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Will 600W be futureproof?

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thenickmix

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Looking to get the Seasonic S12-600 for its quietness. I'll be getting an E6600, 7950GX2, 2GB DDR2, 1xRaptor. Will it be enough power if I were to upgrade to Kentsfield, and possibly go SLI in the future?
 
Sure, as long as your future doesn't feature a 6 Raptor raid array, Quad SLI, and dual radiator watercooling. ;)
 
thenickmix said:
Looking to get the Seasonic S12-600 for its quietness. I'll be getting an E6600, 7950GX2, 2GB DDR2, 1xRaptor. Will it be enough power if I were to upgrade to Kentsfield, and possibly go SLI in the future?
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Nope, see the list at www.slizone.com. Since you mention a 7950GX2, when you go SLI it will be Quad-SLI. Some of the other posters missed that.


Stripped this list off of their site:

Dual GeForce 7950 GX2 (Quad SLI technology)

FSP Group BoosterX 3**
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW (TC1KW)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-Quad SLI (TC1KW4E)
Silverstone ST75ZF 750W
Tagan TG-700U 700W
Tagan TG900-U95 900W
Tagan TG1100 1100W
Thermaltake PurePower Power Express 250W (W0099)**
Thermaltake ToughPower 700W
Thermaltake ToughPower 750W
XClio GreatPower X14S4P4 700W
XClio GreatPower X14S4P4 750W
Zippy PSL-6850 850W

As you can see, there are a couple 700W that have sufficient +12V amps that they should work, but thats the baseline for a Quad-SLI rig. Expect strange and unusual problems with any supply under these.
 
Yeah the key these days is 12v amps as much as the total wattage. That Seasonic S12-600 is only rated for 36A on the 12v. That's a very marginal boundary for a Kentsfield, SLI set-up
 
HighTest said:
Nope, see the list at www.slizone.com. Since you mention a 7950GX2, when you go SLI it will be Quad-SLI. Some of the other posters missed that.


Stripped this list off of their site:

Dual GeForce 7950 GX2 (Quad SLI technology)

FSP Group BoosterX 3**
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW (TC1KW)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-Quad SLI (TC1KW4E)
Silverstone ST75ZF 750W
Tagan TG-700U 700W
Tagan TG900-U95 900W
Tagan TG1100 1100W
Thermaltake PurePower Power Express 250W (W0099)**
Thermaltake ToughPower 700W
Thermaltake ToughPower 750W
XClio GreatPower X14S4P4 700W
XClio GreatPower X14S4P4 750W
Zippy PSL-6850 850W

As you can see, there are a couple 700W that have sufficient +12V amps that they should work, but thats the baseline for a Quad-SLI rig. Expect strange and unusual problems with any supply under these.
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The first Quad-SLi system (Dell XPS) only had a 650W PSU, and that system is loaded up with all of the top of the line equiptment.
 
It'll be futureproof to a point. Eventually, the gfx chip makers will be forced to do like AMD and Intel and make them way more efficient without sucking 300W of power. No telling when eventually will get here though. Probably not in the next two years.
 
Keep in mind that the Nvidia list for Quad SLI is just what has been tested so far...doesn't mean a psu not on there didn't pass. Also any psu that can handle X1900XT Crossfire should easily handle quad SLI....2x X1900XT's actually draw more power than 2x 7950GX2's.
 
the prob. is the gpu leakage, w/ the new intel core architecture cpu is better now, it's the gpu that's eating the power.

hopefully nvidia or ati-amd will work on efficiency
 
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