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I know this is a noob question, I'm sorry! I'm in the middle of planning a system, and a trusted advisor suggests I get the Fotron 700W PSU. Yes, 700W. His argument: it's only $30 more than the 500W version, and I'll never have to worry about inadequate power.
* If I'm only actually using 300-400 watts, is this 700W supply going to be sucking electricity up anyway? Or does it only consume as much as the system needs? I'm willing to spend $30 now for peace of mind, but I don't want unnecesary heat generation / power consumption.
* Is there any set up that would actually use 700W vs. 500 or 600? Or should is the a substantially superior brand of PSU I should be looking at?
Current system plan (roughly):
Conroe E6600 (OC'd)
P5W-DH Deluxe mobo
GeForce 9750GX2 (probably OC as well)
2 hard drives (currently just 7200 rpm, nothing fancy)
1 optical drive
various fans (not finalized)
sound care (not finalized, hopefully high end)
1gb RAM (might overclock)
fan controller
Potential upgrades would be faster harddrives, a second optical drive, another GB of ram, and (the big one) a second GeForce 9750GX2. I know the latter will require a different mobo -- that upgrade would be far in the future if I ever do it.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice!
* If I'm only actually using 300-400 watts, is this 700W supply going to be sucking electricity up anyway? Or does it only consume as much as the system needs? I'm willing to spend $30 now for peace of mind, but I don't want unnecesary heat generation / power consumption.
* Is there any set up that would actually use 700W vs. 500 or 600? Or should is the a substantially superior brand of PSU I should be looking at?
Current system plan (roughly):
Conroe E6600 (OC'd)
P5W-DH Deluxe mobo
GeForce 9750GX2 (probably OC as well)
2 hard drives (currently just 7200 rpm, nothing fancy)
1 optical drive
various fans (not finalized)
sound care (not finalized, hopefully high end)
1gb RAM (might overclock)
fan controller
Potential upgrades would be faster harddrives, a second optical drive, another GB of ram, and (the big one) a second GeForce 9750GX2. I know the latter will require a different mobo -- that upgrade would be far in the future if I ever do it.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice!