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PSU for PCI-E

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ZIPPER978

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Hi im looking into getting PC-E in the future and was wondering what is the best PSU i could get for a socket 939 motherboard.
 
ZIPPER978 said:
Hi im looking into getting PC-E in the future and was wondering what is the best PSU i could get for a socket 939 motherboard.
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we need to know a lot more about the setup than that.
 
Since the specs are a mystery... I'll give a pretty safe recommendation for PC P&C 510 SLI.
 
ok cuz everyone wants to know specs it will be a

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard,

eVGA 256-P2-N529-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card,

OCZ Platinum Series 2gb184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400,

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor.

hows that for specific.
 
ZIPPER978 said:
ok cuz everyone wants to know specs it will be a

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard,

eVGA 256-P2-N529-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card,

OCZ Platinum Series 2gb184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400,

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor.

hows that for specific.
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Wel first you dis the mod who might, since he mods the power supply forum, might know a little bit about the subject you asked about

As for being specific, use this link to figure out your power needs and then get back to us with your budget, watts required, noise and reliability requirements. It might help to know the primary uses for this computer

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp

Once you fill in the information you'll realize you left a lot out we need to know. You might after you get done do a wish list version, in other words add in everything you might want to add in the next year or so and see what you get in watts
 
well according to the survey i need around 400watts of peak power.
this pc will be used primarly for gaming so i need a reliable psu. i would say my budget for a psu would be around $80 or so.
 
ZIPPER978 said:
ok cuz everyone wants to know specs it will be a

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard,

eVGA 256-P2-N529-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card,

OCZ Platinum Series 2gb184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400,

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor.

hows that for specific.
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No fans, no optical drives, no hard drives? It isn't that we want to know it that we need to know before making an educated recommendation. I am here to help but play nice. This should give you an idea of how specific the information would be ideally: http://takaman.jp/D/index.html?english
 
Spectre said:
we need to know a lot more about the setup than that.
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i already took a survey and entered all the correct items and it said it would be around 400watts so next time read the entire forum.
 
ZIPPER978 said:
i already took a survey and entered all the correct items and it said it would be around 400watts so next time read the entire forum.
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Watts are irrelevant. What is needed is proper amp distribution on your rails. You can buy a 500w PSU that is totally irrelevant for your setup as it has all of it's capacity on the 5v. Or you could make the mistake of assuming split 12v's are additive. This is why it is neccesary to have an amp break down per rail such as takaman and why it is important to know the players in the game extremly accurately.

Edit: Oh and don't quote me out of order. The comment you quoted in your reply was posted before the calculator was.
 
ZIPPER978 said:
well what survey can i take that will tell me what i need then?
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Well I gave you the takaman link above but here it is again: http://takaman.jp/D/index.html?english

It can be a little daunting especially since you have to add the values for the 7800 by hand. Had you given me a complete list I was going to do the leg work for you. For your purposes the 6800 Ultra data is close enough to the 7800 to use in this capacity. http://www.xbitlabs.com/misc/picture/?src=/images/video/ati-vs-nv-power/6800u_table-b.gif&1=1
 
Spectre said:
Edit: Oh and don't quote me out of order. The comment you quoted in your reply was posted before the calculator was.
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he didn't quote you out of order He used a different calculator I POSTED which is much more up to date that Takamans.

Please read thruogh the whole thread next time.
 
Spectre said:
Well I gave you the takaman link above but here it is again: http://takaman.jp/D/index.html?english

It can be a little daunting especially since you have to add the values for the 7800 by hand. Had you given me a complete list I was going to do the leg work for you. For your purposes the 6800 Ultra data is close enough to the 7800 to use in this capacity. http://www.xbitlabs.com/misc/picture/?src=/images/video/ati-vs-nv-power/6800u_table-b.gif&1=1
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If you use this link you don't have to add anything. In fact it will even account for oveclocking your cpu

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp
 
renegade44e said:
If you use this link you don't have to add anything. In fact it will even account for oveclocking your cpu

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp
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I must be missing something where is the amp per rail break down on that calculator? All it gives me is the pretty useless total wattage. I also question where they get some of there numbers. By all accounts I Have seen the 7800's draw less than the 6800U and they are listing them as more.
 
well i took that psu surkey and it said i needed 400watts and that was with some upgrades i was planning on getting in the future
 
funny i took it again and this time it said i needed 518, i think i might have forgoteen to add the sli first time
 
Well heres what Id do. You look like you're leaning toward SLI. Go to slizone at nVidia and look at their recommended PSUs. You wont go wrong. Ive got a PC P&C 510 SLI and I think it could power yours and mine together and my wife's blowdryer and still not break a sweat. There are several good choices on the nVidia site. :cool:
 
renegade44e said:
he didn't quote you out of order He used a different calculator I POSTED which is much more up to date that Takamans.

Please read thruogh the whole thread next time.
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He did quote him out of order, he quoted spectre from his first post in this thread, and then zipper tried to insult him by saying, "try reading the whole thread" by quoting him way down in the thread after it was already said and done.

Zipper, if you would try and be more forth coming and less thickheaded in your response, you MIGHT actually get a decent answer to your question.
 
nas82 said:
He did quote him out of order, he quoted spectre from his first post in this thread, and then zipper tried to insult him by saying, "try reading the whole thread" by quoting him way down in the thread after it was already said and done.

Zipper, if you would try and be more forth coming and less thickheaded in your response, you MIGHT actually get a decent answer to your question.
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I agree completely, being a jackass is no way to ask for help
 
renegade44e said:
he didn't quote you out of order He used a different calculator I POSTED which is much more up to date that Takamans.

Please read thruogh the whole thread next time.
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Edit: PM sent
 
ZIPPER978 said:
funny i took it again and this time it said i needed 518, i think i might have forgoteen to add the sli first time
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Well without knowing the entire setup (ie just the mobo, cpu, ram and videocards) it is going to have a worst case 12v draw of 17amps. Personally my recommendation would be a Seasonic S12 since you aren't using a DFI board...either the 500w or the 600w.
 
i was not trying to be a jackass i was just getting frustrated so would u please stop calling me a jackass. and i did not insult anyone directly so neither should any of you.
 
I looked into the seasonic and its nice im thinking about getting it thank u for my help Spectre even though I was somewhat of an ass.
 
Spectre said:
Well without knowing the entire setup (ie just the mobo, cpu, ram and videocards) it is going to have a worst case 12v draw of 17amps. Personally my recommendation would be a Seasonic S12 since you aren't using a DFI board...either the 500w or the 600w.
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The DFI N4 mobo's seem to be doing best with the following.

For SLI:

PC P&C 510 Express/SLI
OCZ PowerStream 520W or 600W
Enermax 535W or 600W
Frotron/Sparkle 550W (EPS)

For non-SLI:

Enermax 485W
Fortron BlueStorm 500W.

Good Luck,
Dave
 
But he has an Asus. :D

And I'll tell you what... I use that Asus board a lot and it tends to be the antithesis of DFI. I can run one with a 6800 video card and a mere 20-pin 300W AOpen/FSP/SPI PSU if I felt daring or had a bit too much to drink (like right now.) :D Seriously... Asus did a good job with "user friendliness" and that board. Probably why it's the board AMD chose to sell in their Tech Tour bundle. I've got one with an overclocked 3200+. It runs great, but sometimes when I cold boot it says "Overclocking Unsuccessful. Defaulting CPU Settings." but then when I reboot, it runs overclocked just fine. Weird. A computer that actually PREFERS to run warm. :p
 
davidhammock200 said:
The DFI N4 mobo's seem to be doing best with the following.
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ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard,
 
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