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02-13-2010, 12:48 PM
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Power Supply
I want to build a custom PC for gaming and the spec's for the computer are:
AMD QuadCore 9550 16 gb ram 4 - 2 tb hard drives set to RAID 5 (sata) LG LiteScribe DVD-RW (sata) AMD FireGL V8600 Ultra-End video card 7 cooling fans 2 neon light sticks After reviewing the specs for this gaming pc, what size power supply will it require? |
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02-13-2010, 01:13 PM
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Wrench Bender
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The specs for that video card suggests a mininum of 650w. PSU. Just for your info, the FireGL video card is a workstation type card and not a gaming card. Gaming cards to look at from Nvidea are the 200 series and ATI are the 5000 series.
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02-13-2010, 01:17 PM
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Using the Antec psu calculator (http://www.antec.outervision.com/PSUEngine) I am getting something around 750 watts (I've taken some additional consideration for expansion +10%). If you go with a better quality brand (Antec, OCZ,Thermaltake, Corsair and Cooler Master) most of these will come with some extra watts.
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02-13-2010, 04:16 PM
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No Raid for gaming. Makes no sense at all. Why so much space for gaming? That is a 6 Terabite array!
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02-14-2010, 12:26 AM
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Not only that, you will need a 5th hard drive for the OS - that array is too large to be made bootable.
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