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| Thread ID: 103053 | 2009-09-10 21:29:00 | Recommendations for Upgrading Graphics and Ram Welcome :D | HamieSam (15245) | Press F1 |
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| 808739 | 2009-09-12 23:35:00 | There are tons of PC power calculators out there to use. Go try one. You'll be surprised at how little you really need. And as for a 750w, its WATT, not KW. The thing that consumes the most power in a household is electric heaters, clothes dryers and such. Add on heated towel rails, plasma TVs permannetly on and stuff and there's something to pay attention to, not your PC gaming. Be sensible and do your research first. Actually , I've done plenty of research, and if you tried to read my previous message with another pair of glasses you might even see that I actually do understand "where you are comming from" . But like "Gary67" writes then they turn of everything off at night except necessities (and have "seen the bill drop a reasonable amount ") so actually some people "got the message" already. Where I live people are even being made aware, through TV commercials, of the collective consumption of having things standing on "stand by" rather than off. It's all kinds of things from TVs' , DVD players anden even PC's (Yes! , and we actually talk just "standby" power consumption awareness) . So NO! I don't think I'm "off the track here" and I actually have done my homework". Where I live it's actually only a few days or weeks since the newspaper headline hit people with a warning about the standby power consumption AND power consumption of all the youngsters modern multimedia devices - including PC's , so I guess that its all a matter of attitude... You obviously think that I'm way wrong and "vice versa" so we could discuss this like forever.... But don't you think that we should "leave the floor" to someone who wants to discuss "Recommendations for Upgrading Graphics and Ram Welcome" rather than making the whole thread about power consumption just because that you are unable or unwilling to see my point ??? (which were only to introduce power consumption as a factor to consider when buying PC equipment !!!!)(and NOT trying to make the whole thread end in a power consumption discussion !!!) |
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| 808740 | 2009-09-13 21:51:00 | haha so all this boils down to a 450w psu being fine? :P | HamieSam (15245) | ||
| 808741 | 2009-09-13 22:19:00 | haha so all this boils down to a 450w psu being fine? :P It would be fine if it was a decent brand. Its your choice really. Just keep in mind that if the PSU dies it could kill the other parts with it... |
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| 808742 | 2009-09-13 23:01:00 | haha so all this boils down to a 450w psu being fine? :P If you buy quality you got a better chance that the PSU will actually deliver what it says (like 450 W) , but these days you can also look out for noise level , PSU power efficiency (one would try to aquire a PSU certified for atleast 80% efficiency (http://www.80plus.org/)) , and especially if it got all the new plugs for things if you need to buy a new one. I do not know what your eventual Graphics card will require of power but if it needs seperate power input you'll have to make sure that either your PSU got the plugs or that you got the cabling ready ! If you don't care about powerconsumption from your Graphics card and even consider upgrading your Graphics card to SLI or another Graphics card that are even more powerconsuming you might as well buy a more powerfull PSU right away if you are going to buy. I just bought a PSU the other day and though I "only" needed a 450 Watt PSU I bought a reasonably quality , but cheap one , I expected to deliver less than it said so I bought a 600 Watt just to be on the safe side , on the other hand it only takes 0.9 Watt standby power. |
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