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 Nov 24 2007, 11:10 AM
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video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130286 RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820211188 CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819103771 i'm trying to order this all by tonight so i was wondering if anyone could help me out with what kind of psu i need. i have a 450watt. and if im going to need more could someone give me some suggestions, thanks alot This post has been edited by joecap17: Nov 24 2007, 11:11 AM |
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Nov 24 2007, 11:39 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 23-November 07 Member No.: 172,047 |
the power supply is dictated some by the mother board, video card and cpu you have but mostly by the other periferials you have attached. Hard drives, cd/dvds , Network cards, USB devices ect. A 450 watt Power supply is usually more than adiquate for most home and many business systems. If you are building a server with SCSI drives or have added multi ide or raid cards to your system then you many need more but it is truly unlikely. A 450 would run quite a suite of components.
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Nov 24 2007, 11:49 AM
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 Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
an average 450 watt power supply would handle that vid card and 4 gigs of ram, but little else
that cpu won't use a lot of watts but to keep it and that vid card cool, you'll need some good case fans You really need a higher quality 500-550w power supply if you plan on adding several hard drives and optical drives, you can't go on wattage, better off looking at the rating on the 12volt rails -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Nov 24 2007, 11:50 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 24-November 07 Member No.: 172,165 |
so you think a 450 will be fine? I just wasnt sure because theyre selling all these SLI ready like 800 watters. and i think my motherboard is sli ready and stuff but do i need to make sure i get a power supply for that? and im just running an avg 300gig hard drive with like floppy cd and maybe dvd r
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Nov 24 2007, 11:52 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 24-November 07 Member No.: 172,165 |
okay i was looking at some 550 watts on www.xoxide.com if you could show me which one you think is considered good quality that would be great.
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Nov 24 2007, 12:37 PM
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Arachibutyrophobia Group: BC Advisor Posts: 5,201 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern Sierra Foothills Member No.: 13,532 |
The minimum recommended PSU for that graphics card is 400W, I agree with chewy, I would go for a 550W. You should also look to see what the amperage requirements are for the 12V rail for that card and what power connection the board requires if any.
-------------------- May we please have a little chlorine for the gene pool?
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Nov 24 2007, 12:48 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 24-November 07 Member No.: 172,165 |
ugh.. this is the first time building for me with a power supply i never had to upgrade im not to good with those terms and such. i found a 500... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817171018
how do i find the amperage for the rails or w.e |
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Nov 24 2007, 12:58 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 23-November 07 Member No.: 172,047 |
Hmmm well here are the spec's as posted.
And a comment or 2 from the same site. I have been wrong before and I am kind of a newbe I started building computers in 1981 and have kept up with the technology. Sorry if I miss led you. Great GPU!!! Reviewed By: Tech Mike on 11/23/2007 Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month Pros: The pros of this grpahics card far surpasses the cons, mainly because there are no cons. It is overclocked to 675 core clock. 512mb memory, 32 streamers (help aid in all the processes the GPU undergoes, and is not assigned certin tasks, in other words the GPU assigns them to optimize the full pontential of the GPU). Runs very well in vista too. Cons: None for me, but for those who have trouble with heat you need to make sure you have adequate cooling, which is a duh, but alot of people only run 1 fan and yo uneed more than that. [u]Also like the other guy above if you have a PSU thats realy high power then you dont need it, it was designed to run on your old system, so no need to upgrade your PSU. That is unless your running like 10 fans, and have a 3.2ghz dual core processor like me.[/u] Other Thoughts: Buy it, and then when the next pay check come in buy another, then show off to your 8800 GT and GTS bubbies what it can do and they will scratch there heads in disbelief. 2 out of 2 people Model Brand EVGA Model 512-P2-N773-AR Interface Interface PCI Express x16 Chipset Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8600GTS Core clock 675MHz Stream Processors 32 Memory Memory Clock 2000MHz (effective) Memory Size 512MB Memory Interface 128-bit Memory Type GDDR3 3D API DirectX DirectX 10 OpenGL OpenGL 2.0 Ports DVI 2 TV-Out HDTV / S-Video / Composite Out VIVO No General Tuner None RAMDAC 400 MHz Max Resolution 2560 x 1600 RoHS Compliant Yes SLI Supported Yes Cooler With Fan Dual-Link DVI Supported Yes HDCP Ready Yes Features Features NVIDIA Quantum Effects physics processing technology NVIDIA PureVideo technology Packaging Package Contents 512-P2-N773-AR Driver Disk User Manual HDTV Cable S-Video Cable Power Cable 2 x DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter |
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Nov 24 2007, 12:59 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
if you have little else running even this 500 watter would be the minimum I would try to use
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817153052 something like this would allow even another vid card in sli mode and lots of extra drives http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817182069 durn newegg must be crashing or changing the specials -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Nov 24 2007, 01:01 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 24-November 07 Member No.: 172,165 |
yea neweggs crashing lol... but first ralph.. im also upgrading my cpu. motherboard. ram. so its not jsut the gfx card so i figured i would need a bigger psu in the first place... second Chewy as soon as newegg gets back up im gonna look at those
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Nov 24 2007, 01:04 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 24-November 07 Member No.: 172,165 |
yea chew.. im trying to find as cheap as i can i dont exactly have a big budget for this comp. i was hoping to find one under 50... lemme know what you think of this http://www.xoxide.com/lo.html those are all cheap and atleast 550 watters
specifically http://www.xoxide.com/logisys-575w-2fan-psu.html it has 1 x 20/24-pin Mainboard 1 x 4-pin P4 2 x 6-pin PCI-Express 2 x SATA 6 x 4-pin Molex 1 x 4-pin FDD and the 2 PCI express would hold my gfx card and if i ever upgraded to another. im not sure what the other mean other than the mainboard ect. but thats cheap too. lemme know what you think This post has been edited by joecap17: Nov 24 2007, 01:06 PM |
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Nov 24 2007, 01:11 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
I just look at the specials, read a few of the reviews, go for a name brand with good specs, a lot of good reviews and on sale
a lot of people with deep pockets are real picky about brands, my pockets aren't that deep BTW you are laming that cpu out with that cheap cas 5 ram, the amd64's need cas 4 for performance I would rather have 2 gigs of cas 4 as 4 gigs of cas 5 now running the core 2 duo's stock it doesn't seem to impact performance much as the intel's have such a longer memory pipeline -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Nov 24 2007, 01:15 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
QUOTE lemme know what you think of this http://www.xoxide.com/lo.html those are all cheap and atleast 550 watters might last 3-6 months, order 2 or 3 if you want to get a year out of them -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Nov 24 2007, 01:17 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 24-November 07 Member No.: 172,165 |
like you said i dont have deep pockets... and i just found all this for a pretty good price... i mean if i can get a better set up for cheaper why not. but for what i just got i was checking the reviews.. and (those ram reviews were pretty good) so i said what the hell. i just need to make sure its all goign to work together. thats why im trying to research the psu i need. and the one i just posted i just found and it looks pretty good the logisys ones... and i gotta go out for a lil while if you guys could throw together somthign better and cheaper be my guest greatly appreciated.
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Nov 24 2007, 01:18 PM
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 Distinguished Member Group: HJT Senior Classmen Posts: 712 Joined: 12-July 07 Member No.: 143,145 |
Here are a couple of neat Power Supply Calculators:
http://www.journeysystems.com/?powercalc http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp They might help. DR -------------------- |
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