Would a High Watt PSU Increase System Performance?

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Originally Posted by imasoldier

Ok the amps, do I want High amps or Low amps

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Modern systems are skewed towards the +12v rail...ideally you would like to see a minimum of 35 amps there.
Furthermore, you would prefer that the amperage is delivered continuously...i.e. the voltage does not vary much from idle to load.

The problem for you, the consumer, is that there is no industry standard for measuring the output of a PSU- they can pretty much say anything they want.

At Lynx: I'd like to do both, but the next computer I build that will be all gaming won't be so pretty. Here is what I am going to get.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131540
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106061
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153021
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103546
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143047

For now I'm just going to stay with one card untill I get more money for another.

For a good Gaming PSU, you want dual 12v rail at 30+A.

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Originally Posted by imasoldier

At Lynx: I'd like to do both, but the next computer I build that will be all gaming won't be so pretty. Here is what I am going to get.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131540
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106061
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153021
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103546
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143047

For now I'm just going to stay with one card untill I get more money for another.

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The retail CPU comes with a cooler. Try it first before you decide to buy a cooler.

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Originally Posted by ApacNTS

well if you are getting a gaming pc, make sure your psu has an available pcie connector(assuming your going pcie) looks like your's has one(four pin connector)

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The PCI-E connector is six pins :whistling

The 4 pin in-line connectors are run of the mill legacy ones,
and unless I'm mistaken, every PSU on the face of the planet has those.

You may have been referring to the mobo auxilliary power connector....

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http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...chmentid=62830


anyway i wouldn't get an el cheapo psu, if you want to then go ahead. But seeing how much money you're spending on the stuff like cpu, and vid card, i think you can afford something much better.
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=136602

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Originally Posted by fkdup74

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Originally Posted by ApacNTS

well if you are getting a gaming pc, make sure your psu has an available pcie connector(assuming your going pcie) looks like your's has one(four pin connector)

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The PCI-E connector is six pins :whistling

The 4 pin in-line connectors are run of the mill legacy ones,
and unless I'm mistaken, every PSU on the face of the planet has those.

You may have been referring to the mobo auxilliary power connector....

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yup nice correction, complete mind fuck when i typed that. was staring at the aux cable after i closed the case thinking about how to wire it all together when i buy my pciE card. hence my stupidity. :oops:

Urgh, a nice plastic case to let radio interference in and out.
Keep your mobile phone away from it, you would not want it to loose regulation
and blow your other components to bits.

Laptop PSU's generally have a reasonable amount of metal screening inside the plastic case.

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Originally Posted by zaphodiv

Urgh, a nice plastic case to let radio interference in and out.
Keep your mobile phone away from it, you would not want it to loose regulation
and blow your other components to bits.

Laptop PSU's generally have a reasonable amount of metal screening inside the plastic case.

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Huh?
When did laptops enter the picture?