Solved What would be the better of the two ? performance wise

[TonyTiger2004]

Ive had to do that many times, always a good idea to have atleast a couple good computers around for that reason alone

well at the end of the day the old build will be my wife's anyway her soul domain is the upstairs tv while i game in our room i call my cave lol

Due to our increasing family I have been moved to the utility/wash room......

Ouch!! least if you need to wash clothes you can maintain them while computing

 

[Solarstarshines]

atleast you are alone in solitude lol

 

[TonyTiger2004]

atleast you are alone in solitude lol

Ya with the washer and dryer chatting away at him lol

 

[Ivan the SoSo]

atleast you are alone in solitude lol

Ya with the washer and dryer chatting away at him lol

Oh it gets even better...over/behind me is a clothes rack...with my clothes of course....

 

[TonyTiger2004]

atleast you are alone in solitude lol

Ya with the washer and dryer chatting away at him lol

Oh it gets even better...over/behind me is a clothes rack...with my clothes of course....

Good for your picture session, need to update your photos on facebook? now you got a nice line of clothing to choose from right near your computer

 

[Solarstarshines]

This is a pic of my PSU with my current card set up im wonder adding that 125 vlt chip will impact this psu OutletPC.com - Coolmax V-600 600 Watt 20+4-pin PCIe ATX Power Supply - 600W

 

[TonyTiger2004]

You would probably be alright, But if it where me i would get something alittle better. Alot of PSU like that one are rated lower then say an antec or thermaltake. you can always check your current power with a multi meter to determine if its droping any. Best way to figure out how good it is or if its failing at all.

 

[Solarstarshines]

actually it has been pretty sturdy as of yet and when i put the 6870 in felt like it didnt miss a beat

 

[TonyTiger2004]

Well chances are you may be just fine I think i seen it has 3 independent 12v Rails. If that is true u will be fine.

 

[Solarstarshines]

sweetness it does i was looking over my box again but the ampage for 2 are 18 amps the 3rd is 15 i was checking out it is better to have higher ampage on the rails if i am correct

 

[TonyTiger2004]

sweetness it does i was looking over my box again but the ampage for 2 are 18 amps the 3rd is 15 i was checking out it is better to have higher ampage on the rails if i am correct

Higher Amps on 1 single rail the better you are. But having more independent 12v rails can be a good thing. Alot of people prefer 1 12v Rail with HIGH Amps Because the more rails you have the more power gets distributed through eash seperate rail.

You can safely calculate how much PSU you need. The 2 biggest factors are your CPU and Graphics card as the graphics card uses 12v power.

To determine the current draw of the card you are using. That number is usually given in Watts. Divide the watts by 12 to get the amperage draw of ONLY the card.
Do the same for the CPU.
There are other items that also need 12V current. The drives Motherboard Etc.


Start the calculations at about 15A and then add the current draw for the CPU and each of the graphics cards.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Ok i just did a Hardware monitor check cpuzhw and it showed im only using 36 watts but increases with performance to 98 w due to being greatly oc'ed 95 w being the normal this card will use and my mainboard supporting up to 125 w

so if this is right i should be ok then

 

[TonyTiger2004]

Looks good to me

 

[Solarstarshines]

Thanks Tony this is the main reason why i got into this stuff I'd rather be my own tech just incase someone try's to burn me i been doing pc's for more then 20 years you know school home but really started building and changing parts since 94

 

[TonyTiger2004]

Yeah its good stuff, i enjoy everything about it. It really is a good hobby. If i had more $$ i would build computers more frequently just to do it lol. Its fun and interesting at the same time.

 

[Solarstarshines]

no doubt!

by the way if i didnt do it earlier im doing it now i have repped you and have deserved so for all the help and crisp to the point answers

 

[TonyTiger2004]

Thank you again, I really appreciate it. I just wanna help like alot of us

 

[Ivan the SoSo]

This is a pic of my PSU with my current card set up im wonder adding that 125 vlt chip will impact this psu OutletPC.com - Coolmax V-600 600 Watt 20+4-pin PCIe ATX Power Supply - 600W

ooh boy...I've GOT that power supply....It's the secondary one in my system....gone bad on me...I have a replacement but I've been too lazy to replace it....only got fans on it now

 

[Solarstarshines]

really it has gone bad i have had this psu since april my old one was a antec 400 but couldn't cut the mustard when it came to the 5670 card i first bought and the new mainboard back then i was running a p4 3.2 ghz ddr 2 gigs 7300 gt man i miss that rig lol

how long have you had this psu and i already researched a few in mind im prepared to spend if needed

this is my board by the way http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/show_pic.php?S_ID=455

 

[Ivan the SoSo]

really it has gone bad i have had this psu since april my old one was a antec 400 but couldn't cut the mustard when it came to the 5670 card i first bought and the new mainboard back then i was running a p4 3.2 ghz ddr 2 gigs 7300 gt man i miss that rig lol

how long have you had this psu and i already researched a few in mind im prepared to spend if needed

About two years....It came out of my old system running a 4830....did well, then I built this system....I split the duties between it and a 530 watt rosewill with each running one of the 6 pin connectors(4890) Then it got to where it couldn't carry its share of the load:huh:

I've got a 630 watt Rosewill to replace it....just need to get un-lazy and get to work

Anyway that's why I like the Rosewill line