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Building a new comp from parts

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Hello to all you computer techies,

 

I am planning to build a gaming computer in the near future, and I would like to build one from complete parts because frankly, thats what i always wanted to do :P

 

Anyway, I recently have acquired a 600W aluminum casing power supply, and would like to know what kind of computing capacity it is capable of.

 

FYI, I am currently looking into building one with SLI cards (2 being minimum, 4 being max i'd imagine).

 

Also any advice about the company for the SLI graphics cards and the CPU would be appreciated, i am currently looking at an Intel Quad Core chip, Q9650 or similar.

 

Cheers!

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It's not much use, especially if you want SLI. You'll need a quality power supply approx 1000 watts with at least 50 amps on the 12v rails.

 

May I ask why you want SLI? The new ATI cards are plenty powerful on their own.

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i am considering SLI because i wanted to have a computer capable of playing games at max resolution, max details (with some degree of Anti-aliasing), and I dont think none-SLI would have been good enough.

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6,924th to 30 hunting, 13,394th to 30 summoning, 52,993rd to 30 Divination

Kiln Record (Post-EoC): W 25 - L 0, 14 Uncut Onyx, 8 Jad hits received (Best record: Two in the same kiln)
Obby set renewed post update #2: 0

QBD drops: 21 crossbow parts, 3 Visages, 1 Kites, 2 Kits

Max Port Score [2205] Achieved: 27th April 2013 (World 2nd)

 

Farmyard Rampage ranking: 12th, 50,000 Kills.

 

Dragon Pickaxe Drops: 1 (Times after I first entered Battlefield: 2h)

Could you give some better info about the psu? Brand, model, amps on 12v, age. Or if you could link to it's product page.

I could make a list of parts if you say country+budget. Or if you got a website that you shop from you could link to it.

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i am considering SLI because i wanted to have a computer capable of playing games at max resolution, max details (with some degree of Anti-aliasing), and I dont think none-SLI would have been good enough.

There are plenty of video cards able to play any games at max graphics with anti-aliasing on their own.

 

I have a 9800GT in my desktop playing all the games I play at max settings, one of the latest games I got myself was Borderlands, but I guess it's not really a demanding one.

i am considering SLI because i wanted to have a computer capable of playing games at max resolution, max details (with some degree of Anti-aliasing), and I dont think none-SLI would have been good enough.

 

Get an i7 920 and an ATI 5970. You can play Crysis at 2560 x 1600 with all maxxed settings without a problem. Want a cheap route? Get a GTX295 and a physx card.

 

In any case, to play games at 2560 x 1600 with max settings including AA, that power supply is useless to you.

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