Adventures in SLI

[d0z3rr]

Never tried SLI so I thought I would go with SLI 560s. It hasn't been great. My 650w Antec appears too weak to handle them during BF3 sessions.

I then tried hotwiring a backup PSU I had to the setup, that did not work either, after a fiew days my display was randomly going blank and reappearing, just sitting at the desktop (even though I folded on the two 560s for about an hour with no issues right after I set it up). The random blanking out went away as soon as I removed one gtx 560 from the setup.

So I decided to order a supplemental PSU from newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104054

I'll let you know how it goes.

Here is what I meant by having two PSU's:



Of course I have more issues. The current case I have cannot fit the PSU next to the second 560; it simply won't fit due to the size of the hs/f on the 560. I will now have to shell out about $170 for a full tower case. Another thing that sucks is the second 560 will be in PCIE x8 mode. I know it's not a huge performance hit, but pisses me off just enough that I am on the verge of selling my entire setup and building a 2600k comp with a 580.

Another thing is I fucked up while ordering the supplementary PSU from newegg and accidentally chose 3 day shipping. I really need the thing here before Friday so I can use it while I play Skyrim.

At this point I can safely say SLI is the biggest mistake I have ever made.