1'st Build....Please Advice :)

[aldagr8]

you mean the motherboard or GPU?....GPU card i had it since boxing day sale in December last week...so that's ruled out. Motherboard i got on a good deal i believe....so i guess i will stick with it for the time being

 

[aford10]

Yes, the board only supports SLI
Yes, the corsair 850W would be enough to push gtx280's in SLI.
That's a nice, but extremely expensive graphics package.

 

[teamlosigp]

Your PSU should be fine if you are only going with one graphics card, but i'm not sure that 33A will be enough for SLI. The 8800gt needs 22A per card, that's 44A total, and your PSU only has 33. So I would either get the one card now, and upgrade the PSU/extra 8800gt later, or buy them both now.

//EDIT here is a good PSU for SLI, the same company as the one you have, just more beefy, and enough amps to handle SLI:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3438609&Sku=C13-2503

AAAHHHHH, do u use your head, that 22A rating or whatever it is for the 8800GT is for THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. The only video card around that uses 20 amps (or close to it) BY ITSELF is the GTX 280 so no the OP doent need at least 44A for only 2 8800GT's I have the Corsair 750TX 60 A rail with a 3.7ghz Q6600 and 2 overclocked gtx 260 Core 216 750/1512/1100, I KNOW!!!!

 

[aldagr8]

hmmm......i am not sure about this concept...but is it possible to run a 8800 GT on 1 of the PCIx2.0 and another gtx280 on the 2'nd one....Would it even work?....i read that it was to be the same board or it won't run.

In future(3 to 6 months) if i go for GTX 280.....850W should hopefully support 2 of these GPUs together in sync right?

 

[aldagr8]

AAAHHHHH, do u use your head, that 22A rating or whatever it is for the 8800GT is for THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. The only video card around that uses 20 amps (or close to it) BY ITSELF is the GTX 280 so no the OP doent need at least 44A for only 2 8800GT's I have the Corsair 750TX 60 A rail with a 3.7ghz Q6600 and 2 overclocked gtx 260 Core 216 750/1512/1100, I KNOW!!!!

Thanks for clearing that up . I will go for a better PSU than what i currently have(500W) either way, since you never know if they bring out another monster of a card in the next year. Good old 850W should be able to give me the properly supply....

 

[teamlosigp]

Ya unless you are looking into tri, quad sli or crossfire really anything beyond a quality 750-850 watt Corsair or PCP&C is an absolute waste

 

[teamlosigp]

OH ya u can run the 8800GT in the lower slot with the GTX 280 in the upper one however the 8800GT will be used strictly for physics and the only game that benefits from that is Mirrors edge so u make the call

 

[aldagr8]

Ya unless you are looking into tri, quad sli or crossfire really anything beyond a quality 750-850 watt Corsair or PCP&C is an absolute waste

Thanks teamlosigp, I will stick with 850W with a peace of mind right now .....As far as my previous question. We can't use 2 different GPU's on a SLI configuration right ?

 

[aldagr8]

OH ya u can run the 8800GT in the lower slot with the GTX 280 in the upper one however the 8800GT will be used strictly for physics and the only game that benefits from that is Mirrors edge so u make the call

Lower and Upper Slot ???? IS there a way to determine which has priority out of the 3 PCIx2.0. And is there thread with discussion to understand this concept without bother someone 1 Question at a time ...sorry for the trouble

 

[teamlosigp]

Nope like i said only if the 8800GT is SPECIFICALLY used for physx otherwise not (which is a waste using the 8800GT for physix in my opinion i tried it with an old 8800 GTS 320mb, 0 performance gains in games like Far CRy 2, Crysis, TF2, COD4 etc)

 

[teamlosigp]

Ya sorry the 8800 GT if u used it for physx would go in the slot below the GTX 280 which would be in the slot closest to the NB

 

[aldagr8]

Ya sorry the 8800 GT if u used it for physx would go in the slot below the GTX 280 which would be in the slot closest to the NB

Hmm.....NB? Sorry for being a Noob at this......I will follow your instructions on the setup.....I am guessing you want me to setup the GTX 280 when i get it closes to the center of the motherboard and 8800Gt closer to the edge of the motherboad.......Based on what you said...there won't be any performance gain by doing this right?

 

[teamlosigp]

With the exception of mirrors edge you wont see a perfromance gain

Put the GTX 280 in the PCI-E slot closest to the North Bridge or Processor, then put the 8800GT in the PCI-E slot closest under the gtx 280 and DO NOT use an SLI connector between the 2 cards

 

[aldagr8]

With the exception of mirrors edge you wont see a perfromance gain

Put the GTX 280 in the PCI-E slot closest to the North Bridge or Processor, then put the 8800GT in the PCI-E slot closest under the gtx 280 and DO NOT use an SLI connector between the 2 cards

Thanks for the explanation ....Will message as any other concern arises....appreciate your help

 

[aldagr8]

Hi guys,

I got everything and finally finished assembling the tower. One issue i faced was that the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 cooler wasn't staying stable and kept falling over because of it's size and weight. The base wasn't able to keep it steadily held into the motherboard. I was very gentle with the setup and especially carefull mounting this fan on the processor. Finally i took it off and placed my stock fan which came with the processor.

Right now the bios shows normal temp for GPU and board (i.e Around 30 to 45 deg). But CPU was at 75 to 80 deg. I am at work right now. I will go back home and update the temperature of the CPU after a quick restart. I left it running since yesterday. Is this temp normal for a Q9650.

Please advice. Thanks