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hi i have an "armageddon voltron 400" power supply.
on the box it said 4oo watt pure power, & 800 watt standard rating...
so is this a 800 watt psu or should i jus get a 1000 psu as im upgrading my rig at the moment :??:
 
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Hi. Thanks for the help. I knew the guys at he shop where idiots...
anyway my current setup is a 2.2 dual core. 4 gig ram. 500 gig hdd. Dvd wrighter. Bolton 400 psu. & a evga gtx 480.
It all works fine.
But I've ordered for a i5 4460 gskill trident x ram 2x4gig kit. And gigabyte h81 s2ph motherboard. Not sure how good it would be for that...
 
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The new CPU will probably consume less power then your old dual core, which is good; but your powersupply, poor thing, is probably working overtime to support any graphics/video/gaming. The recommended power for the entire system, using ONE GTX 480, is 600watts minimum with 42amps on the +12 volt rails. A good (see tier 1 and 2 in the list I earlier linked) 5500-550 watt PSU would probably be just fine.
Something to consider before buying all the new parts.
Should your PSU have a failure, worse yet a catastrophic failure (think blow-up, catch fire) all your parts are at risk.
I have run PC's with underpowered PSU's, and they eventually die; and I have run them with name brand, top-of-the-line PSU's....And those can go bad too, and have: But your chances of a failure are greater with underpowered systems simply because the PSU must work harder.

FYI: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards
 
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lol ok i understand a lil of power supplies now after reading that thread....
i bought that psu because the cooler master psu i had previously started going faulty.
product code: RS-700-PCAA-E3. with 52A on the 12v rail.
the computer shows thats its on but theres no signal to the monitor or any. the fans just spins
anyway i did some shopping during the weekend, prices are extremely stiff!
most affordable 1 i found was the gigabyte green max 650w 80+ certified dual 12v 40A rail.
which i think should do fine as a dual rail is better than a single 52A rail.
 
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There is still debate about single rail - vs- dual rail as to which is better. Johnnyguru.com does an excellent article on it.
You won't get a combined 80amps from the two rails, but should peak out at around 60 or a little better.
Do note that this article/forum entry is several years old, but it explains a lot:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3990

What worries me about this unit is the one year warranty, but it is going to be an improvement over your current PSU.
 
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you know honestly i never thought about that PSU being a 40 + 40 = 80A as it has dual 40A rails.

lol would have made sense thou, if i had just bought that as my 1st PSU before reading that thread…

anyway the reason why i looked at that PSU is…
i was thinking about the cooler master psu i had that backed up & it was a single rail @ 52A. the gtx 480 card i have uses a 8 pin & a 6 pin. the single rail 52A is good but what was the problem was the other 6 pin rail that had to cover up what the 52A couldn't, & in time 2years later it gave up.

so having a 40A dual rail should be better at supplying power to the 8 & 6pin, as its 80+ certified (if that even stands for any),  its not totally straining itself it should be doing just a bit ok for that card?

ill take a read at your article i should get some more in-depth insite on PSU's 

well I've finally built up my huge wooden gaming case just waiting for the cpu to arrive soon.

& my next step is to get the psu sorted out in december.
 
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ok now that read up was confusing.
as from what i see the gigabyte greenmax 650 plus 80+ certified psu shows that its nvidea certified fror sli...
ill just wait till the Dec sales & see if i can hook up with an even better psu.
thanks for all our help. i never knew all these stuff before. :)
 
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Keep on Learning, my friend. The more you know the better.
Here's another Tom's link, very long, lots of information, lots of input; created by one of our long-time members and Moderator, Proximon.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/324368-28-computer-power-supplies-guide
Don't know when the next two links were last updated, but they are good reference starting points, especially the "Lemon List."
http://www.johnnylucky.org/power-supplies/psu-recommendations.html
And this one lists the manufacture's recommended power guidelines based upon model and quantity of video card used:
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Best of luck.
 
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