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| Thread ID: 96836 | 2009-01-25 20:08:00 | Help me pick a good PSU? | acheron4778 (12609) | Press F1 |
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| 741987 | 2009-01-26 02:06:00 | I've been out of the hardware loop for a while, but now I'm building a new system and I need some recommendations for a good PSU. On my last machine I burnt through 3 different ones in less than 5 years, and the last one went out with a puff of smoke and took my RAM with it as well. I really don't want a repeat of that. I'll be running an i7 core with 6GB of ram, 2 HDDs, and an HD4870x2. Many thanks If you are going i7 I would be more concerned about my motherboard than the psu. Most companies were very rushed in getting them out and I hear there's been trouble with some. At this stage I would be inclined towards Intel. As for psu. About 1.2 GHZ. It may be overkill, but will allow for future upgrades .Any name brand will do. What OS are you thinking of? I would suggest WIN 7 64 bit beta. It's not complete yet, but will do most things. And it's very good. Best yet from MS. If you don't like beta, then 64 bit Vista. Don't use XP if you want to use all of your 6gigs ram |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 741988 | 2009-01-26 03:28:00 | This (ascent.co.nz) is the best I've seen in Ascent after a few minutes of looking not particularly hard. 1200W (which is what JJJJJ meant when he said 1.2GHz) is massive overkill. You'd be incredibly hard pressed to find a system that needed that, even big SLI platforms don't come close to that. I'd be happy with an Asus or Gigabyte mobo, and some others too. Probably safest to stick to those two though. Make sure to establish a realistic budget that you want to stick to, and also to fairly evaluate what you're actually going to use it for. IE: if you're only going to play solitaire and Simcity3000 then you won't need a 295GTX. In the same way a 9600GT might not serve you well if you want to play the latest FPS' on high settings. It's about finding what's right for you, not just a rig that will have us all drooling and that you never really push at all. There's no such thing as future proof either. You may find it's cheapest and best to get a good (not amazing) computer now and then upgrade as you find you need it in the future. I'm mainly talking about graphics cards here, but it's true of CPU's, RAM and HDD's to a lesser extent. This is a good reason to go with i7 (the latest socket series, although bear in mind that there are two different sockets within this) and DDR3. It's also a good reason to invest in a good PSU with a little headroom. Or if you have screeds of money that you don't care too much about you might as well just go for top of the line stuff and forget about it for a few years. It's a personal call. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 741989 | 2009-01-26 05:00:00 | If you are planning to go Crossfire in the future, you would need a bigger PSU. I will in fact end up with two GPUs in the future (or in my case, I think it counts as 4) however not until the single is starting to show signs of aging. Hopefully by that time the crossfire issues will have been all cleared up and there'll actually be a realistic cost vs. benefit ratio to going multi GPU. If you are going i7 I would be more concerned about my motherboard than the psu. Most companies were very rushed in getting them out and I hear there's been trouble with some. At this stage I would be inclined towards Intel. Thanks for the heads up, that'll be something I will look into. Haven't heard of this before. I have picked out an Asus, based solely on nothing but good past personal experiences with them. I would suggest WIN 7 64 bit beta. As a gamer who spends a considerable amount of time in multiplayer the idea of running a beta OS horrifies me. No matter how far ahead it is. if you're only going to play solitaire and Simcity3000 then you won't need a 295GTX. In the same way a 9600GT might not serve you well if you want to play the latest FPS' on high settings. It's about finding what's right for you, not just a rig that will have us all drooling and that you never really push at all. I appreciate the help, but I said I've been out of the hardware loop, not that I was a rich, albeit mentally challenged moron. |
acheron4778 (12609) | ||
| 741990 | 2009-01-26 05:17:00 | What size LCD do you have, no point having the fastest graphic solution around with a 17,19, 22" LCD panels, as you will only utilise <50% of there processing power | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 741991 | 2009-01-26 05:19:00 | Enermax :D | Myth (110) | ||
| 741992 | 2009-01-26 05:29:00 | What size LCD do you have, no point having the fastest graphic solution around with a 17,19, 22" LCD panels, as you will only utilise <50% of there processing power I guess I should run everything at 800x600, and then I'll have a really fast computer. Am I right? |
acheron4778 (12609) | ||
| 741993 | 2009-01-26 06:27:00 | LOL not really...your card just won't reach its full potential... So what size will you run it at? And resolutiojn? |
Blam (54) | ||
| 741994 | 2009-01-26 06:34:00 | Hopefully by that time the crossfire issues will have been all cleared up and there'll actually be a realistic cost vs. benefit ratio to going multi GPU. lolololololol Multi GPU is always big buck for not much bang. The high end stuff is always at a premium price point for a not particularly significant performance gain over mid range. |
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