Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

[Noni]

TOP END SYSTEM - £2000

POWER SUPPLY- £30

THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOUR POWER SUPPLY BLOWS EVERYTHING IN YOUR CASE?

Priceless.

Processors, Graphic cards EVERYTHING in you comp draws power from a POWER SUPPLY. If this is not up to par then everthing you spent your hard earned money on is at risk of being ruined.

How do you know if its a good PSU?

WATTS- http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

Whatever you get from that +50 to 100 then you will find your recommended WATTAGE.

WATTAGE aint too important. What is important is the AMP on the 12V RAIL.

It will normally look like this - 12V 18A. Right now 18A is the minimum you want. Anything under is basically a waste of time, unless you running a very old computer.

For a high performance new computer you will one from around 22-40A.

Here is some reccomended COMPANIES and PSUs.

ONLY BUY FROM THESE COMPANYS!

-OCZ, bit expensive but high quality and very nice looking.

-ANTEC, very trusted company.

-ENERMAX, again, same as antec. Very trusted company.

-TAGAN, Not too nice looking but are very good quality.

-HIPER, Look great and are quite cheap.

-SEASONIC, Generally good.

-ULTRA X, WARNING Some people say that its kind of fluke, you might get one with good rails or some with bad. Look very nice non the less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104155

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103928

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194001

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Hiper.html

Good luck people!

[DeathGiver]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

Only thing i go for is Antec just a trusted company and their hardware doesnt wear out. Antec power supplies, antec fans.

[Nitemare]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

Could you find me a good PSU that would work with my system (not the one in sig, something I plan on upgrading to)

AMD Athlon 64 4000 San Diego
2 GB (2x1 GB) OCZ Platinum Series 2-3-2-5
XFX GeForce 7800 GTX (needs AT LEAST 26A on +12)

[Donkey]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

I just saw an ad for a 1 kW PSU.... ya know what I said...

HOLY PHUQ 1 kW

[Noni]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

OCZ MODSTREAM 520W

or this is one of the best

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703001

[DeathGiver]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

Who in the right mind would want a 1KW power supply? Besides the government.
What i like about my 480watt antec PS is that its SLI ready.

[Donkey]

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Here look at this crazy thing

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1495

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!11

[DeathGiver]

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Enough to power more then just a computer. But jesus whats the price of that thing?

[Donkey]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

Who in the right mind would want a 1KW power supply? Besides the government.
What i like about my 480watt antec PS is that its SLI ready.

As the article states someone who might be compensating for something

Personally Im happy with my 500w my UPS has enough trouble with that I think I need a new UPS

[DeathGiver]

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I had a 350 watt PS i dont think it was cutting it with my X850 XT.

[Donkey]

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Enough to power more then just a computer. But jesus whats the price of that thing?

forget the intial price how about your electric bill....I mean really

However Noni is right...dont go cheap on the PSU...think of the PSU as your heart, with out it your computer is just a pile of useless plastic and metal...

But a kW is just a lil ridonkulous

[DeathGiver]

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MY last months bill was $200 or more. Because i keep running central air thru my house. But yeah i wouldnt want to pay the bill for that thing.

[Donkey]

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Especially when they say it requires 1400W at 120VAC... Add in a monitor and your crazy surround system and you can go whatch your meter spin

I mean dont get me wrong I have a 500W PSU in my machine plus a 19" CRT, a Cambridge soundworks surround sound system, and a external SCSI enclosure with a ICY-DOC raid cage...so I suck up my share of juice....but man if I added that I bet i pop a breaker

[coco]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

Here is my PSU...
Tagan 420W ATX PSU 12V/22A

It will normally look like this - 12V 18A. Right now 18A is the minimum you want. Anything under is basically a waste of time, unless you running a very old computer.

I run the SLI system below mighty fine with a 420w PSU.
Read the first and last paragraphs Here you power suckers.:laugh:

[Nitemare]

Re: Make sure you get good POWER SUPPLIES!!

Here is my PSU...
Tagan 420W ATX PSU 12V/22A



I run the SLI system below mighty fine with a 420w PSU.
Read the first and last paragraphs Here you power suckers.:laugh:

Thats pretty risky, you should have AT LEAST a 500 watt PSU for SLi, I would deffinitely look into getting a new one. Why would you even risk blowing all of that up, that's like a 2000 dollars computer.