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PSU?

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pcz

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I am planning to order:

msi neo4 platinum (not sli)
x800xl 256mb pci-e
1 gig ddr dual chan 3200
(have) 36 gig WD raptor/sata drive 10k rpm
adding a 120 gig ata 133/7200

should a 400w psu cover this?

thanks for helping a noob ;p
comments and replies are much appreciated
 
Originally posted by: pcz
right now, i have this psu
http://www.dealsonic.com/rh45atxp4amd.html
i was wondering if 450 should cover that combo above =\
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Why do people not read AT ALL. Do a search please next time.

No that is not sufficient, it is a generic PSU. For information on why Generic is bad search the other 289032108 threads on the topic.

I agree with Ribbon. Seasonic makes very high quality PSU's.

-Kevin
 
lol i'm a gamer, it's not ugly to me. Also the price on that psu isn't 10 dollars. If you find one, plz let me know =].
 
the psu in that chieftec is an x-connect. i do not personally own one, but the reviews i have read suggest it isnt a very high quality psu. the case itself i do have and its well built but could really use a set of 120mm fans instead of the 4 80mm. if you like the look of the xconnect and the modular cables on it, try out a ocz modstream or an antec neopower. sure you could maybe run your system on a cheap psu like that 450 if you want to risk the 1500 or so you just spent of the rest of it. with psus i have found you get what you pay for and like anything else if it looks to good to be true it most likely is.
 
ahhh thanks footbal07, very well explained =]

thanks all

lol i thought u guys were talking about the tiger direct link i sent, that power supply is the one i'm currently looking at
 
You get what you pay for with a PSU, take it from those of us who've made this mistake - the PSU is NOT a place to skimp. Wattage rating means next to nothing, brand name (ie. quality) is far more important. Some good PSU brands include (but aren't limited to) Antec, Fortron, PC Power & Cooling, Enermax and Thermaltake.
 
Originally posted by: Gurck
You get what you pay for with a PSU, take it from those of us who've made this mistake - the PSU is NOT a place to skimp. Wattage rating means next to nothing, brand name (ie. quality) is far more important. Some good PSU brands include (but aren't limited to) Antec, Fortron, PC Power & Cooling, Enermax and Thermaltake.
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Definitely take out Tt. Although they are very nice bang for your buck, and are pretty decent for low end system doing light to moderate OCing, i have a hard time calling them "Quality".

As for the tiger direct link. THe Ultra is a very controversial PSU. However, if you know anything about capacitors you will know that it is not very good quality. For instance, it runs all Rails off of 1 wire, it has small capacitors, and small heatsinks; Additionally because of some of this, it has poor ripple. It looks pretty damn nice on the outside, but looks can be deceiving.

-Kevin
 
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: Gurck
You get what you pay for with a PSU, take it from those of us who've made this mistake - the PSU is NOT a place to skimp. Wattage rating means next to nothing, brand name (ie. quality) is far more important. Some good PSU brands include (but aren't limited to) Antec, Fortron, PC Power & Cooling, Enermax and Thermaltake.
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Definitely take out Tt. Although they are very nice bang for your buck, and are pretty decent for low end system doing light to moderate OCing, i have a hard time calling them "Quality".

As for the tiger direct link. THe Ultra is a very controversial PSU. However, if you know anything about capacitors you will know that it is not very good quality. For instance, it runs all Rails off of 1 wire, it has small capacitors, and small heatsinks; Additionally because of some of this, it has poor ripple. It looks pretty damn nice on the outside, but looks can be deceiving.

-Kevin
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Time for an edit Kevin:

"It runs all rails off of one wire?"

It runs each voltage for all of the modular connectors off of one wire coming off of each rail. But if you know anything about Ohm's law, you'll know that the resistance created by this is negligible. (Haven't we had this discussion already?) Of course, worst case scenario is that wire comes loose and you lose all juice to any devices supplied by that rail, but quite frankly I don't want any power supply where any wires are falling off anywhere! 😀

Nothing wrong with the Ultra and I believe Tiger is pricing the combo so cheap because Ultra is coming out with a newer model later this year.

I understand that football has only read reviews that state the Ultra is not very good (there were two reviews where it blew up.) But there's a lot more good reviews then bad reviews. My workplace sold them and had only a 1% RMA rate and quite frankly, I've seen more problems with the OCZ than the Ultra, but in all fairness I think there's more OCZ's out there than Ultras. So such a statement would be equivalent to saying "In the US, Ford Focuses have more problems than VW Polos."

😉

Oh, and Kevin... Where's the review that tested ripple? I've seen efficiency, power factor.... On ripple, I've seen a lot worst. OCZ comes to mind. 😉 But of course, that's at 100% load, as was the Ultra. So despite solid voltages, poor ripple seems to only be a factor when a PSU is put under 100% load.
 
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