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rofl how is this powersupply surviving

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ZippyDan

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im running the following on my 2 year old HP desktop 200watt powersupply:

Athlon XP 2600
1 GB RAM
16x DVD Burner
4x DVD Burner
160 GB HDD
120 GB HDD
Geforce 6800 GT OC
Audigy 2
Firewire Card
PCI Slot Fan
PCI Modem
Floppy Drive

really, i am most surprised that i recently added a new DVD burner and the 6800 GT and it had no problem handling it :Q
 
That doesn't seem quite right...although I suppose the XP is relatively low-power compared to some of the higher-end Athlon 64's 😉
 
Many prebuilt companies (such as Dell and HP) use very good power supplies. They definately don't want something to go wrong and fry the entire system, so the PSUs are great quality and often underrated.
 
Proof that system do not draw as much power as one believe!

Now utilise CPU cycle 100% AND GPU as high as possible for extended period and you may experience 'technical issue' with system!
 
really, i am most surprised that i recently added a new DVD burner and the 6800 GT and it had no problem handling it
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It just shows a) how poor quality some generic (and bottom-feeder brand) PSUs are, and b) how prone people on hardware fora are to exaggeration.

I have a very similar system to yours - measured power consumption (at the wall) during maximum 3D + CPU load is 160 W - which works out to about 130-140 W of actual power coming out of the PSU.
 
XP2500+ and 5900 Ultra only use 186W measure at wall (link), so only about 150W from PSU.

6800GT use even less power than 5900 Ultra (link) so you have plenty of power to spare.
 
ive played BF2 on this system for a few hours straight at 1024x768, most settings on high. i would think thatd be close to a full load on most of the components (not the burners 😛)
 
It wouldn't survive for long. There is a huge load on the 12V rail and even though right now it's hanging in a few months you may see sparkles etc since under heavy load all components inside a PSU wear out so much faster. That's why generic Chinese PSUs don't last - they always output peak power because they are so cheap and weak by design.
 
slightly suprised...people getting 400-500+ watt PSU with their new systems that don't even have SLI are wasting their money. Get a quality unit and you have nothing to worry about.
 
Originally posted by: Booster
It wouldn't survive for long. There is a huge load on the 12V rail and even though right now it's hanging in a few months you may see sparkles etc since under heavy load all components inside a PSU wear out so much faster. That's why generic Chinese PSUs don't last - they always output peak power because they are so cheap and weak by design.
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QFT
although I still wouldnt be surprised that the OP's PSU will last 2 years -- I've taken apart some dell/HP psu's and found that they may have been made by Zippy (kickass OEM maker)
also those cheap chinese PSU's probably have ZIP/NADA/BUPKISS quality assurance testing.... so all it takes is for one component in the psu to fail and everything is fried
 
the psupply is branded "HiPro"

i plan to move the video card to another machine with a 400watt Antec soon...
 
hm, i was wondering what would happen if i put this card in my shuttle sn45g. it has a tiny powersupply too. but im sure many people make good gaming machines out of shuttles... hmm
 
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