Recent content by Wayrest

Yes, I did mean 80% efficiency. The importance of PSU's is new to me and what little I now know I got from a few hours Googling. I bought a Corsair 400 CX. E-buyer.com have 370 in stock at the moment, £29.99 each and free 5-day delivery (though they have delivered in 2-3 days in the past.) -...

Thanks for providing the links, I've seen wildly varying numbers since looking into this but all have been of the "I read somewhere..." type :rolleyes: I think I'll go for either a Corsair 400W CX or Antec BP550 Plus (for more future-proofing) depending on how much money I want to throw around...

Interesting, thanks. I've been looking at 550W PSUs but I need the amps on the 12v rail more than the wattage. Maybe I could get away with a decent 450W. Figuring in 80% reliability to the 400W leaves me with 320W, which is cutting it fine for my system, though the 30 amps would be more than enough.

I'm seeing varying figures for HD 5770 power requirements, even that it can use 300-330W under full load, and no details from ATI. Here's my situation. I've just ordered a Sapphire HD5770 512 Mb to put into the following system: GeForce 6100PM-M2 v3 mobo Athlon II X4 630 (quad core) CPU...