the new top story on TomsHardware.com named "The Graphics State of Union" got me thinking, I mean DAAAAMN !! 1000watt PSU's.. .holy crap... so as the topic hints... right now I have an aging case with a 400watt power supply, but I am just about to upgrade to an E6600 Core 2 Duo with OCZ 2GB of PC5400 DDR2-667 ram, 1 Seagate SATA2 320GB HardDrive, and 1 Sony DVD drive... and NO VIDEO CARD..(waiting for the new line of DX10 capable Vid Cards, will buy then) thats why I figure a 400 watt PS should be enough, cuz I wont be using a high power Graphics Card and the Conroes draw less power than earlier CPU's...
ok so my question is... should I blow a load of money on a new case and PS (take a look here, I have my eye on this) Aluminum ATX case 550watt PS
this would cost me around $160CAD after rebate taxes and shipping..
or should I be smart about it and wait, because I do fully understand that the new wave of DX10 graphic cards which are just around the corner will have larger power requirements so will therefore need a helluva lot more power and stability, that the current power supplies on the market will not be able to offer... I remember reading an article on toms hardware i cant find it now, but in any case it stated that currently most of the Power Supply manufacturers are hard at work trying to deliver the next generation of power supply units to the market which will be fully compliant with the new wave of products hitting the market soon, so common sense tells you it all mostly begins with Windows Vista, with the new Aero interface (which looks nice by the way, but hey so does the Apple iMac interface and its not nearly as power hungry as Windows Vista will be) in any case Windows Vista equals, the need for an expensive graphic card, which in turn requires a really good power supply... so after you blow your money on Windows Vista Ultimate, u still gotta blow around $500 on the GPU and PS to be able to run the Operating System the way its supposed to be run... I will never understand the Computer world, I mean... car manufacturers don't sell you a million dollar supercar capable of 200mph and tell you 'oh by the way the engine has been detuned the car is only capable of 100mph, so you're gonna have to buy a few extra parts and spend a little more money !!to have it run the way its meant to be run!!"
ok so my question is... should I blow a load of money on a new case and PS (take a look here, I have my eye on this) Aluminum ATX case 550watt PS
this would cost me around $160CAD after rebate taxes and shipping..
or should I be smart about it and wait, because I do fully understand that the new wave of DX10 graphic cards which are just around the corner will have larger power requirements so will therefore need a helluva lot more power and stability, that the current power supplies on the market will not be able to offer... I remember reading an article on toms hardware i cant find it now, but in any case it stated that currently most of the Power Supply manufacturers are hard at work trying to deliver the next generation of power supply units to the market which will be fully compliant with the new wave of products hitting the market soon, so common sense tells you it all mostly begins with Windows Vista, with the new Aero interface (which looks nice by the way, but hey so does the Apple iMac interface and its not nearly as power hungry as Windows Vista will be) in any case Windows Vista equals, the need for an expensive graphic card, which in turn requires a really good power supply... so after you blow your money on Windows Vista Ultimate, u still gotta blow around $500 on the GPU and PS to be able to run the Operating System the way its supposed to be run... I will never understand the Computer world, I mean... car manufacturers don't sell you a million dollar supercar capable of 200mph and tell you 'oh by the way the engine has been detuned the car is only capable of 100mph, so you're gonna have to buy a few extra parts and spend a little more money !!to have it run the way its meant to be run!!"