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| 24 Jan 2012 | #1 |
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Can i use a standard PSU with a mis range gaming ring
so i built my system a little over a year ago and late last year the PSU died so now i'm thinking of buying a standard 700W PSU i.e. one that is not certified and does not have any six pin connectors (i plan to use adapters for the GPU and board connection).
do you guys think that's a good idea, will it work properly? System specs: Case: CM Storm Scout Mobo: MSI 790-FX GD70 Processor: AMD Phenom II x4 955 (3.2 GHz) HDD: 500 GB and a 250GB GPU: Radeon 5770 RAM: 4GB OCZ please give some insight!..................thank you! |
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| 24 Jan 2012 | #2 |
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Why 700 watts?
Why "uncertified", although I'm not sure what you mean by that? What PSU brands can you get in Grenada or will you buy from some other country? |
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| 24 Jan 2012 | #3 |
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do you think 700W is too much?
not certified then meaning its not certified for gaming purposes and does not have any six pin connectors just the 24 pin and a 4 pin i cannot find any good PSUs here like corsair or OCZ and so on.....and its too pricey to purchase one online right now! |
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| 24 Jan 2012 | #4 |
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It says here:
ATI Radeon HD 5770 Review > Power Consumption & Temperatures - TechSpot Reviews that an entire system with that video card uses under 300 watts under high stress (running Furmark) I have no idea what a "gaming" certified PSU might be and would expect that term to be largely meaningless. I'd find a decent quality PSU with the proper connectors, and ignore "gaming" certification. You're free to buy a 700 watt or 1200 watt PSU as you see fit, but I'd look for a high quality unit of 450 or 500 watts and buy it online if I had to. |
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| 24 Jan 2012 | #5 |
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point taken!...........guess your most likely right about the whole gaming certified PSU thing
but the 700W is just in case i want to add more Hard Drives and/or more fans to the case or any other extension or whatever btw thanks for the quick replies i appreciate it very much! |
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| 24 Jan 2012 | #6 |
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A hard drive uses under 10 watts, fans use a couple of watts. You can do the arithmetic.
The only reason you would actually need a 700 watt power supply is if you used Crossfire/SLI. But do what makes you feel comfortable. |
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| 24 Jan 2012 | #7 |
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iight man will do
thanks for the insight and reminders! |
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If you can get an Antec PSU - e.g. 650 Watts, that would be a good choice. I never had trouble with Antecs.
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i don't have enough money to purchase such a power supply shipping and so on to my country will cost alot ant the currency in my country is kinda low ($1 USD = $2.7 ECD)
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Quote: Originally Posted by DamonC
i don't have enough money to purchase such a power supply shipping and so on to my country will cost alot ant the currency in my country is kinda low ($1 USD = $2.7 ECD)
Newegg.com - Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply |
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