want to order a corsair PSU today and despite waiting scan dont have any.
so who else is reccomended to buy from?
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want to order a corsair PSU today and despite waiting scan dont have any.
so who else is reccomended to buy from?
i'm getting mine from ocuk. Near enough same price and i can pick it up later
EDIT: ignore.. they have just gone out of stock too :angst:
yeah, i noticed that, will have to order a 620w i think
http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...=cmpsu-520hxuk 520w
http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...ufacturer_id=0 620w
Great company too
check out play.com
edit
just checked £99.99 , I got mine for 89.99 from them
edit 2
ebuyer have them for £95.99 incl
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114941
What kind of system will you be running off it?.. Chances are you'll need much less than you think.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrP
probably, i was plumping for the 520w corsair, but i'm tempted to get the 620 so its going o last for a good few years
Either one will last you for many years :)
agree Mrp !
id rather spend an extra 25 pounds for the 620W one.
its for a DFI board, and the DFI tech i spoke to reccomends at least 480w for me.
as good as i know the corsair is, if i decide to get a cheap x1950 (or 2) i want the spare capactiy in the PSU
If you got 3 x1950's you still power it off a 520W PSU, companies vastly exaggerate PSU requirements, I'm assuming the reason for that being to ensure the PSU is modern enough for your rails to cope with the load, in reality modern machines use between 130-200W of energy, I'd be seriously concerned with my power bill if I had 5 computers each consuming 500W on a near constant basis. :)
at the mo i have a 400w akasa paxpower and i have various errors which look like they are caused by either the board (or DFI's seemingly high power requirments)
while 520w may last me, i dont wanna take the risk if i am being honest
I have a 4 year old 420W Tagan PSU powering my main rig *shrug*. Motherboards rarely consume more than 40W of energy themselves. If you're getting errors being caused by the board it's more likely to be a board fault than a PSU short coming, unless your +12v rail can only deal with 10A of current or something ridiculous. The most power consuming parts in any PC is (and always will be) the CPU and GPU. The easiest way to tell is use a multimeter to measure your 12v rail while the system is running (there are guides to do this all over the internet), basically you get a molex connector and slip the red (positive) node into the yellow wire, and black to black. If the voltage droops while your system is running then your PSU probably isn't up to the job and something more efficient is needed.
http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=114036
Theres an OCZ going for a good price in that link. Just buy that!!
Its got plenty of amps for your setup:
+12V1(18A), +12V2(18A), +12V3(18A), +12V4(18A)
Scan :thumbsup: :mrgreen:
Read the thread....Scan are out of stock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad-Max
CCL is the one to go with for this PSU at the mo.
dabs.com have stock
been waiting all week for scan to get some in, but they cant give a date as to when they are gonna get them in :(
OCUK look favourite as there the cheapest i can find
If you go with OcUK pray that it isn't faulty. Their customer service record is poor to put it nicely.
my parents live about 40 mins away from them, so taking things back and getting them swapped isnt too difficult :)
Yeah you're lucky then. :)
Well I see that you miss the point entirely :embarrassed::mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by s_kinton
oh well, thats one corsair 620w psu ordered from OCUK for delivery tommorow
with any amount of luck that will solve any grpahics problems i have nd allow some nice time to be spent overclocking my system for the first time.
now, where is a decent s939 overclocking guide?
Did it solve your errors?
nope :(
really need to reformat now, but i think that i'll be keeping an eye out for a second hand motherboard soon