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Please advise for a unique rig

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belson

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Hey guys,

New to this forum, but not exactly a newbie. I need some help picking a power supply, because I have a very unique system. I looked at all of the guides and nothing seemed to fit my situation. The reason I am asking is I am getting a second 7600 GT for Christmas, and need a new power supply (old one died and wasn't sli ready.) Also I might get the Zalman CPNS9500. My next upgrade (maybe birthday in March?) will be a new processor, probably a FX-60 or some such.

Currently I have

DFI Lanparty nf4 sli-dr
AMD Opteron 165 oced @ 2.6Ghz with stock cooler
GSkill Extreme Series 2 gb of ddr500 @ 545Mhz 3-4-3-7 (I think, its at home and I'm not)
eVGA GeForce 7600 GT oced to 620/820 (again, I think)
Antec Lanboy with 2 120mm fans
Raptor WD1500ADFD
DVD burner
floppy drive
occasionally connect external 200gb hard drive

Upgrade now
2x GeForce 7600 GT in SLI, probably overclock
Zalman CPNS9500

Upgrade eventually
AMD Athalon 64 FX-60

I don't mind spending some money on a good PSU, but I'm always looking for the best deal possible. BTW, the 7600gt wants at least 18amps on the 12v rails. Any advice that you guys have would be much appreciated.

belson
 
My first suggestion is sell that 7600GT and get a 7900GT/7950GT or something along those lines. A 7600GT SLI isn't worth it in terms of performance nor in terms of power consumption.

Some games don't even take advantage of SLI or won't work at all. I don't recommend it.

Also your current cpu is fine, an FX-60 will only be marginally better than your current and will only hurt your wallet and upgradability in the end.


For a power supply, heres some suggestions:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817139001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189006
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703005
 
My first suggestion is sell that 7600GT and get a 7900GT/7950GT or something along those lines. A 7600GT SLI isn't worth it in terms of performance nor in terms of power consumption.
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Actually, I thought about the 7900gt solution, but I figured I'd save some money with the 7600gt. I got a 7600 for $99, and the 7900 is more like $200 plus. I guess I could sell both of them and get close to the price of 7900. Is that what everyone else would suggest?

Some games don't even take advantage of SLI or won't work at all. I don't recommend it.
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Which games don't work with SLI? For the most part I only play RPG and RTS games (WOW, TotalWar series, Oblivion, Warcraft 3.)

For a power supply, heres some suggestions:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817139001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817194003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817189006
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817703005
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As for these suggestions, is that with the upgrades I was planning on, or getting the 7900 and keeping the Opteron?
 
Either way works for those power supplies.
SLI 7600GT's won't save you money in the long run as the 128bit memory will kill you eventually. Your better off with a single 79xx card which can be had used for around $180.

Only RTS on the top of my head is Empire at War but if you plan on playing oblivion, dual 7600GTs won't cut it.
 
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