PSU and Video Card question

What are the specs of the rest of your system?

Oh and both power supplies you chose are crap. When you post the rest of your specs, I'll recommend some other, much better, power supplies.
 
hogwash. FSP makes very good power supplies.

I had a FSP 530w powering an Opteron 165 overclocked to 2.5Ghz, a 7900GTX, and 5 hard drives.

The 9600GT requires much less power. You should be fine.
 
J Macker said:
hogwash. FSP makes very good power supplies. .
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They do make good power supplies. However that particular FSP isn't a good one IMO. It only offers 27A on the +12V rail, yet is rated at 450W. The Earthwatts 380W PSU has 27A on the +12V, yet is rated at 380W. The $45 Silverstone ST400 400W PSU offers 29A on the +12V rail yet is rated at 400W. So since these lower wattage PSUs offer about the same or more than the FSP PSU, that FSP PSU is crap compared to other PSUs. Well maybe crap is a bit harsh but I still don't think that FSP PSU is a good choice since the ST400 offers more power than that FSP yet is exactly the same price.
 
Im upgrading to a:
AMD Athlon 2.4ghz
2gb of mushkin RAM
An XFX 8800gs or 9600
as for the motherboard, im also questioning which one to get, im looking at a BIOSTAR A770 .

My budget for this upgrade is somewhere between 350 - 400ish. Thats why i went AMD, since i dont want to OC, AMD dosent seem that bad. Otherwise i would have gone with Intel. Im also looking for something thats somewhat upgradeable.
 
Get the Silverstone ST400 watt PS. it has 29amps on the +12V rail than that FSP 27amps. Plus, at $35 after $10 rebate that Silverstone is a bargain and will run your system good. The Apevia is a lessor known brand and would not trust that one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256032

As far as your setup, try this. It is a little over $400 but still acceptable
Based on NewEggs prices.

Case - $20
Mobo - Biostar A770 - $65
CPU - AMD X2 4000+ Dual Core at 2.1ghz - $60
Memory - 2 x 1gig A-Data DDR2 800 - $35 after rebate
Video - EVGA Geforce 8800GS - $130 after rebate
HDD - 80 gig Maxtor SATA 300 - $38
Optical Drive - Lite On 20X dvd burner - $23
PS - Silverstone ST400 - $35 after rebate

Total - $406
 
Thanks for the suggestions, but i have all the basics, what im looking to upgrade is the mobo, cpu, ram and gpu and psu if need be.

thanks anyways

is 400W enough to power that? or mabye even 450?
 
NoobToast said:
is 400W enough to power that? or mabye even 450?
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Remember that wattage doesn't mean as much these days. What matters most is where those watts are being delivered. For current rigs, it's all about how much amps are on the +12V rail since most PC parts draw their power from there. The more amps you have, the more upgrades (hard drives, video cards, PCI cards, etc) you can add. You determine the amperage on the +12V rails by first finding out what's the total combined, max load, combined or max wattage aside for the +12V rails/section alone. Then divide that total by 12 and you get how much amps the PSU has on the +12V rail.

That's the correct way to find out how much amps a power supply has. Don't add up the amps on the +12V rail to figure out the amperage. Doesn't work that way. If the total combined or max wattage can't be found on the power supply, check the manufacturer's page for that PSU for that info. If the manufacturer doesn't provide that information, it's generally a good sign for you to drop that power supply from consideration.

This has been stated twice already but just to hammer it in: The Silverstone Strider ST400 400W PSU is a better choice than the FSP 450W PSU because it has 29A on the +12V rail whereas the FSP PSU has only 27A on the +12V. More amps = good.
 
If it's just the Mobo, CPU, video and RAM for $350 - $400, you can go Intel setup. You might as well as the upgrade option is better. If you want that 9600GT card, do this setup

NewEgg Pricing:

CPU - Dual Core E2180 Allendale CPU at 2.0ghz - $82
Mobo - Intel P35 Mobo GA-P35DS3L for $90
Memory - 2 x 1gig DDR2 G. Skills - $45
Video Card - MSI N9600GT - $160 after rebate

Total - $377

A 400 - 450 watt PS can handle the setup. But, there are low quality PS with low amperage ratings on the +12V rails. The Silverstone ST400 I mentioned is good at 29Amps on the +12V rails. It's only $35 after rebate. Another good one is Antec Earthwatts 380 watt with 27 amps is sufficient. But, the Silverstone Strider ST400 at $35 on NewEgg, you can't go wrong at this price.


NoobToast said:
Thanks for the suggestions, but i have all the basics, what im looking to upgrade is the mobo, cpu, ram and gpu and psu if need be.

thanks anyways

is 400W enough to power that? or mabye even 450?
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ok here's my 2 cents:

cpu: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz Socket AM2 65W $84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103212

mobo: BIOSTAR TForce TF7025-M2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7025 Micro ATX $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138074R

ram: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $53.00-$25 mir
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590

Video Card: MSI N9600GT 512M OC GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express $179.99 - $20 mir
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127333

PSU: SeaSonic SS-500ES ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 500W $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151040

Total: $437 - $45 in mir $392 + shipping.

Enjoy!
 
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