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      Borkur
      last edited by

      Hi all
      I planning on putting together a fairly low priced silent workstation from mostly new parts.

      However I can get a used MSI Geoforce 8800 Ultra with fanless cooling (Thermalright HR-03 Plus) for a good price.
      I know its a regarded as a good old card and quite capable of delivering well with 3d aps and games.
      But what about SU???
      Anyone know if there are any issues with it? Good or bad 😉

      Furthermore if anyone would like to comment on my proposed setup for this build I would be very grateful for any advice given....
      mobo: Msi platinum P45
      cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache, 45nm
      videcard: MSI Geoforce 8800 Ultra
      ram: 4gigs at 1066mhz
      HD: 1x WD 320g Green for system n programs, 2x WD 500g Green in Raid 1 for storage. P.S plan on using mobos onboard raid for this. I know many would recomend 1T for this but I wont be storing video or music.
      PSU:-----?----How much do I need?...is 530W enough for smooth performance n stability? Any inexspensive silent brands anyone could recomend?
      Thats it.
      Regards
      Borkur

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        Gaieus
        last edited by

        Hi Borku,

        I am not a big hardware guru at all so just disregard if someone comes up with any better.

        I have the exact same processor as you describe and I am very happy with it so far. I have an nVidia gforce 9600 (1 Gb) with it so I cannot talk about the 8800 series in general but what I have read, previously it had some driver compatibility issues however it has been solved and they also perform nicely.

        For the system, I have a single HD (750 Gb) and also 4 Gb RAM - and run it with a 550 watt power supplier (or what you call it). Runs smoothly and fairly silent - and my cores haven't gone up higher than about 44-45 centigrades so far.

        Gai...

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          Borkur
          last edited by

          Thx for this Gaieus
          Yes I had read some posts somewhere on lousy drivers for this card.
          I hope you are right that its resolved. Ill see if someone here has the same card and can veryfy this.
          I need to be sure you understand 😄

          So I might think about at least 550w psu. Better safe than sorry I guess
          Regards
          Börkur

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          • GaieusG
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            I'm not saying 530W won't work - I just listed what I have. It was a good brand for a good price so I went for it.
            😄

            Gai...

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