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| 1154125 | 2010-11-18 18:51:00 | If I do throw in a graphics card later on down the track for this customer, will 355W or 400W suffice? | Myth (110) | ||
| 1154126 | 2010-11-18 19:44:00 | Not really no, if you think that might happen then it would be a good move to future proof it a bit. Your original 500w would probably be a bit more appropriate. Try and convince them to not go with XP! ;) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1154127 | 2010-11-18 20:30:00 | It's a business machine not gaming. While you could put some GPU in later doing that can still have a bottleneck with the other bits. Forget it. Stick with a good quality PSU though - there's a list on TomsHrdware at the moment - who makes what (real manufacturers). I'm not overly excited about Silverstone. Not to say they're on the avoid list but I'd go with Corsair. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1154128 | 2010-11-18 20:40:00 | Silverstone are good but I wouldn't use them myself. My 2nd machine uses a silverstone strider 600W psu. The fan on it got noisy within a couple months and a quick google revealed people RMA'ing them all over the place for noisy / failed fans. Not a good ad for them. (myself I joined a 3 pin fan header to the fan wiring and plugged in an old LED case fan I had laying around and it's lasted nearly 3 years now - good job silverstone) For budget minded I like AcBel, fairly good name and specs and reasonably priced. For Quality the premium products from manufacturers aimed at gaming and server applications are the way to go - Corsair, Cooler master, Thermaltake. It makes no sense to run an expensive computer off an el cheapo power supply |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1154129 | 2010-11-18 20:58:00 | Had a 650w Silverstone decathon for over 3 yrs now no problem... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1154130 | 2010-11-18 21:18:00 | I've got a big grunter 750w silverstone, awesome PSU. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1154131 | 2010-11-18 21:29:00 | actually to playback movies onboard graphics may not be up to the task, a good graphics chipset can take the load almost completely off the cpu for this but few onboard cipsets have been up it to date (some now are). May just pay to check how well that board handles blu-ray. As far as I'm aware, all modern integrated graphics (eg Intel HD in core i-Cpus), 880g included have full video acceleration. I'd agree with others in avoiding XP; XP home isn't 64 bit so they won't see the full memory. I'd suggest setting up their default user account as a limited user (and only use admin when they need to install something or change something on the computer). I don't know why so many people run their computers as admin; no one on a Mac/OS X or Linux use root as their daily account, why do it in Windows? |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1154132 | 2010-11-18 22:04:00 | I dont see why any new mobo with integrated graphics couldnt play 1080p movies as long as the max resolution of the chipset is 1080p or higher. | jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1154133 | 2010-11-18 22:34:00 | onboard graphics chipsets have only recently reached the point where they can reliably handle H.264 decoding of 1080P video as used in Blu-Ray, many boards currently available still use older graphics solutions. Pretty much all graphics can accelerate MPEG2 such as DVD uses easily . Sure they can display the resolution, but the CPU will have to do all the work if the graphics chipset can't. A little research into home theatre PC builds will quickly show how few use onboard graphics. I myself was trying to come up with an affordable mini-ITX based system that could handle Blu-Ray and High Def video playback but decided it was too soon just yet - the hardware exists but it's still too pricey. I wasn't saying it wouldn't work, I was saying it'd pay to check first. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1154134 | 2010-11-19 00:37:00 | I wasn't saying it wouldn't work, I was saying it'd pay to check first. Ah, very true. |
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