Alienware Area51 with two 1080ti

1080TI would not be suitable for an AREA 51 with 850w power supply.  2 of them would require the 1500w power supply.

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@Area51XEwrote:

Hi everybody! I need a little help before deciding a purchase.
In one of the new Area 51 equipped with, for example, a 7980xe and two 1080ti,

1. is it possible to disable the SLI mode?

2. Is there an NVIDIA control panel or it must be disable from bios?

3. Should the bridge be disconnected?

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1. Yes

2. Nvidia Control Panel

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001167.htm

3. You can if you want to disable SLI functionality permanently, but you don't have to.

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@speedstepwrote:

1080TI would not be suitable for an AREA 51 with 850w power supply.  2 of them would require the 1500w power supply.

 

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Yes I know. I noticed that, on the Dell site, the configurations with two 1070 are fitted with the 850w psu.

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@Tesla1856wrote:

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1. Yes

2. Nvidia Control Panel

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001167.htm

3. You can if you want to disable SLI functionality permanently, but you don't have to.

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Thank you. Only NVIDIA control panel.Then also in the Alienware Command Center there is no sli control?

The 1080 TI cards use 300W each so 2 of them would be 600W.

They use 1 6 pin and 1 8 pin  aka 225W from Aux power and 75W from the slot aka 300W.

For a Single Card they Recommend 600W minumum power supply so for 2 of them it would be 1200W minimum.

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@speedstepwrote:

The 1080 TI cards use 300W each so 2 of them would be 600W.

They use 1 6 pin and 1 8 pin  aka 225W from Aux power and 75W from the slot aka 300W.

For a Single Card they Recommend 600W minumum power supply so for 2 of them it would be 1200W minimum.

 

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Thank you. Great energy demand for a lot of processing power. I' m evaluating some combinations...

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@speedstepwrote:

The 1080 TI cards

For a Single Card they Recommend 600W minumum power supply so for 2 of them it would be 1200W minimum.

 

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Right. For this config, he should go with optional 1500watt Power-Supply.

I think this Area51-R5 or R6 config is gonna be nice (but very pricey). Hopefully, he will have someone look at final config before he pulls the trigger.

What does the PSU have to do with the questions I've asked? I am Italian and, on the Italian Dell website, the configurations with dual 1080 or two 1080ti are all equipped with the 1500watt power supply (standard they have only the 1500 watt power supply). Then if there are other problems I don't know.

I have an Area 51 R4 with two GTX 1080s Nvidia SLI (R) enabled. I can confirm what has already been posted. The power supply is 1500W. I control SLI in the Nvidea control panel.

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@Area51XEwrote:

What does the PSU have to do with the questions I've asked? I am Italian and, on the Italian Dell website, the configurations with dual 1080 or two 1080ti are all equipped with the 1500watt power supply (standard they have only the 1500 watt power supply). Then if there are other problems I don't know.

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We do not keep track of how the pre-configs are presented on the sales-pages.

We were just trying to help you ... to make sure you ordered a new Area-51 with the optional 1500-watt power-supply if you were getting it with two GTX-1080ti.

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@davidmoorewrote:

I have an Area 51 R4 with two GTX 1080s Nvidia SLI (R) enabled. I can confirm what has already been posted. The power supply is 1500W. I control SLI in the Nvidea control panel.

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Thank you. Which CPU? One M.2 right? It's a bit strange that a pc so powerful it's set only with one M.2...

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@Tesla1856wrote:

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We do not keep track of how the pre-configs are presented on the sales-pages.

We were just trying to help you ... to make sure you ordered a new Area-51 with the optional 1500-watt power-supply if you were getting it with two GTX-1080ti.

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Ok. No problem. Fortunately we have some good configurations from Dell!

Intel Core i7 7800X
NVMe PM961 NVMe SAMSU
32.0GB RAM