What the fuck?Originally Posted by AAA
DFI has the most overclocking consideration in my experience. They offer so many options in the BIOS that a beginner would likely fry the damn thing because he/she doesn't know what he's doing and messes with the wrong setting. I've also seen TONS of good reviews, and most have the disclaimer "NOT FOR BEGINNERS."
They aren't on the higher end of the pricing spectrum for nothing.
I might buy the lowest thing you have posted, but don't know if I need a power supply or not. I have an old Compaq Presario that I used to use with one. Is it a good idea to get one anyway?
Depends on the specs of the older PSU you're thinking of using.
It is Steady-state 235 watts. Also, the link for the gfx card in the first one says it's deactivated. And so is the RAM
Do not skimp on the power supply, because if you get a shitty one it will degrade your hardware and might pop and die taking many parts with it.
Get a quality 400 watt PSU, Corsair's 400 watt psu?, or a OCZ 400watt PSU(Heard they are now PC&P) So they are high quality to.
Corsair
OCZ
Seasonic
PC&P
Some ANTEC PSU's
Are all good quality PSU's and everybody but ANTEC has high end low wattage PSU's you should get a nice PSU to keep strong life in the hardware your going to buy. But if money is tight you can gamble with other companys but NO BESTEC or CODEMASTER psu's those two companies are terrable. Everything else 400-450 watts should do the job.
Yea I wouldn't be using that Steady-state, get yourself a nice Corsair (don't trust OCZ anymore since a piece of my old 850 Watt GameXStream fell out).
That sux. Some of OCZ's Power supplys are maid by Seasonic and other high quality, some can be really cheaply maid and whine, and not provide enough power, all Corsair stuff from 400watts and up should be perfect for your rig, corsair is the garentee :P.
My OCZ GameXStream 600W hasn't had any problems in the past 1.5 years that I've had it. Hopefully nothing goes wrong with it. Maybe it was a simple manufacturing defect, just like your motherboard.
Say you have a graphics card that's 325W, is a 1000W power Supply necessary?
No. It isnt necessary, really at all. There are few video cards that acctualy use that real wattage. A company can say this and that about a video card but under real world testing video cards tend to use less power then company recommend.
HD 4870x2, HD 5970, and a overclocked GTX 295 will use that many watts at full load. So even if you got the fastest production maid video card in the world which was a HD 5970, a 650 watt psu would be fine for even a i7 and the whole system overclocked. But many people want room for upgrade and 100-200 watts above recommended just to be safe. So a 750watt basicly powers most dual card setups, and all single card setups.
Corsair power supplys like the 750watts are pefect example, and should do what they say and even more. 1000 watts is only neceassary for 2 HD 4870x2s or 2 HD 5970's or 2 GTX 295's with a GTS 250 physx card. The HD 4870x2's acctualy use the most power at about 930 watts full load on a overclocked i7 rig and yet dont have the performance of 2x GTX 295s or HD 5970s. HD 5970's max out at around 280 i belive at full load. But havnt checked reviews
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