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dbrunner

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Tomorrow I will be buying a 9800 pro finally, and along with that I will be getting either a new hard drive or power supply.

Right now I have just one Maxtor 40gb 5400rpm drive, and a generic L&C 350watt power supply. Would my generic power supply be enough for the new hard drive and 9800pro? Or should I just get on the safe side and get a high quality psu and get the hdd later?

Quite a dilemma if you ask me.. considering I only have 1.25gb left on my hdd with no more cd-r's :mad:

Thank you in advance :)
 
Why not ditch the small slow HDD in favor of a WD SE 120 GB or so?
 
Yes that is what I was going to do, although a seagate :p

But I cant get a new video card, psu, and hdd at once. It has to be between either a new hdd and psu. And I am not so certain that my psu could handle everything.
 
Originally posted by dbrunner
Yes that is what I was going to do, although a seagate :p

But I cant get a new video card, psu, and hdd at once. It has to be between either a new hdd and psu. And I am not so certain that my psu could handle everything.
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I'd go with the WD. It's faster, more reliable, and has a better warranty.
 
Yeah, Im still deciding between the brands.. but do you think my psu would be able to handle all of this?

The rails on my psu are:
+3.3V 28A
+5V 30A
+12V 15A
 
It should handle it just fine. Eventually I'd get a better one...but it would be fine for now.
 
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