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Is it enough? How much power would you need these days? If I get a Raedon 9600XT, 512 RAM etc etc. P4 uses more power so maybe Athlon XP is the go?
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i found a watt calculator for a PC on the net somewhere (ill try to did up the link) and for the system in my sig i needed ~520watts
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You'll probably be fine, if it's a good quality PSU, with only a 9600XT.
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I think ur right Grov. 300 watts would be enough for those stats but I am gonna probably get a Midi Tower Color Light 370 watts for $100 just to be safe. It doesn't make much of a difference but who cares.
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I think ur right Grov. 300 watts would be enough for those stats but I am gonna probably get a Midi Tower Color Light 370 watts for $100 just to be safe. It doesn't make much of a difference but who cares.
if your spending a 100 bucks then just get your self the antec true power 430watt they run 100 bucks and will run alot nicer then what your wanting to get.... peace perc, |
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I think ur right Grov. 300 watts would be enough for those stats but I am gonna probably get a Midi Tower Color Light 370 watts for $100 just to be safe. It doesn't make much of a difference but who cares.
if your spending a 100 bucks then just get your self the antec true power 430watt they run 100 bucks and will run alot nicer then what your wanting to get.... peace perc, I'm sure he ment 100 AUS and even for US you can get alot nicer than a antec true power for 100 USD |
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He means aud, a 430 w true power is around $120, and its a generic psu, not a good one.
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I think ur right Grov. 300 watts would be enough for those stats but I am gonna probably get a Midi Tower Color Light 370 watts for $100 just to be safe. It doesn't make much of a difference but who cares.
if your spending a 100 bucks then just get your self the antec true power 430watt they run 100 bucks and will run alot nicer then what your wanting to get.... peace perc, I'm sure he ment 100 AUS and even for US you can get alot nicer than a antec true power for 100 USD yeah like what? antec is one of the topline psu's?  he could get the true control 550 for 129 but i still think the true power for 99 bucks is the way to go. but then again he live in aus so the prices are going to be diff.... perc, |
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I think ur right Grov. 300 watts would be enough for those stats but I am gonna probably get a Midi Tower Color Light 370 watts for $100 just to be safe. It doesn't make much of a difference but who cares.
if your spending a 100 bucks then just get your self the antec true power 430watt they run 100 bucks and will run alot nicer then what your wanting to get.... peace perc, I'm sure he ment 100 AUS and even for US you can get alot nicer than a antec true power for 100 USD yeah like what? antec is one of the topline psu's? he could get the true control 550 for 129 but i still think the true power for 99 bucks is the way to go. but then again he live in aus so the prices are going to be diff.... perc, A psu is a psu , as long as you dont get ripped off and get a rebaged 250watt psu or some S**t then your fine , hes not a hardcore overclocker and probably wont worry about needing to have a top quality psu with golden rails , i say get the cheapest psu and save your self a few bucks. |
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Wrong, totally bad advice.
Certain PSU's are cheap for a reason, there S**t. Why skimp on something that powers your whole system? can't understand it, if you buy a cheap ass, crap PSU, you will regret it. Get a quality PSU like Antec or Enermax, Thermaltake and Sparkle are pretty good as well.
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yup i totaly agree! no way would i tell some one to get just anything! come on lacuna i thought you were smarter then that? i dont care if the guy never ocs his pc he still needs to get a good psu. alot of people are so quik to cheap out on the most important piece of hardware in their whole system!
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Does it really matter if its an antec , or some no brand psu , as long as it gives the specified watts then i think it should be aight , im not gonna pay more just because a psu has antec written on it that probably delivers the same performance...Im not saying go with CRAP , but go with something decent and for a good price. Ok , and im using a no brand psu i got from my old alienware case and ive never had problems , run mbm5 and my voltages on everything are rock stable , and the way they should be for my system . Have used my friends thermaltake at his dads shop and had the same exact readouts on mbm5 underload and idle. For all we know the branded psu's could be badged up generic psu's...
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Does it really matter if its an antec , or some no brand psu , as long as it gives the specified watts then i think it should be aight , im not gonna pay more just because a psu has antec written on it that probably delivers the same performance...Im not saying go with CRAP , but go with something decent and for a good price. Ok , and im using a no brand psu i got from my old alienware case and ive never had problems , run mbm5 and my voltages on everything are rock stable , and the way they should be for my system . Have used my friends thermaltake at his dads shop and had the same exact readouts on mbm5 underload and idle. For all we know the branded psu's could be badged up generic psu's...
lmao, your using an ALIENWARE thats why, they know exactly what kind of PSU they are getting and wether it will keep solid voltages. A PSU in an alienware is most likely an generic PS made in the same factory as an antec PSU Very rarely do "no name" power supplys perform even close to there rated voltage, my 550 watt no-name performs much much worse than my 450 watt enermax, sure the 550 saved me some cash but the performence was horrible. I STRONLY recomend you go w/ an enermax, antec or thermaltake PSU, its well worth the extra money because of the long warentys and the fact that they will perform at the rated voltage. if you want help w/ picking one out MSN me @ ecsnowwolf |
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Exactly.
An alienware??? we all know how quality they are, it's bound to be good lol.
Ever heard of Q-tec?... yes there wank. The 550watt here is 30quid, wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
Ill probably be getting a 480watt Enermax or Antec, maybe even a 550watt, as the new cards need S**t loads of power, and i wanna push more volts through this CPU.
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Exactly.
An alienware??? we all know how quality they are, it's bound to be good lol.
Ever heard of Q-tec?... yes there wank. The 550watt here is 30quid, wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
Ill probably be getting a 480watt Enermax or Antec, maybe even a 550watt, as the new cards need S**t loads of power, and i wanna push more volts through this CPU.
I'd go w/ one of these new enermax's the noisetaker, they have seperate 12V rails, which is really good for a high performence system.... |
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