Ultra life series 650watt. should this cover my needs?

[atekido82]

http://www.ultraproducts.com/product_details.php?cPath=103&pPath=653&productID=655

going with the 650 watt version.


Pentium D 920 will be Oced to 3.1 to 3.4 range
PNY XLR8 GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 http://www2.pny.com/8800-GT-512MB-PCIe-20-font-colordc0431NEWfont-P2562C269.aspx
and either the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 Mother board or the GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L


im assuming this powersupply should be more than enough?

 

[th_username]

yeah it is more than enough

 

[babybudha]

A 610watt PC Power and Cooling like the one below would be a much better buy.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005612&prodlist=celebros

Ultra is a 3rd tier power supply company at best (estimating).

PC Power & Cooling make the best PSU's. It has a 49amp 12v single rail, versus Ultra 38amp. Ultra rates it PSU in Peak, while PC P&C rates theirs by average (RMS).

 

[aevm]

Agreed about the PC Power & Cooling. Too bad it's out of stock. Newegg has it for $115 (it was $90 yesterday). A good alternative is the Corsair 650TX, $90.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=650tx

 

[babybudha]

Agreed about the PC Power & Cooling. Too bad it's out of stock. Newegg has it for $115 (it was $90 yesterday). A good alternative is the Corsair 650TX, $90.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=650tx

I agree, the Corsair 650TX is no slouch. At $90, I would also recommend it.

 

[aevm]

I'm having a bit of difficulty here guessing the budget, what with the expensive DQ6 and the cheap DS3L mentioned in the original post.

atekido82, what exactly are you trying to do here? For example P35 is an obsolete chipset, so you should avoid both those motherboards. Also, it doesn't make any sense to me to spend a lot on a dq6 and then live with a cheap video card. Do you already have that 8800GT video card?

 

[zenmaster]

Yes very odd.

No Clue why he would mention a Mobo that Expensive for a CPU that old.
Don't even consider that much for a Mobo with that CPU.

Get a Cheaper Mobo and buy a CPU and don't recycle an old one.

 

[atekido82]

im being given the pentium935 and a older ECS MB that has no OCing ability is why and i dont consider any 8800GT card cheap.

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 was the other MB i meant to post but i dunno if it can use ddr2/800 ram.

p35 is tried and true very Good Ocing cpu, as are the listed MB's with good support.

oh did i mention im getting the PNY8800GT for $$75 Brand new? ill take my cheap card and be happy.

 

[homerdog]

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 was the other MB i meant to post but i dunno if it can use ddr2/800 ram.

Of course it can.

p35 is tried and true very Good Ocing cpu, as are the listed MB's with good support.

???

oh did i mention im getting the PNY8800GT for $$75 Brand new? ill take my cheap card and be happy.

That's a good deal

 

[aevm]

Nice deal indeed! All right, GA-EP35-DS3R gets my vote.

 

[atekido82]

so the Ds3r would be a good board to go with? if so im going with it. its the newest out of the ones i listed i belive and just didnt know if it could use the ram. if it can i'm going with it. i will eventually get a quadcore or something.

and im getting the lifeseries on ebay at 58 bucks atm with like 5 min left. i think thats a pretty good deal?

 

[aevm]

What is "lifeseries"?

 

[knotknut]

Whats ebay?

LOL!

 

[aevm]

Well, OK, I didn't mean it to sound so brutal

I meant you can buy a GA-EP43-DS3L for about the same price as a GA-EP35-DS3L and get better features (PCI-E 2, more SATA ports). If you don't have a motherboard already you might as well go with the newer stuff.

P35 is still very good. Heck, I'm using a P35 and have no plans at all to replace it soon. Maybe when a Nehalem CPU is actually in stores and under $500

 

[atekido82]

well no go on the Ultra life. with like 20 seconds to go i was gonna throw 1 more dolor onto my bid to insure i didn't get screwed.... well i did lol. someone through a big at the last second and won it. but not im kinda glad sense it seems not the greatest psu

 

[aevm]

Oops, my bad, the "life series" was the PSU, I didn't notice the title of the topic

It's OK, it's best to buy a PSU from a reliable store anyway. You never know what you get from eBay - some sellers are honest but not all.

 

[Mondoman]

In general, Ultra products are worth at most half of their MSRP, and usually less.