Might go SLI...Power?

[cjtaylor0103]

Thinking of going with a second video card in SLI. Specs of my PC below....3 120mm fans also running. Do I need to beef up the power if I add another card?

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard
EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor
COOLMAX CUG-700B ATX 12V( V.2.2) 700W Power SupplyLITE-ON Combo Drive Black SATA Model SHC-52S7K-05
2 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX - Retail
Antec Performance One P180 Silver cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

[Drum Thumper]

This calculator (http://journeysystems.com/?powercalc) should tell you what you need.

[Scotty]

700W should be easily enough, TRiSLi with ULTRAS pulls just over 800W

But i havent heard of that PSU manufacturer before so it might be a better idea to upgrade the PSU to a decent one, Tagan, Seasonic, Antec, Corsair, you wany 650W minimum really just to be safe.

[NightrainSrt4]

That power supply should be fine. 3 12V rails. One at 16, one at 17, and one at 25.

Reviews are all super high as well. It should work. That being said, if it doesn't keep up then upgrade, but I don't see an issue with it.

[jdbnsn]

dig it

[xRyokenx]

This calculator (http://journeysystems.com/?powercalc) should tell you what you need.

I tried it out and it seems a little outdated... it only went up to the 6800 series and Pentium 4's as far as I can tell. :neutral: