Would This Improve Gaming Performance?

[johnboy27]

I only run a 300 watt in my system and have never had a problem.I am however swapping it out for a 400 watt .The reason I am doing it is just in case I decide to do more upgrade(which I'm sure I will)

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by 3rd gen noob+9 November 2003 - 21:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3rd gen noob @ 9 November 2003 - 21:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-abu_has_the_power@10 November 2003 - 02:47
u might not need a 500 watt psu any time soon, but it&#39;s the same price. so i&#39;d go with the more powerful

sounds a bit like overkill...plus a higher rated power suply may use more electricity, cause more noise and/or more heat...

350 or 400W should be sufficient for any residential system [/b][/quote]
Yeah, but that&#39;s not a "true" 500 watt power supply.

There is no way you can get a top quality power supply for &#036;20.

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@9 November 2003 - 21:29

Yeah, but that&#39;s not a "true" 500 watt power supply.

There is no way you can get a top quality power supply for &#036;20.

So true.

I believe that they are measuring the output during a lightning strike.

[ck-uk]

A&#39;l&#39;right guys...

mate is you do go for that board and get a new psu....make sure it complies to these specs..

quoted from the manual....

Make sure your new power supply can provide 8A on the +12v lead and at least 1A
on the +5volt lead(+5vsb)..its just the 1A to be carfull of mate because most only provide 0.75A

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234+10 November 2003 - 04:29--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Virtualbody1234 @ 10 November 2003 - 04:29)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by 3rd gen noob@9 November 2003 - 21:49
<!--QuoteBegin-abu_has_the_power

@10 November 2003 - 02:47
u might not need a 500 watt psu any time soon, but it&#39;s the same price. so i&#39;d go with the more powerful

sounds a bit like overkill...plus a higher rated power suply may use more electricity, cause more noise and/or more heat...

350 or 400W should be sufficient for any residential system

Yeah, but that&#39;s not a "true" 500 watt power supply.

There is no way you can get a top quality power supply for &#036;20. [/b][/quote]
yep. but no matter wat, it&#39;s better than a 300 wat. it&#39;s also got 2 fans too. real nice and cool back there. i never really said i&#39;ll ever need 500 watts, but since it&#39;s the same price, i just went with the overkill one.

[clocker]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@10 November 2003 - 05:55

yep. but no matter wat, it&#39;s better than a 300 wat. it&#39;s also got 2 fans too. real nice and cool back there.

Simply in the interest of being pedantic I must disagree, Abu.

Not to impugn the quality of your particular PSU, but I&#39;d rather have a nice stable high quality 300 watt PSU over a cheap, shoddy "500" watt unit, any day.

A CPU really hates voltage surges and noise.

The PSU is one area that I would not consider comprimising quality for cost considerations.

[SciManAl]

off topic, but would that psu be good for a peltier power supply?? i wouldn&#39;t trust it either on a mobo, but mayby with a peltier... your thoughts??

http://dealsonic.com/poal60atxduf.html

or possibly this one???

(226 watt peltier)

i only ask because the price is very very low...

[clocker]

Sciman,

What Peltier set up are you referring to?
a link would be nice...

Many of the kits that I have seen have a completely separate power cord and run independant of the PC PSU altogether.

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by pc&#045;gamer&#045;dude@10 November 2003 - 02:07
im going to get an asus a7n8x deluxe mobo
athlon xp 2400
512mb pc2700 ddr333 kingtson memory

the AthlonXP2400 has a 266mhz FSB and you&#39;re buying RAM rated at 333mhz - this could make a bottleneck and slow your system down
consider either slower RAM or the AthlonXP2500

[johnboy27]

Originally posted by DarthInsinuate+10 November 2003 - 16:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DarthInsinuate @ 10 November 2003 - 16:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-pc&#045;gamer&#045;dude@10 November 2003 - 02:07
im going to get an asus a7n8x deluxe mobo
athlon xp 2400
512mb pc2700 ddr333 kingtson memory

the AthlonXP2400 has a 266mhz FSB and you&#39;re buying RAM rated at 333mhz - this could make a bottleneck and slow your system down
consider either slower RAM or the AthlonXP2500 [/b][/quote]
But maybe he would like to overclock.Wouldn&#39;t it be better to have the faster ram? And also he may want to upgrade a bit in the future,better to get the faster ram if you ask me because the cost is not much different.