CHECK BEFORE I BUILD

[pjwinkler]

This is the first computer I'm going to be building. I'm only going to be playing UT 2004 and America's Army:

-ASUS A8N SLI (I want nForce 4 and don't want to to make major upgrades in future)
-AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 939 Pin
-PQI 1024MB DDR 400 PC-3200 Dual Channel
-MSI NX6600GT
-Seagate 80GB Barracuda Serial ATA
-350 watt power supply

That's gonna come out to about 1060 american.

 

[Appledrop]

go for it.................... i assume the 6600 is pcie

 

[pjwinkler]

yep, thanks for quick reply

 

[JBDan]

If it were me I would go with a higher wattage PSU. Especially if your gonna be oc'ing. Peace of mind. Very nice system!

 

[JBDan]

Actually especially when you go to 2 vid cards

 

[pjwinkler]

Would I need one realy? I'm only ahving one video card for now and I read somewhere I think the MSI site that they highly recomend a 350 watt for a very smililar system.. and if i should go higher is this a good choice or should I stick with known brand names?

(btw this is canadian money here)
POWER SUPPLY LINK

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: pjwinkler
Would I need one realy? I'm only ahving one video card for now and I read somewhere I think the MSI site that they highly recomend a 350 watt for a very smililar system.. and if i should go higher is this a good choice or should I stick with known brand names?

(btw this is canadian money here)
POWER SUPPLY LINK

Stick with a name brand. Cheap, knock-off PSUs are nothing but trouble.

Also, I don't think you really need any more than 350W, at least unless you think you'll be upgrading to two 6800GTs anytime soon.

 

[JBDan]

Just my opinion and experience , you cannot go wrong in getting more watts. Just be sure you get CLEAN watts and by that get a NAME BRAND. My choices for quality is 1st> PCPower&cooling but they are way expensive. OCZ , Enermax and Antec are all quality too. Remember ya get watcha pay for I think the 350 would work fine, but when you start to oc and add a second gfx card I garuntee you will need the extra juice for stability so why not prepare for the future lol G-Luck and Njoy that system its a nicen.

 

[pjwinkler]

ok, sounds good. say this is my case, I;m going to over clock the cpu and GPU and then get another GPU soemtime in the future. How many watts do I need?

 

[pjwinkler]

http://www.pccyber.com/scrMain2.asp?product_types_id=5

if anyone wants to take the time, this is where I'm buying from so if you want to tell me the best choice for a case (of the more than 350 watt sort )

 

[JBDan]

Again it depends on how clean the power is. 420 and above is what I would go with and the name brands I mentioned. PCPower&Cooling and OCZ have the cleanest power available with the least amt of line regulation (1 and 3%) with the least amt of ripple ( 1%) which is important when ocing. PSU's are so overlooked getcha a good you wont be srry. PCpower warranties are 5 yrs and ocz are as well. This says something when they back their product like that

 

[pjwinkler]

This one comes with a 380....

ANTEC SONATA

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: pjwinkler
This one comes with a 380....

ANTEC SONATA

thats a NICE case, and that 380watt PSU will easily be able to power your system. its high quality. :thumbsup:

 

[JBDan]

Thats a good PSU not a great PSU should be just fine. Its your pc

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: JBDan
Thats a good PSU not a great PSU should be just fine. Its your pc

wtf are you talking about "not a great PSU"? that is an OUTSTANDING PSU.

 

[pjwinkler]

Well I don't know what I'm talking about as far as PSUs go lol ok thats my back up choice aside from this:

Nikao Ogre

with a

Antec 420W Noisetaker Series

might add a bit to the system, but it's an investment

 

[nick1985]

::barf::

that case is FUGLY.

just get the fricken antec sonata and be done with it. you get a sweet looking case with a high quality PSU.

 

[pjwinkler]

lol i think its sweet, but in terms of quality is the Antec MUCH,much or a little better?

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: JBDan
Thats a good PSU not a great PSU should be just fine. Its your pc

wtf are you talking about "not a great PSU"? that is an OUTSTANDING PSU.

Just my opinion. you are confused lol

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: JBDan

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: JBDan
Thats a good PSU not a great PSU should be just fine. Its your pc

wtf are you talking about "not a great PSU"? that is an OUTSTANDING PSU.

Just my opinion. you are confused lol

no, i am not confused. rather, you are just flat out wrong/misinformed.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: pjwinkler
lol i think its sweet, but in terms of quality is the Antec MUCH,much or a little better?

the antec case is WAY higher quality than that other POS you are looking at, i can garuntee you that.

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: JBDan

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: JBDan
Thats a good PSU not a great PSU should be just fine. Its your pc

wtf are you talking about "not a great PSU"? that is an OUTSTANDING PSU.

Just my opinion. you are confused lol

no, i am not confused. rather, you are just flat out wrong/misinformed.

Such hostility. Whatever makes ya happy winkle

 

[pjwinkler]

heh either seem fine... w/e i got what i needed to know thanks for help lol

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: JBDan

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: JBDan

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: JBDan
Thats a good PSU not a great PSU should be just fine. Its your pc

wtf are you talking about "not a great PSU"? that is an OUTSTANDING PSU.

Just my opinion. you are confused lol

no, i am not confused. rather, you are just flat out wrong/misinformed.

Such hostility. Whatever makes ya happy winkle

sorry, i tend to get hostile when a noob with 200 posts is telling me i am wrong.

 

[JBDan]

Thats interesting I never said you were wrong just stated my opinion thats what the forums are for dingleberry