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ewo   05-27-2007 at 02:35:40 PM

Aplus Miditower XClio II
Noctua Chassifläkt 120mm 8dBa
Hiper PSU Type-R series 530W Black
Asus - Socket 775 - ATX Intel P965 (P5B) - PCI-E / SATA II/ DDR2
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2,4GHz Box
Corsair XMS2 Xtreme 2048MB DDR2 PC2-6400 CL5
Samsung 500GB SATA II NCQ (7200RPM / 16MB Cache / SATA II)
BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC2 Dual-DVI 640MB
Samsung Intern IDE DVD 16x / CD 48x

ok never used a modular psu before, is there any extra compatibility i need to know about? any other advice is most welcome :)

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Rabidpeanut   05-27-2007 at 03:58:04 PM
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If you buy a good brand you should be fine. Just don't buy something like a 'trustworthy mike's 750w modular reliable power supply super edition'.

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Jdm240sx   05-27-2007 at 04:12:54 PM
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you want a stronger PSU for ur 8800gts and all the heavy duty hardware you are running
check out mplich's thread under powersupply i dont think that hiper will cut it

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bigblack   05-27-2007 at 04:57:03 PM
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you want a stronger PSU for ur 8800gts and all the heavy duty hardware you are running
check out mplich's thread under powersupply i dont think that hiper will cut it



Correct. Get a decent supply, no need to be modular. Check out this list
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/har [...] torder=asc

and get a PSU with at least 36 Amps on the 12V rails.

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proof   05-27-2007 at 07:26:00 PM
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Corsair 620W

GTS...*yawn* :lol:

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ewo   05-27-2007 at 08:01:51 PM
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Corsair 620W

GTS...*yawn* :lol:



but im just a poor kid.. :cry:

ok how about Corsair PowerSupply (PSU) 520W HX ATX? acording to "teh list" it can take on heavy systems

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proof   05-27-2007 at 08:05:00 PM
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Yeah, it will do one GTX or two GTS. I would get the 620W though so you have a little insurance in case you want to upgrade something.

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Rabidpeanut   05-28-2007 at 01:21:37 AM
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Personally i would recommend a 750w cause you never know what might happen. Like you might end up switching to hd2900 crossfire and needing a cold fusion generator in your case... Adding a few hdds or another optical drive will put a bit of a strain on the psu, you never know when you will need a blu ray drive...

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