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 Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 03:29 Post subject: Need advice on a power supply |
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Heres the current build I'll be buying, these specs are final I dont need help with them. My question is, would I be okay with a 450watt , or even a 400 watt power supply? Is there a certain criteria you go by to determine how much power will be needed? My last comp I built myself and its still running good but I have frequent power issues (from my AIW 9800pro I think) that I want to avoid this time.
- Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
- SAPPHIRE Radeon X850XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
- CORSAIR 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
- ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
- +A DVD burner, seperate DVD reader drive, and about 4 fans.
Any case suggestions that come with a good power supply and have great heat management + not too much noise would be appreciated as well, but what I really need to know is how low I can go with power here and be safe.
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 04:22 Post subject: |
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 10:36 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 10:58 Post subject: |
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Do I really need that much though? I was expecting 500w at the most, I'm building this for a friend of mine and trying to keep the cost low, but I dont want to have power issues and end up costing him more.
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 11:07 Post subject: |
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A 500psu will be just fine. I have more stuff on my pc than what you have listed and mine runs just fine on 500.
Here is what I have.
AMD64 4000+
2GB OCZ titanium Ram
150GB Raptor
250GB SE16 SATA II
ATI X1900XTX
NEC DVD RW
SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
DFI CFX3200 Motherboard
6 Fans
Logitech G15 Keyboard USB
Logitech G7 Mouse USB
ATI Remote wonder 2 USB
Antec SP 500watt
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 11:26 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 20:12 Post subject: |
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that case is very good (my friend has 1),and for psu i would go 4 :OCZ 520W, ModStream, ATX2 ver 2.0 or SEASONIC 500W, S12-500(500HT), Super Silent, 12cm fan, ATX2 ver 2.0.
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pancake
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Location: England
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Aug 2006 22:09 Post subject: |
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you should never try to save money on a power supply, i splashed out for a tagan and it has lasted me 2 years and countless processor/mainboard upgrades.
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SLi
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Location: Belgium
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| Posted: Wed, 2nd Aug 2006 08:31 Post subject: |
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I think that a Tagan 480Watt will do it's job just fine.
I have such PSU and I think that my system needs a little more energy as yours, so that'll work with your PC
Other good brands are: the new GameXtraam series of OCZ, Seasonic, Antec,.. (but just don't buy crap like CaseMaster or something like that)
Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @3GHz // 2GB G.Skill PC6400 CL3 // Intel BadAxe // XFX 79000GTX XXX //...
Cooled by modded Asetek Waterchill
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kosmiq
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Wed, 2nd Aug 2006 10:43 Post subject: |
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Cheap PSU = Lower wattage than stated.. seriously, buy a 500W cheap PSU and you will get about 300W in reality.
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