the PSU this guy is talkin about just came out, and is the best PSU ever, it has over 87% efficiancy at 1200 watts, I sure would like to have it. And to answer your question, check out the guru3d.com forums.
Cheers to the above poster, at least someone agrees with me. To all the other guys, just think of it this way, yes your all totaly right I won't even need half of that power but look at the way hardware power requirements are going, components are needing more power, especially with water cooling systems, GPU's and all that. So if your only using a tiny fraction of the PSU's overall power then it isn't being stressed, so it'll suck less from the mains, which in turn is better for the environment, what with all this global warming nonsence going on. Also having a PSU of this callibre means that it should last you a very long time, or at least your next few upgrades/systems, and that's gotta be worth the price alone, let's face it ain't THAT expensive when you consider what it does and how many years of service and high reliability that comes from having a good PSU. See what I'm talking about now?
Actually stuff is getting smaller NM proceses making them use less power. Look at the 8800GT, uses around 105w of power and outperforms the older cards that used alot more power. CPU's are getting the same way too tho im not too sure if they use less power tho I know they are getting smaller too.
Actually stuff is getting smaller NM proceses making them use less power. Look at the 8800GT, uses around 105w of power and outperforms the older cards that used alot more power. CPU's are getting the same way too tho im not too sure if they use less power tho I know they are getting smaller too.LouieV13
OK that may be the case in intel's favour and the Nvidia card is certainly good but we've yet to see the true potential of both nvidia and ATI cards. The current ATI cards suck up a lot more power , is this saying something, OK I know they're inferior in DX9 and DX10 games at the moment but there could be something hiding under that hood . Anyway all this still misses the point I mentioned earlier, if your gonna build a high end system full of top drawer components then a sound invesstment to make is in a good PSU to feed them. Yes there may be less powerful models out there that do the same job perfectly but as I said earlier, you'll get a long shelf life out of it, your PC will remain stable and it's kinder to the environment.
[QUOTE="LouieV13"]Actually stuff is getting smaller NM proceses making them use less power. Look at the 8800GT, uses around 105w of power and outperforms the older cards that used alot more power. CPU's are getting the same way too tho im not too sure if they use less power tho I know they are getting smaller too.sgac
OK that may be the case in intel's favour and the Nvidia card is certainly good but we've yet to see the true potential of both nvidia and ATI cards. The current ATI cards suck up a lot more power , is this saying something, OK I know they're inferior in DX9 and DX10 games at the moment but there could be something hiding under that hood . Anyway all this still misses the point I mentioned earlier, if your gonna build a high end system full of top drawer components then a sound invesstment to make is in a good PSU to feed them. Yes there may be less powerful models out there that do the same job perfectly but as I said earlier, you'll get a long shelf life out of it, your PC will remain stable and it's kinder to the environment. Err im pretty sure the HD 3800's use around 100w like the 8800GT...
[QUOTE="sgac"][QUOTE="LouieV13"]Actually stuff is getting smaller NM proceses making them use less power. Look at the 8800GT, uses around 105w of power and outperforms the older cards that used alot more power. CPU's are getting the same way too tho im not too sure if they use less power tho I know they are getting smaller too.LouieV13
OK that may be the case in intel's favour and the Nvidia card is certainly good but we've yet to see the true potential of both nvidia and ATI cards. The current ATI cards suck up a lot more power , is this saying something, OK I know they're inferior in DX9 and DX10 games at the moment but there could be something hiding under that hood . Anyway all this still misses the point I mentioned earlier, if your gonna build a high end system full of top drawer components then a sound invesstment to make is in a good PSU to feed them. Yes there may be less powerful models out there that do the same job perfectly but as I said earlier, you'll get a long shelf life out of it, your PC will remain stable and it's kinder to the environment. Err im pretty sure the HD 3800's use around 100w like the 8800GT...Alright I'll shut up on that one, though think about the other points I mentioned, surely you can see where I'm comin from on these.
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