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| 1282109 | 2012-06-16 21:10:00 | Am looking for a power supply to run an AMD x3 Athlon II based system. Will primarily be for video encoding and VM's Will only be one optical drive, one HD, maybe a graphics card at a later date. What sort of wattage would you recommend? (my initial thoughts are in the 500-550W range - too much or too little?) Have had a long run with Enermax; are these PSU's still recommended? If not, what is? Definitely in the market for something under $200. Nothing over |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1282110 | 2012-06-16 21:26:00 | Corsair, Antec or Enermax. Don't be cheap on PSUs, they are too important. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1282111 | 2012-06-17 01:22:00 | Was checking out a PSU requirement calculator which came back to me that I would need at least 550W (taking into account a future Grafix Card, extra HD's and some USB addons) With that in mind, hows this: www.ascent.co.nz |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1282112 | 2012-06-17 01:47:00 | www.computerlounge.co.nz Corsair HX650 $198. Or if you can find it anywhere you can get a GS600 600w PSU for $150 but it's non-modular. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1282113 | 2012-06-17 04:02:00 | +1 for both recommendations above. Either or... | pctek (84) | ||
| 1282114 | 2012-06-18 06:50:00 | Don't get one of the cheap enermax's (Tomahawk I think), they aren't that good and can have issues. Their older PSUs and midrange-high end stuff is great though. Anything corsair is generally good (personally I'd avoid their lowest end range) | forrest44 (754) | ||
| 1282115 | 2012-06-18 06:53:00 | Video cards don't really use more than 200W max (unless you get a top of the range one). Add that to a 200W system and you probably won't see north of 400W. Unless you're overclocking - that will really add to the power consumption, sometimes in the order of 100's of watts if you're going for a decent overclock. But with minimal price difference of 500W+ units I'd probably just go with one of them | forrest44 (754) | ||
| 1282116 | 2012-07-14 08:50:00 | After some reading, I have decided I will opt for the HX650 Corsair... a bit more than what I wanted to pay; but oh well... | Myth (110) | ||
| 1282117 | 2012-07-14 09:55:00 | hey man you will not be dissappointed by a corsair power supply. There are none better but there are ones that are as good but the same price. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
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