Help with power supply for amd 6970 hd

[gedis]

case and psu (same as in that link)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COOLERMASTER-ELITE-330-PC-TOWER-CASE-850W-PSU-/280511423065?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopComponents_RL&hash=item414fc8a259

i chose that cause i wanted plain one, didnt want any fancy lights as the computer is in the bedroom

 

[ilysaml]

one of the CM HAF series will be great for your rig. does the HD 6970 fit properly ?

 

[purple stain]

Yah that's a really cheapo case.Especially for such high quality components like your using.
The HAF 912 is fairly cheap but still offers good expandability.The HAF series are really wide so they can accommodate a bunch of really tall coolers.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=HAF%20912

The Antec 300 Illusion is also a good option.But if your using the Noctua I suggest going with the HAF to get as much clearance as possible.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

 

[gedis]

one of the CM HAF series will be great for your rig. does the HD 6970 fit properly ?

yes it fits, the only thing if i fit secondary hard disc inline with it will be very close to gpu so i'll keep that couple slots below, primary had disc is solid state and very small so no problem at all

 

[ilysaml]

yes it fits, the only thing if i fit secondary hard disc inline with it will be very close to gpu so i'll keep that couple slots below, primary had disc is solid state and very small so no problem at all

but you still need a decent case for the best fit and better cooling

 

[purple stain]

Yah I agree.If you have some extra money you might as well get a new case.It will benefit you in the long run.

 

[gedis]

lads still havin problems, got my power supply today, connected up, screen turns on, windows starts, but it doesnt reconize my video card, card is working as the fan is turning and monitor is working (connected to gpu) i'm using windows 7 64bit, if you going in tom change resolution it says, standart graphics adaptor, did i connected something wrong

 

[gedis]

does anyone know how exactly to connect power to that graphics card

 

[ilysaml]

what PSU do you have ? you just connect the PCI Express 8pin and the PCI Express 6 pin

 

[gedis]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817171057
the one you recomended
cooler master 800w

 

[gedis]

there isnt 8 pin, only 6+2 pin x3, but i dont think their 150w as 6pin is only 75w and the other extra 2 looks like ground

 

[ilysaml]

6+2 pin is the (8 pin) hook the 2 pins near their brothers (6pins) and connected it to the GPU, and take a single 6 pin and hook it up to the 6 pin (female) in the GPU
those ones

 

[gedis]

dont work that way, i tried i cant see that suplieing 150w as 6 pin only 75w, i tried to switch bios on the graphic's card, but no luck either, as on my old car i had to switch it to work

 

[ilysaml]

don't make your own assumption, the 6 pin gives 75W and the 8 pin gives 150W i'm not electrician to tell you how it works. but they supply power as i said and the PCI Express expansion slot itself gives 75W

 

[purple stain]

Did you disable the onboard GPU?

 

[gedis]

that card is doing my head in now, what do i do now?

 

[purple stain]

Even if it wasn't getting enough power it would just downclock.It would still be recignized by Windows.

 

[gedis]

Did you disable the onboard GPU?

no, where do i do that? i dont think it was ever on anyway, i was using 4870 before that and i didnt had to disable anything

 

[purple stain]

Which mobo are you using again?

 

[ilysaml]

the on board graphics card is disabled automatically once a discrete GPU is installed, and if it's still on you should hear the PC peeps and everything running normally.

@ gedis what's your problem ? are you having problems getting signal from the GPU ? or you have a windows problem ?

 

[gedis]

''standart vga graphic's adapter'' it says in resulution vindow and if i go to settings its only 16mb

 

[ilysaml]

that's because you didn't install the GPU driver :S

 

[purple stain]

Did you install the drivers for the card?

 

[ilysaml]

the CD that came with the card, put it in and install driver from it, or give a jump to AMD website and download the latest drivers.

 

[gedis]

the on board graphics card is disabled automatically once a discrete GPU is installed, and if it's still on you should hear the PC peeps and everything running normally.

@ gedis what's your problem ? are you having problems getting signal from the GPU ? or you have a windows problem ?

i think its signal from gpu, vindows should have no problems as its only 2 weeks old and never been on internet yet, maybe it needs updates or something?