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HX620 futureproof?

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Randominal

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Well like it says in the title, do you think that the corsair HX620 is future proof or would you instead recommend a higher wattage PSU like the Etasis 850W if you wanted a future proof PSU.
 
nothing is future proof but for the current and near future from what i have read its pretty good... thats why i got one... cause its all i really need for now and for my near future upgrades (r600 maybe another HD or 2)
 
the HX series is a great PSU, wheather or not it's future proof depends on your plans for your computer.
 
well the rig i intend to build will be somthing along the lines of:
E6600
DFI 680i LT Lanparty UT
2GB G.Skill PC6400 HZ series
8800 GTS (although not sure)
a couple of hard drives (also undicided as yet)

so if i was planning on upgrading to a new graphics card or wahtnot in about a year would the HX620 have too little wattage ( i know that it can run two GTXs btw)
 
Randominal said:
well the rig i intend to build will be somthing along the lines of:
E6600
DFI 680i LT Lanparty UT
2GB G.Skill PC6400 HZ series
8800 GTS (although not sure)
a couple of hard drives (also undicided as yet)

so if i was planning on upgrading to a new graphics card or wahtnot in about a year would the HX620 have too little wattage ( i know that it can run two GTXs btw)
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I can't guarantee what ATI or nVidia might ever do, but the HX620 should run just about any single card design and most dual-card setups as well, unless you have a stupidly huge number of hard drives in a RAID, like 8 or more.
 
I thought about the HX620 but I got the PCP&C 750W instead, just in case I needed to go crazy and do 8800 GTX SLI AND a RAID 5 array.

I did the math and the HX620 has enough amps on the 12V to run a pair of 8800 GTXs, a 175W CPU and a pair of raptors, but thats about the limit.
 
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