of that PSU was found to be of very low quality.
Never buy an Apevia PSU: It's 100% guranteed to be a piece of shit:
Apevia ATX-AS500W-BL
Apevia Warlock Power 900W
XQPack's Included 420W PSU
Aspire Beast 680W Power Supply
The fact that this costs $50 should be the first warning sign. Also, older design, no review showing that it's actually capable of its rated power, and the low efficiency all points to a "No" on this PSU.
I should note that Rosewill and Kingwin have made/branded really good PSUs (Rosewill's Capstone series and Kingwin's Lazer Gold series). But like most PSU companies, not all of their PSUs are good and are sometimes just downright pieces of shit.