amc11890 Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 Post how big ur powersupply is and wat ur specs r? Also what proceessor would be more power hogging: P4 or athlon XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 the processor is not the major problem nowadays. the main problem is the graphics card, the newest ones come in at 200 watts. cd/dvd ® drives are fairly tame, hdds can suck some juice. if buiding a new box i would go for 450 or 500 to be on the safe side. if using one of those monster graphics cards i would look into a case with dual psus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted December 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 384 mb of ram( possible 512 mb more) 120 GB hd 40 GB hd im buying a 6600Gt AGP 40x cd burner also purchasing a 16X DVD Burner Athlon XP 1800 Does nebody know what would be suffcicient for this setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 do a 450 or 500 one. or more. slightly bigger isn't that much more, and you can upgrade your system without having to swap the psu. if you really want to be sure go to the manufacturer websites for all the components and look up the specs and see how much they use. that will also tell you how much heat they put out, so you can plan the cooling appropriately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 I have the Antec 480W neo power and heres my specs. AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2Ghz OC'ed to 2900MHz 2GB DDR 400 Ram 250GB Maxtor HD 74GB Raptor HD HP DVD Burner 16x w/ lightscribe BFG 7800GTX Samsung 940B 19in LCD monitor Soon i will have this alsome graphics card http://bfgtech.com/7800GTX_512_PCIX.html Im getting it for christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted December 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 dont u already have that one....r u doin SLI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 dont u already have that one....r u doin SLI? No im not doin SLI there is no need to, espically once i get my new card on sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 Hope this will help http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/technology/power_usage/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted December 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2016 With a single card, at 1024x768, we managed to score an excellent score of 10,100 marks. Compare that to the 11,000 we had gotten out of two 7800GTs running in SLI, and suddenly, the price doesn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted December 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 Hope this will help http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/technology/power_usage/ thx that is alot fo help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 if you really want to add up how much your using use this tool. this is very accurate. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted December 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 according to this I only need 300 watts....o well more could not hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 according to this I only need 300 watts....o well more could not hurt more wount hurt but that is the most accurate reading you can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeePs Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 building new computer.... Athlon 64 3700+ 160 GB Hard Drive 1 GB DDR Geforce 7800GT DVD drive 600 watt PS (came with video card) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 22, 2005 CID Share Posted December 22, 2005 If your building a new one, spend the extra few bucks on a 500watt or larger...Newer video cards need ALOT of power....You can't have too much, but you can very easily have too little...Even my card, which is by no means top end, requires at bare minimum a 300watt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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