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| Thread ID: 95179 | 2008-11-27 00:56:00 | Please check my Pc build | James281 (13409) | Press F1 |
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| 723463 | 2008-12-01 03:10:00 | James, have a look at theis article re: PSU requirements for modern systems... Anandtech (www.anandtech.com)..... Remember PSU efficiency is usually around 80-85%, and optimum load % of PSU is around 50-60%, therefore if total load when gaming is 250-300w, you want a PSU rated around double that so as not to overload the PSU |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 723464 | 2008-12-01 07:47:00 | Thanks for the information. Ive found some recommended power supplies from high end to extreme. (though most are to extreme but gives you an idea of the price increase.) The Seasonic M12 700W,Corsair TX750,Thermaltake Toughpower 750W look like bang for buck power supplies and large enough for many furture upgrades to come. What do you think? • Seasonic M12 700W (Seasonic)(Modular) (56A, 4)(J) $212.63 • Enermax Infiniti 720W (Enermax)(Modular)(56A, 3)(J) $283.50 • Corsair TX750 (CWT)(60A, 1)(Big Willy pass)(H,J) $200.86 • PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W (Seasonic)(60A)(A,H,J) $336.38 • Thermaltake Toughpower 750W (CWT)(Modular)(60A, 4)(J) $226.40 • Gigabyte Odin GT 800 (CWT)(Modular)(62A, 4)(A) $268.00 • Antec TruePower Quattro 850W (Enhance)(Modular) (64A, 4)(H,J) $279.98 • Antec Signature 850W (Delta)(Semi-Modular) (65A, 4)(A,J) $391.16 • Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W (Enhance)(64A, 6)(H) $512.55 • Silverstone Olympia OP850 (?)(70A, 1)(A) $317.00 • Zalman ZM850-HP (Enhance) (Modular)(60A, 6)(A) $264.71 • Seasonic X900 (Seasonic) (72A, 4)(A) ??? • Corsair HX1000 (CWT)(Modular) (80A, 2)(A,H,J) $357.30 • Zalman ZM1000-HP (Enhance) (Modular)(80A, 6)(A,S) $339.12 |
James281 (13409) | ||
| 723465 | 2008-12-01 08:30:00 | Thermaltake one looks pretty good, I would get the corsair though, IMO they make the best PSUs Try to get a modular one, you'll thank me when you're building it:D |
Blam (54) | ||
| 723466 | 2008-12-01 09:19:00 | Thermaltake one looks pretty good, I would get the corsair though, IMO they make the best PSUs Try to get a modular one, you'll thank me when you're building it:D I watched some videos. Modular power supplies mean that you dont have a permanent bunch of cables, instead you can plug them in and out of the power supply seperatly, correct? Do those three power supplies offer all the connectors and cables for a high end gaming computer? like for 2 graphic cards 6 fans etc Thanks |
James281 (13409) | ||
| 723467 | 2008-12-01 09:49:00 | Modular PSUs are usually designed for high-end PCs and so it is unlikely that a modular PSU won't have more than enough connectors. And yes, modular means you only have to plug in what you need, but in my case I need to plug everything in....... | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 723468 | 2008-12-01 11:02:00 | Would the Thermaltake Toughpower 750W be furture proof for the new technology of the intel core i7 there supported motherboard, and say 4gb of fast DDR3 ram, plus any others that are needed for that area of technology. | James281 (13409) | ||
| 723469 | 2008-12-01 12:12:00 | Yes, it would, but not if you decided to go 2 4870's in crossfire | Blam (54) | ||
| 723470 | 2008-12-01 17:49:00 | I find this (Zalman ZM1000-HP) rather good, handles my dual GTX260's quite nicely. | kersonan (13264) | ||
| 723471 | 2008-12-01 19:14:00 | I've got the 750w tx series it seems good so far and has alot of connectors like 4x 6/8 pin graphics card connectors so you will be fine for most dual card setups. The 750w thermaltake does have cable managment so you can keep things nice and tidy in your case by using only the cables you need the corsair does not. Hope that helps. |
Q man (14225) | ||
| 723472 | 2008-12-01 22:08:00 | Thanks for the help. Id probaly buy in the next few days, but the price of the build keeps getting more expensive every week or so, due to the USA/NZ dollar. If i had bought all this stuff back in oct i could of saved around $200 if not more. for example E8500 have gone up over $110 since then. What should i do, wait to prices drop? |
James281 (13409) | ||
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