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SomeOtherGeek wrote:Yea, It wouldn't be worth it for that one monitor. On the other hand, if you plan to go triple monitor, yea... Also, you need to check your motherboard to see if you have two PCI-E X16 slots. 8x lanes each is good enough.
Food for thought.
Taski wrote:Kinda lost on your reply, but my mb is x2 16 pci-e slots, and regardless if I use 2 monitors or 1, the main concern was would my psu 650 corsair be enough to handle it. (although 2 monitors is also an interesting factor concern)
TheEmrys wrote:Taski wrote:Kinda lost on your reply, but my mb is x2 16 pci-e slots, and regardless if I use 2 monitors or 1, the main concern was would my psu 650 corsair be enough to handle it. (although 2 monitors is also an interesting factor concern)
2 or 3 monitors will increase the number of pixels you are pushing. If you are gaming with multiple monitors, THEN it would be worthwhile to go SLI. A 650w PSU would be enough to drive it. The K10... don't see many people refer to it. Which processor is it? If its an 8xxx series, I'd say no. If its the 6xxx series, it would be do-able. There is a 30w difference between them. 125w might be a bit touchy. Typical, unoverclocked and non-448 core 560 Ti's run at 170w each. Figured that'd be 340w for SLI, ad 125w, you are up to 465w without the mobo, storage, or USB drives.
I'd recommend hitting 750w. Should be a nice, safe place to be.