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ax1200 can run a 3way 580 on the SR-2?
Thursday, August 02, 2012 8:11 AM
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i got 580SLI, and im consider to add a third card ( got it cheap). my cpu's are e5620 @ 3.6 GHZ, and i got a lot of HDD's (9-10) if i'll take the cables that connected to the optional 6PIN for each PSU, i will be able to connect the third card. the PSU will handle all that hardware? should i consider add a second PSU? (got extra HX1000). 3.6 GHZ for the CPU's is enough for 3WAY? i have to squeeze them more to have "juice"? why 3way? i'm running on 3 Dell 2311 (5760X1080), thanks.
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Re:ax1200 can run a 3way 580 on the SR-2?
Thursday, August 02, 2012 9:17 AM
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Re:ax1200 can run a 3way 580 on the SR-2?
Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:53 AM
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i already connected this power connector.
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Re:ax1200 can run a 3way 580 on the SR-2?
Thursday, August 02, 2012 9:16 PM
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if you oc the cards you may be getting a little tight on the power supply at 1200w. way to know for sure is use a kill-a-watt to measure your actual draw from wall. if you have 10 hdd and lots of fans, you are pushing it i with an oc on the cards and cpu's. cant hurt to add the second psu. I would run the 1200 for the 3 cards/fans and the 1000 for the mb/hard drives. right now with 3 560 classys I run 2 corsair 850's 1 for the 3 cards and the other for the mb. I have a third 350watt psu for pumps and fans in my external rad system. will be upgrading to that new evga 1500 watt if they ever release it.
“I built a castle in the swamp and it sunk. I built a second castle and it sunk too. I built a third castle and it burned down and then sunk. But the fourth castle, Ahhhh! That one stood.” —Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Re:ax1200 can run a 3way 580 on the SR-2?
Friday, August 03, 2012 11:35 AM
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My 3 580's easily tax the AX1200 that supplys them.. really heats up when the cards ramp up. the other AX1200 runs everything else including 10 drives, pumps and fans and a pair of overclocked X5690's.. stays nice and cool.
Wet eVGA SR-2 Classified @ 185bclk 2 Wet Intel Xeon X5690's @ 4.8GHz 3 Wet eVGA GTX580 HC Classified's @ 1000MHz 48GB Crucial ECC REG DDR1333 @ 1900MHz Lsi MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i @ 2500MB/s 4 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOP's @ RAID 0 4 1TB WD Caviar Black's @ RAID 10 2 Corsair AX1200's @ 12V 3 Dell UltraSharp U3011's @ My Desk
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