Opinions on following PSU's please ^_^

The Corsair has a 5 yr guarantee but unless it's modular I'd go with the Coolermaster.
 
yeah, modular makes it so much easier to keep the case tidy and also aids air flow around the case, although I am not sure how much difference that makes.
 
I bought the coolermaster last month, it's quiet & tidy to install. Can't think of any negatives ( yet ;) )
 
I decided to go with a 700W Modular coolermaster with a case that was on offer thanks guys ^_^
 
Having a bigger psu than needed is a good idea, if it does not have to strain to do it's job it will live longer.
 
Steep said:
Having a bigger psu than needed is a good idea, if it does not have to strain to do it's job it will live longer.
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To a point, but is your drawing 200W and running 700W then your just wasting money, on the original purchase and power bills
 
Steep said:
Having a bigger psu than needed is a good idea, if it does not have to strain to do it's job it will live longer.
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Also, not running at capacity will mean a cooler psu and therefor less heat generated and less fans (noise) required to maintain a cool, quick system :)
 
generally your system peaks power usage wise when you press the power button to turn on (which is why most cheap PSUs fail at this point), after that your system should use a fraction. to use a constant 500W for example would be cause by a mammoth load.
 
fezzr said:
To a point, but is your drawing 200W and running 700W then your just wasting money, on the original purchase and power bills
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The PC will only take what power it needs, so it is not wasting any power at all.

I have a 900W in mine, and it burs a steady 400W
 
wcavanagh said:
I have a 900W in mine, and it burs a steady 400W
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exactly my point, you very rarely need these high wattage PSUs.. these sort of figures are cause by a mix of marketing spin and cheap PSUs that dont come anywhere near the rated power.

i bet you paid a premium for that 900W sticker too compared to a 500W unit that would probably have done the same thing (presumably, not knowing anyones specs).
 
Thats a good point :/ Im not running anything that will be needing 700W but its a package and cheap =D
 
im running a HD 4850 at the moment but I'm hopefully upgrading to two HD 5770 1GB in crossfire.
 
A good indication of graphics card consumption here

wcavanagh said:
The PC will only take what power it needs, so it is not wasting any power at all.

I have a 900W in mine, and it burs a steady 400W
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Just because your components are only drawing 400W does not mean that your PSU is as efficent at 400W as a 600W psu.
 
Krow said:
im running a HD 4850 at the moment but I'm hopefully upgrading to two HD 5770 1GB in crossfire.
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ATI said:
ATI Radeon™ HD 5770 System Requirements
* 450 Watt or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
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My PSU allows for plenty of expansion. I have a large lian-li case, I can add many hard drives, I can add extra graphics cards. So I do not see my PSU as being a waste at all. It has a 7 year warranty, so will outlive most other components, I paid for what I wanted.
 
wcavanagh said:
My PSU allows for plenty of expansion. I have a large lian-li case, I can add many hard drives, I can add extra graphics cards. So I do not see my PSU as being a waste at all. It has a 7 year warranty, so will outlive most other components, I paid for what I wanted.
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fair dos.. i had a decent 480w running a quad core intel with a beefy GFX, 5 7200rpm hard drives, optical drive and 2 pci expansion cards.. but horses for courses i guess.
 
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neil_g said:
fair dos.. i had a decent 480w running a quad core intel with a beefy GFX, 5 hard drives, optical drive and 2 pci expansion cards.. but horses for courses i guess.
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The important bit is getting a good horse, some of the specs on horses are a bit "ambitious" :)
 
fezzr said:
To a point, but is your drawing 200W and running 700W then your just wasting money, on the original purchase and power bills
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Not quite true, if you are using 200W....you are using 200W and the computer will only draw slightly more than 200 from the wall. It won't produce 700W DC all the time.
 
Blue Eagle said:
Not quite true, if you are using 200W....you are using 200W and the computer will only draw slightly more than 200 from the wall. It won't produce 700W DC all the time.
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I know that a 700W PSU wont be at 700W constantly, but as I said in my later post, a 500W psu for example would (in most cases) draw less amps at idle than a 700W for example psu.
 
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