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05-21-2008, 11:01 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008
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|  Power Supplies I am building a new computer and have all my parts picked out except for the power supply. My problem is that I dont know what is good to look for in this particular part of a computer. Are certain companies better than others? Is most of the performance based on the amount of watts the PS is? These are a few that I was looking at, they are all roughly the same price I just need help w/ finding out which one is best. Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC - Power Supplies Newegg.com - RAIDMAX QUANTUM RX-700 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, C-tick, CCC, CB - Power Supplies Newegg.com - APEVIA WARLOCK POWER ATX-WA750W 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 115/ 230 V CB, CE, TUV, cUL, FCC - Power Supplies Newegg.com - OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V - Power Supplies |
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05-21-2008, 11:11 PM
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| Renowned Budgeting Master  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA
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 | Re: Power Supplies The corsair is the best but list your system so we can best decide which will best suit your needs. You do understand that it is amperage on the rails is more important than the total wattage it's rated at right?
__________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore Antec 900 Case EVGA 750i FTW Mobo 2x1GB of DDR2-533 D9GMH Team Xtreme 4-4-4-12 @ 1030mhz 2.2v Gigabyte 8800GT 720/1800/1050 (eventually will SLI when they go down in price) Hanns G 19" Wide 5MS LCD 1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0 Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900 |
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05-21-2008, 11:16 PM
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| Retired.  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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| Re: Power Supplies Wattage is not important, amperage is more important.
__________________  My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V. "The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in." Quote:
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05-21-2008, 11:23 PM
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| Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA
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| Re: Power Supplies Quote:
__________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore Antec 900 Case EVGA 750i FTW Mobo 2x1GB of DDR2-533 D9GMH Team Xtreme 4-4-4-12 @ 1030mhz 2.2v Gigabyte 8800GT 720/1800/1050 (eventually will SLI when they go down in price) Hanns G 19" Wide 5MS LCD 1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0 Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900 | |
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05-21-2008, 11:23 PM
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__________________ My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V. "The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in." Quote:
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05-21-2008, 11:40 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008
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| Re: Power Supplies Yeah these were things that I did not know. This is what it will be powering: GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) ECS N8800GTS-512MX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card |
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05-22-2008, 12:01 AM
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| lvl Infinite Psychopath  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mount Prospect, IL
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  | Re: Power Supplies You can get away with alot less. There are many many choices, but, the Corsair 650TX will be fine.
__________________ Read The Rules!! Power Supply Guide Intel Overclocking Thread AMD Overclocking Thread Other Important Threads I'm sorry but I do not accept support requests via IM, email, or personal messages There will come a day, such a day when all will be told more than they wish to know, what one hears may explain the past, it may explain the future, but it has never made a difference either way and it will change nothing. Some day.... But that is not this day, and I don't know when, I just don't know. |
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05-22-2008, 11:14 AM
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| Re: Power Supplies Quote:
Now its OCZ GameXStream vx the Corsair 650tx... the 650tx in terms of its rails (and wattage isn't as important as rails) If you want a good explanation of rails check out a 3dgameman review
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05-22-2008, 11:16 AM
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| lvl Infinite Psychopath Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mount Prospect, IL
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| Re: Power Supplies The Apevia Warlock is actually good. Apevia Warlock 900W PSU Review - Overclockers Club Hi-Tech Reviews | Apevia Warlock 900-watt Power Supply | Power, Supply, Var, Apevia, Have Apevia Warlock Power 750 Watt Power Supply Reviews - OCIA.net But corsair and OCZ are more proven, so even though the Warlock is good, I would go with the corsair.
__________________ Read The Rules!! Power Supply Guide Intel Overclocking Thread AMD Overclocking Thread Other Important Threads I'm sorry but I do not accept support requests via IM, email, or personal messages There will come a day, such a day when all will be told more than they wish to know, what one hears may explain the past, it may explain the future, but it has never made a difference either way and it will change nothing. Some day.... But that is not this day, and I don't know when, I just don't know. Last edited by Ste; 05-22-2008 at 11:18 AM. |
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05-22-2008, 11:19 AM
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| Re: Power Supplies Wow really? Didn't know that.. but you're right on the Corsair being better though
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy (OH NOES IT STOPPED WORKING! I NEED AN X-FI!) / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 3200.. (trying to troubleshoot my HD 2900GT right now..) I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born. |
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