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Hizoka003:
--- Quote from: nstgc on April 27, 2010, 07:42:54 PM ---My 620W PSU is fine, and I'm pretty sure my computer can beat yours (Hizoka's) in most benchmarks even with my 9600 GT video card. I also have 5 hard drives, and several fans.
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i'm not saying i run a super computer or anything, just saying that i wouldn't use the smaller ones... that and i blew up a 550 watt one once...
nstgc:
Who made it?
Hizoka003:
--- Quote from: nstgc on April 28, 2010, 03:03:52 AM ---Who made it?
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it was rosewell i think
whiic:
--- Quote from: Perplexing ---http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
This site will take all of your build info and give you a rough estimate of the power needed to run. More than likely the 550w should be enough. My current computer required
462w to run and I went with a Corsair 850w that way I would have ample power and be prepared for a possible upgrade in graphics card or going SLI or 3x SLI in the future.
I highly recommend Corsair, OCZ, and Cooler Master as these three have been very good makers of PSU's for me
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Pretty good for a PSU calculator. I've tried many, and most give ridiculous +100% headroom just to be certain. This one demangs 355 W and recommends 405 W. I'm using Corsair HX520W, so with 355 watt load (not that unrealistic constant load if I use Folding@Home or BOINC that keep the overclocked Quad at 100% util, and have 6 HDD spinning) the PSU is running at 68% of it's maximum rated load. (70% (or at least 50-80%) is usually considered to be the sweet spot for best efficiency, and not too stressing for even constant load and years of expected use.)
Yeah, and I also recommend Corsairs: 5 years of warranty, intelligent fan controller that keeps the fan speed low unless you really push it to the edge or if ambient air rises much (or the combination of both). Corsair PSUs are manufactured by Seasonic. And not only are they manufactured there, their build is pretty 'Seasoniccy", the only mentionable difference being that Corsairs have different fan ramp-up to temperature/load relation curve.
--- Quote from: Hizoka003 ---how do people use the small PSUs??? i run half a dozen HDDs and a dual GPU vid card... i wouldn't try turning on my computer with less then a 700 watt PSU
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Easily - by not using a high-end dual GPU. Two high-end GPUs can easily bump the power usage by 200 W. Of course 500 watts can be enough even for such computers (if noise is no concern and if it's not done 24/7). Theoretically, like the PSU calculator suggests, a tad above 300 watts is barely enough. It's just that I wanted to do 30% overclock and bump the CPU TDP alone to 130 watts and wanted to use it 24/7 for scientific computing while in overclocked state and remaining a quiet HTPC at the same time. No 300-watter would have remained quiet under such load and not necessarily even reliable if pushed that hard for at least 5 years (which is what I would hope the PSU would survive... after all, it's death can cause every other computer component to die along with it).
But yeah, theoretically 300 watts might be barely enough for me. 500 watt might be barely enough for someone with dual high-end GPU. It would probably be ok as long as you don't push it constantly to the limit.
--- Quote from: Hizoka003 ---i'm not saying i run a super computer or anything, just saying that i wouldn't use the smaller ones... that and i blew up a 550 watt one once...
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More likely a bad PSU than overloading it to death. Unless of course you did 6 hour gaming sessions in a non-airconditioned room during summer, or ran BOINC or Folding@Home with GPU clients.
GoGeTa006:
mmm sounds interesting. . .actually Ill check an old computer I have somewhere in my house to see if that cooler can fit in this one. . .that'd be a great quick-fix. . .
cause as mentioned its not like time for an "upgrade". . .cause he already got his i7 and his couple of core2 laptops, and a core2 PC in his office. . .I love working at his house (like with 4 computers at the same time. . .I feel im in the movie swordfish)
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