Besides the power capability, some of todays newer processors and
motherboards also have certain connector and power rail requirements. I
don't think the core i7 has anything too special, but at work I am using a
dual Xeon 5500 (Nehalem proc) motherboard and it requires a special
"skulltrail" certified power supply. This needs TWO 8 pin 12V SLI connectors
instead of the usual one. Each connector is supposed to come from a separate
power rail in the supply. I have been able to find only a small handful of
supplies that actually fit the requirement.
Russ Poffenberger
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Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Power supply
Here are useful power supply calculators, from quality power supply,
and hardware manufacturers.
http://www.antec.outervision.com/http://www.pcpower.com/technology/power_usage/http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PowerSupplyCalculator_right.as
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Mark Rode
At 06:54 AM 12/10/2009, you wrote:
>What is the minimum size power supply recommended for an
>i7-860 board, 8 GB memory, ATI 4670, 1 HD, and DVD burner?
>
>Bob Warasila
>
>
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