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| Thread ID: 75314 | 2006-12-24 10:37:00 | HDD Qs on SLI-ready replacement | skyorbitz (7166) | Press F1 |
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| 509205 | 2006-12-24 10:37:00 | Current setup Mobo: HP Compaq dx6100 MT (PQ948PA) Chipset: Intel Grantsdale-G i915G Mem: 1024MB PC3200 DDR400 CPU: Intel Celeron D 330, 2.67Ghz GPU: Asus Silent Geforce 7600GT 256MB DDR PCI: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 HDD: Western Digital WD400BD-60JPA0 38GB ATA Monitor: Philips 170B5 1280x1024x32@60Hz OS: XP Home SP2 New setup (all from Ascent) Case: Radimax Sirius ATX Mid Tower, 520W PSU - $225.44 Mobo: Asus P5NSLI Socket 775 DDR2 ATX (Chipset: nForce 570 SLI) - $225.52 Mem: Kingston ValueRAM 1GB DDR2-667Mhz non-ECC DIMM CL5 - $230.73 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86Ghz 1066FSB Socket 775 - $349.52 HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST3160812AS 160GB 7200RPM 8192KB Cache - $121.14 PCI: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 7.1 - $136.53 Total: $1,361.65 PLUS transfer 7600GT and HDD from old rig. Questions: 1) What are your initial thoughts on the new SLI-ready rig on a budget? 2) Can I easily get the old HDD to run as master on the new rig? 2b) Ideally, OS will be run off the new HDD; is there any way to do the switch without physically re-installing? I suppose HDD cloning breaches my EULA. In that case, a wait for a stable Vista should be in order. 2c) I have XTRA's security suite for the current rig. Can this be easily switched to the new? 3) 12V rails on the 520W PSU are 20A and 17A. I've heard 30A minimum to run two 7600GTs in SLI. Should I be happy? 4) How quickly will the Core 2 Duo E6300 become yesterday's technology? |
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| 509206 | 2006-12-24 11:46:00 | I've heard 2X 7600GTs in SLi can be very good, up to the performance to a 7900GT if I remember correctly. However, maybe it's best if you could try to sell off your current 7600GT and buy a new 7900GT. As for the PSU - I think it would be fine for 2X 7600GTs. |
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