How much power do I need?

[owen1978]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums...=asc&start=120

[poindextermatic]

Well scans sat delivery is too expensive, plus they won't let me deliver to my work address, so I was thinking of somthing like this:

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...Tab=0&NoMapp=0

has cool cables!

[spiral out]

Get the corsair from here £65 delivered, much better than the hiper and probably only a fiver more when you factor in the postage.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/332560...W/Product.html

[Blitzen]

Ill be on my 5th galaxy in 4 weeks in a few days. So far, Ive had 1 that was working fine, but then had the incompatibility issue with the Asus commando, replacement was DOA, the second replacement also had the incompatibility issue, and the next one worked fine, but they offered to send me a DXX, which they did, and that has the incompatibility issue with 680i boards Probably says a lot about Asus boards as well, but the fact is, the 680i works fine with a cheapo seasonic 380w psu, but unfortunately, that hasnt got 2x pcie. Im going to fill the swearbox now

Fixed

You RMA a hell of a lot of parts you buy dont you

Is there something you arent telling us because surely 1 person cant be this unlucky.

Also, as has happened previously, ASUS have absolutely NO IDEA how to make a board have good compatibility.
They swore until they were blue that the Antec NeoHe range were poor units and thats why they would run on alot of ASUS boards.

After all the tests ASUS ate their words and said their boards had incompatibility issues with some PSUs.
ASUS used to be great.......they, as have a few other manufacturers are really losing sight of their customers recently.

I strongly believe that the Enermax Galaxy is the best range of HIGH END PSUs on the market today.

[Blitzen]

Makes me laugh somtimes when people over exaggerate power consumption needs! its ridiculous.

e.g

Person 1: " I got an X2, 1 x 160 HB, 3 x 120mm Fans 1 Dvd-RW... ETC"

Person 2: "Hmm... Think you will need a Enermax Nuclear"

Person 1: "Whats that"

Person 2: "Well its a PSU which has a Nuclear reactor built-in"

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Im running...

E6400 @ 3.2Ghz
Asus P5B-E Plus
2 Gigs of RAM
2 x 120mm & 1 x 140mm fan
Zalman Fan Controller
2 x Hitachi HD in R0
1 DVD-RW
1 Asus 7300GS GFX

All of a Silverstone ST230NF 300w PSU, at time of spec i was thinking of getting a 7900GS - Which the have been well withing the capablilty of the PSU but i didnt due to DX10 Cards coming out.

Your system wouldnt draw much power though.
1 DVD and a weak Graphics Card. Thats not going to use alot at all.

BTW...How do you know the 12V rails are stable? Have you checked them? If so, how?

Get the corsair from here £65 delivered, much better than the hiper and probably only a fiver more when you factor in the postage.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/332560...W/Product.html

Of course...i agree!
The Hiper and Corsair are so far apart in quality that the Hiper shouldnt be on the same page

[poindextermatic]

Play says it will send this special delivery, this is Royal mail I take it? As I defo won't be in when it comes (won't send it to work address) so will have to go to p/office and pick up.

''Get the corsair from here £65'' -Looks like a nice PSU, still overkill imo, but overkill is better than being dissapointed some point in the future!

Thanks,

[Clunk]

You RMA a hell of a lot of parts you buy dont you

Is there something you arent telling us because surely 1 person cant be this unlucky.

Also, as has happened previously, ASUS have absolutely NO IDEA how to make a board have good compatibility.
They swore until they were blue that the Antec NeoHe range were poor units and thats why they would run on alot of ASUS boards.

After all the tests ASUS ate their words and said their boards had incompatibility issues with some PSUs.
ASUS used to be great.......they, as have a few other manufacturers are really losing sight of their customers recently.

I strongly believe that the Enermax Galaxy is the best range of HIGH END PSUs on the market today.

I do indeed, but then again, I buy a lot of stuff as well, so I suppose it is to be expected (use the term loosely). The Galaxy DXX will be going back at some point because it has started to beep when shut off by the power switch, and also the power switch is a bit loose. All the other Galaxys up to now have had really solid switches. If they could just get the balance right, of stability and compatibility, and maybe make it a touch quieter, it would be a winner.

[owen1978]

Your system wouldnt draw much power though.
1 DVD and a weak Graphics Card. Thats not going to use alot at all.

Thats why i said that when i originally specced the machine, i made sure the psu was able to handle a 7900 card

On that link i provided if u have a brief browse... just picked out one for example (see below) This is being run off the same PSU i have got.

Opteron 170 @ 2.7Ghz (270x10) [1.44v]
2x 1024MB Mushkin Redline XP4000 @ 270mhz (1350 HTT) [2.8v]
Sapphire A9RD580 PURE Crossfire [1.22v all around]
ATI X1800 XL @ 550/650
Terratec DMX 6fire 24/96 with Roland SCB-55 MIDI (breakout box)
JMicron JMB360 PCI-E x1 eSATA
Western Digital WD740GD Raptor
2x Western Digital SE16 500GB (RAID1)
2x Maxtor MaxLine III 300GB (RAID1)
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 250GB in IEEE1394 enclosure
Western Digital SE16 500GB in eSATA enclosure
4x120mm Nexus fanmated at <1000 rpm
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
BenQ 1640B DVD-RW

[DratUK]

I strongly believe that the Enermax Galaxy is the best range of HIGH END PSUs on the market today.

I hopefully that goes for the rest of the Enermax products, I'm getting the new Enermax Infiniti on Tuesday
Hopefully I wont have the same result's as clunk.
Then again it isnt going on an Asus.

[owen1978]

http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36066

[owen1978]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums...ic.php?t=39417

[zashark]

personally, i would get a branded psu with at least 600w like the corsair one everyone is/was telling me to get, from what i have read, this will have enough power to support the current high end stuff, like two 8800 in sli and so fourth, so in the near future you do upgrade and get some power hungry stuff you'll be fine. 600w is the minimum i would get.

[poindextermatic]

I agree, your not exactly spending a ton more money to go from say, 300w - 600w,