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Power Supply Question, 38w?

Discussion in 'Other Hardware' started by Darrenbilly, Jul 27, 2009.

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  1. captaincranky TechSpot Addict

    Oddly, for my current system (E7300, Gigabyte P45, 9500GT), Antec's PSU calculator suggests about 330 Watts. This is with the Atec PSU calculator. I'm sure there is a whole lot of back story there, but that's not my point.

    Our OP's "system spec" button fails to "boot", or "load" if you prefer. So, that sort of renders this topic theoretical, or perhaps philosophical, at least with respect to his current system. Here again, your choice.

    I will go on record as "staying the course" with my original assessment that almost nobody needs a PSU capable of delivering 700 >>honest<< watts :wave:

    As an afterthought, I'm also sure that his choice of new case doesn't add to the PSU requirements....:rolleyes: Was the "rolleyes" enough, or should I also say, "just joking"?

    Adden-dumb: I just plugged in the OPs dream system into the Antec PSU calculator, I came up with 295 watts. does that seem reasonable? Since our OP DIDN'T include a HDD, I put in 1 of each, IDE and SATA. So sue me for the 15 watt error.
    captaincranky, Jul 28, 2009
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  2. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    My #s came from a kill-a-watt device.
    SNGX1275, Jul 28, 2009
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  3. captaincranky TechSpot Addict

    captaincranky, Jul 28, 2009
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  4. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    For our purposes here they provide identical functionality. The resolution on the $890 beast is to .1 watts where as mine only does whole numbers... Theirs will also do DC, which is completely useless in their tests and in our discussion, so.. looks to me like they wasted about $860.
    SNGX1275, Jul 28, 2009
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