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Power usage-- upgrade possible?

Post Date: 2008-10-21
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    Posted: 21 Oct 2008 at 1:43pm
I am 99% certain I am good to add a second 9600GT to run in SLi. I have a Corsair 650W PSU, and there is already a second PCI-E labeled line coming out of it. It looks the same as the one currently plugged into my vid card, so I am assuming it is a 12V rail.

My full specs are below. I am pretty sure 650W with high efficiency is overkill for this addition.

Chassis: Antec 900
Power Supply: 650W Corsair HX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz (1333MHz Front Side Bus) (6MB Cache) **OCed to 3.6GHz**
Motherboard: NVIDIA 780i Core 2 Quad (Chipset: nForce 780i SLI)
System Memory: 4GB DDR2 800MHz OCZ
Hard Drive 1: 320GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT 512MB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 2 (Silent Artic Cooling Heat-sink Upgrade (Copper Heatpipes)
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)

Second, I have been reading/watching tutorials for installing SLi, and it looks like a piece of cake. Notably, there is a video on installing the cards and the SLi bridge over on nVidia's SLi Zone (video #5). Let me know if there are any glaring omissions/mistakes.

Thanks! I am in love with my new DSO machine!
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yes, it's possible.
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Any other thoughts? Does the SLi video look complete?

Also, do sound cards normally require additional power input? That is another addition I will be making in the future.

Thanks.
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sound cards don't need power inputs normally.

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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