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INQ buys a 790FX motherboard in Croatia

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HD2900XT

See if you can slam 4 hd2900XTs in that sucker with 1 slot waterblocks!!!
posted by : That Guy, 08 November 2007

Linux Support ???

When you do your review can you let us know how well it runs linux and if any closed drivers are needed.

Ta!
posted by : fordp, 08 November 2007

So just crunching the numbers...

Assuming the Northbridge is only dissapating 8W of power, the other componants look like this:

Max for total PCIe slots: 450W
Max total PCI slots: 4W
Max RAM (Kingston HyperX used here): 8.1W
Max Phenom FX: 140W

That totals just over 610W. That doesn't include the southbridge, onboard RAID chips, fireware chips, LAN chips, or other electronic bits that might be on the board.

I would doubt even those silly 1400W power supplies drive over 600W through just the ATX rails.
posted by : dbzeag, 08 November 2007

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