What PSU should I use for my new build System

[DratUK]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=644038

Corsair 450 VX series
Webbie Details

33 amps on a single 12 volt rail.
With the money saved put it towards a QuadCore 6600 from which you will benefit for your video encoding.

Also change the Dominator ram, its a pair of these but charge you £20.00 for a fancy cooling cover.

That gives you around £40 towards the Q6600.

Happy hunting.

[aidanjt]

Is there a way we can work out the power draw?

I'd rather have more than less for future upgrades

Thanks

System power consumption rates has pretty much plateaued or dropped since the Pentium 4 Prescott. For e.g. my 4 year old 420W Tagan is still powering my new Core 2 Duo, and nVidia 8800GTS card without breaking a sweat, for modest business use, you'd never use more than maybe 150W.

[danroyle]

Hi dan, thank you for your comments, Sorry I didn't mention I'm not a gamer, I will be using this system for general business use, movie editing real time and surfing..

this spec has been recommended to me by a friend, any further recommendations welcome

if you are only using it for general buriness use you could save quite ab it on the graphics card by simply buying something like this


http://amazon.co.uk/ATI-Powercolor-H...rd_i=350613011

its got directx10 (which is graphics encoding software used in new games and primarily on windows vista) you will not need it for business use but that card will work with vista or win xp and put a picture on your screen unless you are using graphics software of some kind then any graphics card will do for readinf pdf files and typing documents

[umster]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=644038

Corsair 450 VX series
Webbie Details

33 amps on a single 12 volt rail.
With the money saved put it towards a QuadCore 6600 from which you will benefit for your video encoding.

Also change the Dominator ram, its a pair of these but charge you £20.00 for a fancy cooling cover.

That gives you around £40 towards the Q6600.

Happy hunting.

I've decided to go for the Q6600 instead of the E6850 and the corsair 520w psu.

Doesn't the cooling cover help in any way? is there any differenace in the memory you mentioned.

Thanks

[umster]

if you are only using it for general buriness use you could save quite ab it on the graphics card by simply buying something like this


http://amazon.co.uk/ATI-Powercolor-H...rd_i=350613011

its got directx10 (which is graphics encoding software used in new games and primarily on windows vista) you will not need it for business use but that card will work with vista or win xp and put a picture on your screen unless you are using graphics software of some kind then any graphics card will do for readinf pdf files and typing documents

bussiness use and video editing soon in Hi def!! what card do you recommend

[danroyle]

bussiness use and video editing soon in Hi def!! what card do you recommend

standard video editing or advanced stuff if you are gonna use anything like cad then a really good card. for standard video editing the ati card i suggested would be fine


by standard video editing i mean home movies and such of your camcorder editing cutting out the bits you dont want

generally in the past although i havent tried the new ati 2000 series the ati cards always have had a better quality of performance for dvd/video usage

[umster]

Whats the best manufacturer of card to go for ???

I'm gonna get an 8600gts or 8800gts

Thanks

[danroyle]

Whats the best manufacturer of card to go for ???

I'm gonna get an 8600gts or 8800gts

Thanks

most are pretty good i like gainward as my preference but xfx evga and bfg are highly regarded

any of the above will be good its more a case of price and clock speeds as they are all clocked to different speeds

[umster]

most are pretty good i like gainward as my preference but xfx evga and bfg are highly regarded

any of the above will be good its more a case of price and clock speeds as they are all clocked to different speeds

Say Gainward...do you know what I can clock that too?

[Martin87]

i can highly recommend the Corsair HX520 its a great PSU I just love how slow the fan spins yet remains perfectly cool

[umster]

i can highly recommend the Corsair HX520 its a great PSU I just love how slow the fan spins yet remains perfectly cool

that's the baby i'm going for!!! heard very good things about it!!!