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What psu for my pc?, change for more power.
Rechkalov7
post Nov 22 2007, 09:22 AM
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Greetings,


i want to change my psu and i'd like to know which one i should buy. I need at least 600w to power up my new card so i need to know what specs i need to look for. Also is there a brand and could i go up to 700w. My pc is build apart with a dual core 2 e6600 processor and a Asus p5b mtb the card i want to buy is a 8800gts.


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post Nov 22 2007, 01:25 PM
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Hello,
Give me your budget.
Do you plan on running SLI in the future?
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post Nov 22 2007, 04:40 PM
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I like the brand Antec $115: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817371001
As said by James, are you going SLI? If so you may need a little more.
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Rechkalov7
post Nov 25 2007, 09:39 PM
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Greetings,


i plan to spend around 140.00$ us on a new power supply i know there are some ocz 600w around 113,00+taxes, i'm not planning to run sli on my pc i just wanted to know what to look for when i buy a new power supply, in other words what does the numbers mean on the side and what is good enough and what is not.
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post Nov 25 2007, 09:46 PM
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QUOTE(Rechkalov7 @ Nov 25 2007, 10:39 PM) *
Greetings,


i plan to spend around 140.00$ us on a new power supply i know there are some ocz 600w around 113,00+taxes, i'm not planning to run sli on my pc i just wanted to know what to look for when i buy a new power supply, in other words what does the numbers mean on the side and what is good enough and what is not.



The OCZ 700W gameXstream is the one I recommend all the time. Its still on sale at www.clubit.com


http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A6276522

If you think that will be enough for future use then you cannot beat this deal.

If you are only wanting to run 1 8800 series video card this is more than enough but if you want to run lets say 2 8800 ultras in sli look into a pc power & cooling 750W or seasonic 750W.
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Rechkalov7
post Nov 25 2007, 10:17 PM
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Hi,


well my motherboard doesn't allow me to make a sli configuration so i bought a 8600gts waiting for the 8800gtx to go down. Would 600w with my configuration be ok? lookaround.gif


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post Nov 25 2007, 10:28 PM
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QUOTE(Rechkalov7 @ Nov 25 2007, 11:17 PM) *
Hi,


well my motherboard doesn't allow me to make a sli configuration so i bought a 8600gts waiting for the 8800gtx to go down. Would 700w with my configuration be ok? lookaround.gif


Thanks. smile.gif



yes the 700w is more than enough you will be good to go with the OCZ.
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Rechkalov7
post Nov 25 2007, 10:30 PM
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Hi,


sorry i meant 600w.
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post Nov 25 2007, 10:52 PM
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Depends on the PSU were talking about.
Can you give us a link to the PSU you were thinking about?
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post Nov 26 2007, 12:11 AM
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stick with the 700w OCZ on newegg its actually cheaper than the 600w OCZ.

clubit has it for $2 less but thats not much of a difference since newegg finally has it on sale.
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post Nov 26 2007, 04:03 PM
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QUOTE(jrm20 @ Nov 25 2007, 11:11 PM) *
stick with the 700w OCZ on newegg its actually cheaper than the 600w OCZ.

clubit has it for $2 less but thats not much of a difference since newegg finally has it on sale.


I agree the OCZ 700 watt is the best performance/price PSU out there at the moment.

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Rechkalov7
post Nov 27 2007, 12:06 AM
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Hi,

sorry but i live in Canada, and clubit is for us only, i tried to register to buy it but it just won't work for people living outside us.
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Rechkalov7
post Nov 27 2007, 12:11 AM
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sorry to ask but the ocz 700w you're talking about is the one that says sli ready but is it ok for a normal configuration with one card?
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post Nov 27 2007, 07:28 AM
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Oh yes it will be more than "ok" for a single card setup, it'll be more of an "excellent". Lol. Also you might wanna buy from NCIX as James told me before, HERE
is a link to that PSU. Another thing for all Canadians out there, go to www.pricecanada.com to compare prices for stores in canada.


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post Nov 27 2007, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(SOORENA @ Nov 27 2007, 07:28 AM) *
Oh yes it will be more than "ok" for a single card setup, it'll be more of an "excellent". Lol. Also you might wanna buy from NCIX as James told me before, HERE
is a link to that PSU. Another thing for all Canadians out there, go to www.pricecanada.com to compare prices for stores in canada.


Soorena


Another is www.shopbot.ca, I have had better luck with it. If you don't know what we are talking about, these are search engines that locate products from various e-tailers, you can then take the lowest price and get NCIX to match that price.
To your luck, the OCZ 700W PSU currently has a rebate in canada as well, going for 100$ after rebate.
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...mp;promoid=1030
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