† Irish Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 I was thinking i probably need to upgrade because of my new video card.First is this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028Second is this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephierot Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 CORSAIR Builder Series CX600..,is much better..,the question is are you going to have a SLI or a CROSSFIRE X config Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Right now no. maybe in a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Care to tell us what you're using? Also CPU as well. Usually speaking I can make a good rough estimate by just knowing the CPU and GPU. But I'm assuming you're using a single CPU with a quadcore, so you only actually need about 500W (450W works as well) but that's pretty bare minimum, if crossfire you need 650W bare minimum but you can get away with 600W. Both brands are really good, me I would go with Antec. I don't know but read some bad reviews on that CORSAIR PSU apparently dieing out or something.If you're gonna use dual GPU I say get at least 700Watts plus (what I would recommend) and some people say get over 1000W for a dual GPU, which I believe is BS! Lol heck I run on a cheap brand 550W PSU and works fine for like 3 years now =) (lucky me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saminyt Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Care to tell us what you're using? Also CPU as well. Usually speaking I can make a good rough estimate by just knowing the CPU and GPU. But I'm assuming you're using a single CPU with a quadcore, so you only actually need about 500W (450W works as well) but that's pretty bare minimum, if crossfire you need 650W bare minimum but you can get away with 600W. Both brands are really good, me I would go with Antec. I don't know but read some bad reviews on that CORSAIR PSU apparently dieing out or something.If you're gonna use dual GPU I say get at least 700Watts plus (what I would recommend) and some people say get over 1000W for a dual GPU, which I believe is BS! Lol heck I run on a cheap brand 550W PSU and works fine for like 3 years now =) (lucky me)Hay, could you suggest a branded but cheap PSU to take for my PC. I have a Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93 Ghz CPU and Sapphire Radeon hd 6770 1GB GDDR5 GPU.I am having problems with my current PSU. It is a Gigabyte 460 watt PSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hay, could you suggest a branded but cheap PSU to take for my PC. I have a Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93 Ghz CPU and Sapphire Radeon hd 6770 1GB GDDR5 GPU.I am having problems with my current PSU. It is a Gigabyte 460 watt PSU.Lol I don't recommend a cheap PSU at all, always buy from well known brands. Only reason why I haven't changed my PSU yet is because I never got around to doing it. It came with my computer case and I didn't had anymore budget at the time to spend on a different PSU. But could you tell me your budget? And I would grab a 500W+ PSU, I don't recommend going bare minimum (for your case which is about 400W) unless you really have to. If you want it to be future proof then I would grab a 600W.Suggestion:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171031 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saminyt Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Lol I don't recommend a cheap PSU at all, always buy from well known brands. Only reason why I haven't changed my PSU yet is because I never got around to doing it. It came with my computer case and I didn't had anymore budget at the time to spend on a different PSU. But could you tell me your budget? And I would grab a 500W+ PSU, I don't recommend going bare minimum (for your case which is about 400W) unless you really have to. If you want it to be future proof then I would grab a 600W.Suggestion:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171031Thanks a lot. That would exactly fit my budget. And as I don't play any games on PC, I won't be doing any upgrades either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 well my setup is thisAMD A8-3800(Quad core)8GB of RAMATI Radeon HD66704TB of HDDand as for the power supply its the stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Thanks a lot. That would exactly fit my budget. And as I don't play any games on PC, I won't be doing any upgrades either.Found a better one: http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-StealthXStream2-80Plus-Supply-compatible/dp/B003UQSGZMOnly main difference is, that one is 80 PLUS while the other is 70 PLUS. If you don't care about saving power than the first one would do fine as well.well my setup is thisAMD A8-3800(Quad core)8GB of RAMATI Radeon HD66704TB of HDDand as for the power supply its the stock.Yeah even a 500W PSU would work as well (Not recommended). But go with the antec out of those two. My build is a lot more power hungry but a 550W PSU works fine =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 awesome, thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatto015 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 I work at a comp shop. Get the biggest baddest power supply you can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 I work at a comp shop. Get the biggest baddest power supply you can get.Only if you want your electricity bill to soar.What's your budget on this? <$100?My personal favorite in the 650W range is this one.However, there are better efficiency power supplies for an equally higher price tag:KingWinEnermaxThose cost a pretty penny, but their efficiency and stability are reviewed as amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 yeah, as far as biggest and baddest, I have no need for that. It's pointless to me.As for Dae314, thanks for the input, ill look into it. also keep in mind that all my devices are sata so I need a PSU with at minimum, 5 sata connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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