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CH4055

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GA-970A-D3 crossfire setup
« on: October 27, 2011, 03:19:45 am »
Hi I am building a Crossfire setup and i currently have these specs

MOBO: GA-970A-D3
CPU: athlon X4 640 3.0ghz
PSU: 550w
Graphics card: HD5750
Ram: 1600mhz A-RAM 4gb
HDD: X2 1TB WD

And i Was wondering if i add another 5750 to crossfire can my powersupply handle it and does the MOBO handle it?

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Re: GA-970A-D3 crossfire setup
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 07:04:07 am »
Hi

I would advise upgrading the PSU to a slightly bigger and good quality make and model. Never buy a cheap and nasty power supply they can go wrong and take out all you other expensive components at the same time. Not only that just because it is marked 600W or whatever often they are nowhere near that rating. Purchase a good make like Seasonic, CWT, Corsair, Thermaltake, Enermax, Gigabyte, Coolermaster, Antec, etc and try and get one with a single 12V rail if possible. I would advise you to get one of about 650W minimum depending on your hardware demands and upgrade intentions.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

CH4055

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Re: GA-970A-D3 crossfire setup
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 11:32:49 am »
yea i got a cooler master and thanks heaps
 and do u think this will do it Aywun 750W MEGA POWER ECO Series A1-750E Power Supply, Peak Power 750W Model Number: A1-750E

« Last Edit: October 27, 2011, 11:34:36 am by CH4055 »

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Re: GA-970A-D3 crossfire setup
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2011, 11:42:11 am »
To be honest it is not one of the makes that I am familiar with but from reading up on the specs etc it doesn't sound too bad. I have seen much better though. If you really can't afford or obtain a better make and model then I guess it would do but I am not in favour of cost cutting on PSUs.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

CH4055

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Re: GA-970A-D3 crossfire setup
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 11:55:54 am »
yeah i think ill just get a cooler master 700w its only 60 dollars more
thank you for your help