PSU's and Mobos

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01-08-2007, 10:31 PM
Sirrush

PSU's and Mobos

Feeling like a lil kid between all the topics about building gaming rigs and whatnot

Anyways, Im on an AGP mobo and I need a better PSU. Is there anything specific I have to look at while shopping for one?

Thanks,
~*Sirrush

(Yush, I'm a noob :P)
01-08-2007, 10:45 PM
master811

Depends really, whats your current(or old) PSU?, and what do you have in your system?
01-08-2007, 11:55 PM
Sirrush

Its a 300W (yes I know :P) PSU, mobo is Asus A7V333, Geforce 4 MX440 (planning on upgrading it to a 7series), 512MB RAM (PC2700) (gonna order 1Gb tomorrow). Need to know anything else?
02-08-2007, 12:03 AM
shadowmaster

Hi

How much are you willing to spend on a new psu?
02-08-2007, 12:34 AM
Sirrush

Around 100EUR, can go up to 120 if its necessary
02-08-2007, 12:42 AM
master811

Something like a Corsair 520W would be plenty for that system and easily be in your €100 budget, and also gives you a quite a bit of room if you decide to upgrade to more powerful parts at a later date, although even anything above 400W is most likely more than enough.
02-08-2007, 12:56 AM
shadowmaster

The Corsair 520watt is a very good choice. Its easily in your budget at about £70. If not then try to get psu from a reputable company such as OCZ, Seasonic, Hiper, Coolermaster, Antec, Tagan etc
02-08-2007, 12:59 AM
aidanjt

Quote:

Originally Posted by master811

Something like a Corsair 520W would be plenty for that system and easily be in your €100 budget, and also gives you a quite a bit of room if you decide to upgrade to more powerful parts at a later date, although even anything above 400W is most likely more than enough.

Holy crap, that's way going OTT, anything about 200W is more than enough.
A Tagan 330W will easily handle that machine for half of the budget.
02-08-2007, 01:02 AM
Agent

Quote:

Originally Posted by aidanjt

Holy crap, that's way going OTT, anything about 200W is more than enough.
A Tagan 330W will easily handle that machine for half of the budget.

Well said.
There was another thread on this recently - Just because someone is willing to spend that much don't mean they must.

It also leaves more money for next time around, should you need to upgrade it again (by which time, PSU's will probably have another 42pins and 6 new acronyms to go with them)
02-08-2007, 01:11 AM
Clunk

I was going to suggest the Enermax Galaxy 1k, but I dont think I'll bother now :D
02-08-2007, 01:15 AM
Agent

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clunk

I was going to suggest the Enermax Galaxy 1k, but I dont think I'll bother now :D

Keep feeding that chimp mate :D :bowdown:
02-08-2007, 02:51 PM
Sirrush

Quote:

Originally Posted by master811

Something like a Corsair 520W would be plenty for that system and easily be in your €100 budget, and also gives you a quite a bit of room if you decide to upgrade to more powerful parts at a later date, although even anything above 400W is most likely more than enough.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowmaster

The Corsair 520watt is a very good choice. Its easily in your budget at about £70. If not then try to get psu from a reputable company such as OCZ, Seasonic, Hiper, Coolermaster, Antec, Tagan etc

Thanks, I was looking at that aswell

Quote:

Originally Posted by aidanjt

Holy crap, that's way going OTT, anything about 200W is more than enough.
A Tagan 330W will easily handle that machine for half of the budget.

330W might be enough for now, but I am planning on upgrading my system here and there, and Im pretty sure a 330W wouldnt give enough power

And thanks everyone for replying :)
02-08-2007, 04:06 PM
smellybumlove

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirrush

Thanks, I was looking at that aswell

330W might be enough for now, but I am planning on upgrading my system here and there, and Im pretty sure a 330W wouldnt give enough power

And thanks everyone for replying :)

i use a enermax noisetaker rated 370w.
i am running a e2140 @ 3.1ghz and a 8800gts all with no problems.

quality over quantity
02-08-2007, 04:09 PM
aidanjt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirrush

330W might be enough for now, but I am planning on upgrading my system here and there, and Im pretty sure a 330W wouldnt give enough power

And thanks everyone for replying :)

I'm 100% sure it would, no matter what upgrades you do for an AGP machine.
02-08-2007, 04:29 PM
Fornowagain

There's is the new 450W Corsair around the £50 mark, seems more in line with the specification mentioned and great quality.
02-08-2007, 07:27 PM
Blitzen

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowmaster

The Corsair 520watt is a very good choice. Its easily in your budget at about £70. If not then try to get psu from a reputable company such as OCZ, Seasonic, Hiper, Coolermaster, Antec, Tagan etc

You dont even know the fellas system specs. :rolleyes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent

Well said.
There was another thread on this recently - Just because someone is willing to spend that much don't mean they must.

It also leaves more money for next time around, should you need to upgrade it again (by which time, PSU's will probably have another 42pins and 6 new acronyms to go with them)

If that was a reference for me IIRC it was a much meatier sytem.
It was more of a case in the other thread of get what you can for your budget.....there isnt anything wrong with that if the system warrants it.
02-08-2007, 07:39 PM
Agent

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blitzen

If that was a reference for me IIRC it was a much meatier sytem.
It was more of a case in the other thread of get what you can for your budget.....there isnt anything wrong with that if the system warrants it.

It was more in reference to the constant over rating of PSU's that are needed by people on here, not aimed towards you, no.

If I have a point to make towards anyone, I'll either state their name directly or quote them :)
02-08-2007, 08:23 PM
shadowmaster

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowmaster

The Corsair 520watt is a very good choice. Its easily in your budget at about £70. If not then try to get psu from a reputable company such as OCZ, Seasonic, Hiper, Coolermaster, Antec, Tagan etc

Blitzen, when I wrote the above I admit I did not know his system specs, so I just recommended a good quality psu within his budget. I could have suggested a OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU, which also falls within his budget but that would most likely be definitely OTT.
02-08-2007, 08:24 PM
aidanjt

Setting a budget marks the range you don't want to go over, no point paying twice as much for something you don't need when you can get a product that does what you require for half your budget.
04-08-2007, 02:26 PM
Sirrush

Hi, me again :P

Got a new question, and seeing how this thread is still semi-alive I dont see any reasons making a new topic. No PSU question this time though..

Just bought 1Gb RAM (PC2700) And when trying to get it in its socket it appears too be too big. I can get the end in the socket (though not completely) and the middle of the stick doesnt seem to be able to get in the socket. (Yes I am trying to get it in the right way). Could it be too long? :S

~*Sirrush
04-08-2007, 02:48 PM
Agent

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirrush

Hi, me again :P

Got a new question, and seeing how this thread is still semi-alive I dont see any reasons making a new topic. No PSU question this time though..

Just bought 1Gb RAM (PC2700) And when trying to get it in its socket it appears too be too big. I can get the end in the socket (though not completely) and the middle of the stick doesnt seem to be able to get in the socket. (Yes I am trying to get it in the right way). Could it be too long? :S

~*Sirrush

http://www.adrian-gurney.com/gallery...?g2_itemId=455

You have brought the right type of DDR RAM, haven't you? :)
04-08-2007, 03:11 PM
Sirrush

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent

http://www.adrian-gurney.com/gallery...?g2_itemId=455

You have brought the right type of DDR RAM, haven't you? :)

According to a Hexus review my mobo supports PC2700, which I bought. And I dont think there are DDR2 sticks of PC2700? :P

Edit: seeing how a DDR2 stick wouldnt fit in at all, Its a DDR1 stick, thats for sure

Edit2: The new stick and the old one thats currently in place are both the same in length, just checked :)
04-08-2007, 04:33 PM
Agent

You're right on the PC2700 thing - Always worth checking though :)

If you say its the middle which wont go in, the only thing I can think of is checking that its in the right way, but you said you'd checked this.
Im stumped...:)
04-08-2007, 05:19 PM
Sirrush

Yeah me too...

And I think Ive been putting too much force on it cause my mobo seems to be dead. No Bios, no nothing :help:

Im in trouble I think, I work with that machine and without it I can go quit the job >.>

Shiiiiiit..

Edit: Ok... gonna be either a HDD, graphics card OR monitor failure, and I dont have any extra monitors to test it with except for this one. (Dont think my mom likes it if I use her stuff =P)