What power supply do modern computers come with?
most computers you buy prebuilt come with a crap psuryan_14 wrote:
What power supply do modern computers come with?
Amen to that. PSU I had in my Packard Bell (I know, I'm sorry) was a 250W p.o.s., now it's a 600W Seasonic S12.
Just open your case and it should tell you on the PSU what the power rating is. It'll be the minimum to run what's in your rig, guarnateed.
Just open your case and it should tell you on the PSU what the power rating is. It'll be the minimum to run what's in your rig, guarnateed.
Lol, soon enough they'll come with a cheap ass wall AC adapter... you know, to reduce costsjaymz9350 wrote:
most computers you buy prebuilt come with a crap psuryan_14 wrote:
What power supply do modern computers come with?
lol! i got enermax psuGotMex? wrote:
Lol, soon enough they'll come with a cheap ass wall AC adapter... you know, to reduce costsjaymz9350 wrote:
most computers you buy prebuilt come with a crap psuryan_14 wrote:
What power supply do modern computers come with?
AC?
Kinda like asking what tires modern cars come equiped with.....
Kinda like asking what tires modern cars come equiped with.....
rubber onesShotYourSix wrote:
AC?
Kinda like asking what tires modern cars come equiped with.....
Yea I have an Enermax 535W SLI power supply and I love it. I blew the one that came with my case up!!!cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
lol! i got enermax psuGotMex? wrote:
Lol, soon enough they'll come with a cheap ass wall AC adapter... you know, to reduce costsjaymz9350 wrote:
most computers you buy prebuilt come with a crap psu
No name brand = bad.
Wow, this topic's going in all directions! That's what you get with a vague threadstarter..
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yeah the enermax ones are great. i have a 485W noisetaker and its rock solid even though i run a lot a shit off it that is not in my sig (and the stuff thats in there isnt exactly known to use little power)the_outsider38 wrote:
Yea I have an Enermax 535W SLI power supply and I love it. I blew the one that came with my case up!!!cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
lol! i got enermax psuGotMex? wrote:
Lol, soon enough they'll come with a cheap ass wall AC adapter... you know, to reduce costs
No name brand = bad.
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Its just I want a way better computer with 2 hard drives and a 7900GT in it and my friend says i'll need a way better psu.
I have a 600W Enermax SLI - and it is great - I think they make pretty good ones.the_outsider38 wrote:
Yea I have an Enermax 535W SLI power supply and I love it. I blew the one that came with my case up!!!cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
lol! i got enermax psuGotMex? wrote:
Lol, soon enough they'll come with a cheap ass wall AC adapter... you know, to reduce costs
No name brand = bad.
Not sure of a formula ... I dont see any reason for having any less than 550 any more ... I like Antec psus .. they dont appeal to kids that like glow-in-the-dark mobos and disco case lights but they are very relaible. The trio has a 120mm fan (or very close to it) pulling fomr the inside.ryan_14 wrote:
Its just I want a way better computer with 2 hard drives and a 7900GT in it and my friend says i'll need a way better psu.
Having "SLI" in the name of the psu doesn't really mean anything ... unless they are indicating higher amps also. Actually the trio has some sli sticker on it .. hmmm ..
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I recently changed to the Turbo-Cool 1KW-Quad SLI in my main rig. That rig is equiped for graphics work and has 1 IDE disk, 4 SATA disks, 1 DVD-Dual-layer burner and 1 BlueRay DVD. The graphic cards are also big power users. two NVidia cards (GeForce 7950 GX2) (only one working due to firmware driver issue and an MPEG video grabber card Matrox RT.X2. Runs smooth - you never have too much power available....
1kW... isn't that like enough to power the delorean to induce timetravel? Damn.X3M*Selkie wrote:
I recently changed to the Turbo-Cool 1KW-Quad SLI in my main rig. That rig is equiped for graphics work and has 1 IDE disk, 4 SATA disks, 1 DVD-Dual-layer burner and 1 BlueRay DVD. The graphic cards are also big power users. two NVidia cards (GeForce 7950 GX2) (only one working due to firmware driver issue and an MPEG video grabber card Matrox RT.X2. Runs smooth - you never have too much power available....
I see a reason for having less than 550 Watt, the time of radiators like Pentium 4 and incredible high power consumption of 100+ W for only the CPU is over. Meanwhile AMD & Intel build pretty effective CPUs and i guess that power consumption will fall in the future.jsnipy wrote:
Not sure of a formula ... I dont see any reason for having any less than 550 any more ... I like Antec psus .. they dont appeal to kids that like glow-in-the-dark mobos and disco case lights but they are very relaible. The trio has a 120mm fan (or very close to it) pulling fomr the inside.ryan_14 wrote:
Its just I want a way better computer with 2 hard drives and a 7900GT in it and my friend says i'll need a way better psu.
Having "SLI" in the name of the psu doesn't really mean anything ... unless they are indicating higher amps also. Actually the trio has some sli sticker on it .. hmmm ..
I would rather say in Q3-2007 there won't be a reason to have more than a 420 W PSU. This should be the point when the follow up of the next generation GPUs should arrive. AMD & NVidia already stated that they're going to make their GPUs way more effective. (Similar step like going from a P4 to a C2D)
If you imagine AMD putting their chip knowledge into their GPU development then we can all look forward to some really good graphic cards.
SLI in the name of a PSU means of course something, they're certified by NVIdia to have higher amps.
SLI PSUs also have 2 leads for your video cards. No silly adapters.
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250W omg that is really really shit!!!!!!! hahaDoctorFruitloop wrote:
Amen to that. PSU I had in my Packard Bell (I know, I'm sorry) was a 250W p.o.s., now it's a 600W Seasonic S12.
Just open your case and it should tell you on the PSU what the power rating is. It'll be the minimum to run what's in your rig, guarnateed.
Most good video cards will want you to have 400-500 watts.
