Hey, whatever, save $30 now to spend $180 later. Granted single 12V rail has solved a
lot of problems but given prices of PSU there is NO advantage to going with under
850W which leaves headroom for expansion and should mean cooler running/longer lasting.
On 4/20/2010 5:38 AM, Stan Zaske wrote:
You're seriously mistaken my friend. 600 watts is more than adequate for
most builds and overkill in many cases.
On 4/20/2010 2:29 AM, maccrawj wrote:
Bullshit! 500-600 is just cutting it for MOST current cards combined
with the potential needs of up to 6 hdd's modern mobo's are capable of
never mind what other power hungry components are installed.
* Don't skip on PSU brand or capacity, it saves no real money in the end.
* Always lookup what ODM makes a given PSU
* Read real reviews that stress test.
On 4/19/2010 2:15 PM, Stan Zaske wrote:
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> You should be fine with 600 watts unless you plan on running 2
5870's or nVidia 480's (not recommended).
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