ugh... do i need a power supply??

jjd228 · 26-12-2006, 02:56 PM

trying to re-use as many parts from my old setup as possible. my current power supply is an Antec True480:

Antec.com - TruePower Series

question is, will this be good enough if i plan to run an intel core 2 duo processor, and an invidia geforce 8800 card with my new setup? if not, can anyone recommend a good power supply?

Willz · 26-12-2006, 02:19 PM

I dont think so, from what i have seen a 1000W powersupply may be needed, around this forum i have seen some of the members reccommending 1000W power supply for builds with these GPU's in, i would reccommend buying a new PSU.

Check ones form seasonic, pc power and cooling.

I would reccommend a 1000W power supply too because there not only sure to be able to power your hardware, they should last through some future upgades too.

Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR 1000W Continuous @ 50°C Power Supply - Retail
Newegg.com - ENERMAX GALAXY EGA1000EWL 1000W Power Supply - Retail
Newegg.com - Thermaltake Toughpower 850W W0131RU – NVIDIA QUAD-SLI APPROVED, FOUR +12V RAIL READY - Retail

izzy007 · 26-12-2006, 04:53 PM

well if you dont care about the psu being future proof, then a 550watt minimum should do the job if you're NOT going to run SLI. PC P&C, TAGAN, SEASONIC, ENERMAX will do the job. I wouldnt really suggest the hiper type R (No offence Willz) even though its 580watts because its only got 360watts (30 amps) on the 12v rails, my antec neo he has got combined of 38amps ans 456watts which would be better becoz nowadays the graphics cards and CPU's, hard drives use mainly the 12v rail so thats the most important.

Willz · 26-12-2006, 05:39 PM

No the Type-R has 38a (18 + 20 combined), anywere that says otherwise is wrong, but yea it wouldent do the job for his system, but i never reccommended it.....

I wouldent get the antec neo for a rig that he would build, sure it might be good, but still, the reccommended for an 8800GTX is 450w but i wouldent use 450 or 500w, for a system like that, 800 - 1000W from a good brand.

And from what i see about the antec neo he 500w, its got triple 12v rails each @ 17a, so thats 51a combined so i dunno were your sources are from :s

izzy007 · 26-12-2006, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willz

No the Type-R has 38a (18 + 20 combined), anywere that says otherwise is wrong, but yea it wouldent do the job for his system, but i never reccommended it.....

I wouldent get the antec neo for a rig that he would build, sure it might be good, but still, the reccommended for an 8800GTX is 450w but i wouldent use 450 or 500w, for a system like that, 800 - 1000W from a good brand.

And from what i see about the antec neo he 500w, its got triple 12v rails each @ 17a, so thats 51a combined so i dunno were your sources are from :s

No willz, the combined of the type r is 30 (its never 18+20=38) becuase the power cannot be 100% efficient.
If u take it by your calculations, my neo he is 17*3 12v rails which is 51 but the combined is actually 38amps
u have 360watts on your 12v so 360/30 is 12v or 12v*30amps is 360watts

Willz · 26-12-2006, 05:52 PM

Look man, i know its not 100% efficient, but its what it says on the specs, and thats what people will look at, it says 18a + 20 a, so its 38a.

izzy007 · 26-12-2006, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willz

Look man, i know its not 100% efficient, but its what it says on the specs, and thats what people will look at, it says 18a + 20 a, so its 38a.

im not arguing or anything willz, its just what it really is. +12V 1 & +12V 2 < 360 W

check it out on hiper's site if u want

Willz · 26-12-2006, 06:05 PM

i know it says 360w, but that doesent mean the a on the 12v rails aint 18 + 20...

jjd228 · 26-12-2006, 06:09 PM

will this cut it?:

ThermalTake Toughpower 600W Power Supply (W0103RU) - FrozenCPU.com

Willz · 26-12-2006, 06:11 PM

From the specs of it, i would say yea deffenitly, infact, yea its ognna be good.

izzy007 · 26-12-2006, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willz

i know it says 360w, but that doesent mean the a on the 12v rails aint 18 + 20...

yes it does but the COMBINED (which means the rails both put together at the same time can only deliver 30amps *12 + 360watts) do u get it now. if not then just ask B and he'll explain it.

Willz · 26-12-2006, 06:13 PM

the combined is 38, i can add up you know....

Anyway, rating of my psu aint relivent to me now, they were at first, i read reviews, i bought this PSU based upon revies, and a damnd good buy it was, i dont care what anyone says, this PSU i have is bloody awsome, delivers plenty of powers, i power heaps of stuff off my pc and still its going strong, takes anythign i throw at it... litrally.

izzy007 · 26-12-2006, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willz

the combined is 38, i can add up you know....

ive tried but u dont get what im trying to say (or i cant expalin as well) but anywayz nothing to worry bout.

Willz · 26-12-2006, 06:19 PM

as i said in the earlier post....

I know when and when not to reccommend my PSU, i wont be reccommending it again as most people who come to this forum for new builds are building high power pc's that require much better PSU's that you or i have.

izzy007 · 26-12-2006, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willz

as i said in the earlier post....

I know when and when not to reccommend my PSU, i wont be reccommending it again as most people who come to this forum for new builds are building high power pc's that require much better PSU's that you or i have.

im not trying to tak ethe piss or anything, i was just telling him about it. i apologize if ur offended which i think u are and i didnt mean to in any way. if u want, u can ask Big b bout the rails coz he obviously know a lot more than me. i was just trying to help so forget about anything that happened and pretend nothing happened ok.

U can recommend your Psu and i think its great becoz it can handle a lot of systems that dont have beefy gfx cards and im not stopping u from doing so.
so lets just 4get bout it.

26-12-2006, 02:56 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
jjd228 Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 23 Status: Offline	ugh... do i need a power supply?? trying to re-use as many parts from my old setup as possible. my current power supply is an Antec True480: Antec.com - TruePower Series question is, will this be good enough if i plan to run an intel core 2 duo processor, and an invidia geforce 8800 card with my new setup? if not, can anyone recommend a good power supply?

26-12-2006, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	I dont think so, from what i have seen a 1000W powersupply may be needed, around this forum i have seen some of the members reccommending 1000W power supply for builds with these GPU's in, i would reccommend buying a new PSU. Check ones form seasonic, pc power and cooling. I would reccommend a 1000W power supply too because there not only sure to be able to power your hardware, they should last through some future upgades too. Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR 1000W Continuous @ 50°C Power Supply - Retail Newegg.com - ENERMAX GALAXY EGA1000EWL 1000W Power Supply - Retail Newegg.com - Thermaltake Toughpower 850W W0131RU – NVIDIA QUAD-SLI APPROVED, FOUR +12V RAIL READY - Retail __________________ Last edited by Willz; 26-12-2006 at 02:24 PM.

26-12-2006, 04:53 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
izzy007 Big Geek Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 465 Times Helpful: 26 My Mood: Blah Status: Offline My Computer	well if you dont care about the psu being future proof, then a 550watt minimum should do the job if you're NOT going to run SLI. PC P&C, TAGAN, SEASONIC, ENERMAX will do the job. I wouldnt really suggest the hiper type R (No offence Willz) even though its 580watts because its only got 360watts (30 amps) on the 12v rails, my antec neo he has got combined of 38amps ans 456watts which would be better becoz nowadays the graphics cards and CPU's, hard drives use mainly the 12v rail so thats the most important. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3800+ AM2 DFI INFINITY ultra m2 MOBO 1024 ddr2 800mhz Ram WD 250GB sata 2 16mb Cache HD Antec Neo He 500watt Sli Ready

26-12-2006, 05:39 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	No the Type-R has 38a (18 + 20 combined), anywere that says otherwise is wrong, but yea it wouldent do the job for his system, but i never reccommended it..... I wouldent get the antec neo for a rig that he would build, sure it might be good, but still, the reccommended for an 8800GTX is 450w but i wouldent use 450 or 500w, for a system like that, 800 - 1000W from a good brand. And from what i see about the antec neo he 500w, its got triple 12v rails each @ 17a, so thats 51a combined so i dunno were your sources are from :s __________________ Last edited by Willz; 26-12-2006 at 05:43 PM.

26-12-2006, 05:52 PM	#6 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	Look man, i know its not 100% efficient, but its what it says on the specs, and thats what people will look at, it says 18a + 20 a, so its 38a. __________________

26-12-2006, 06:05 PM	#8 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	i know it says 360w, but that doesent mean the a on the 12v rails aint 18 + 20... __________________

26-12-2006, 06:09 PM	#9 (permalink) Top
jjd228 Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 23 Status: Offline	will this cut it?: ThermalTake Toughpower 600W Power Supply (W0103RU) - FrozenCPU.com

26-12-2006, 06:11 PM	#10 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	From the specs of it, i would say yea deffenitly, infact, yea its ognna be good. __________________

26-12-2006, 06:13 PM	#12 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	the combined is 38, i can add up you know.... Anyway, rating of my psu aint relivent to me now, they were at first, i read reviews, i bought this PSU based upon revies, and a damnd good buy it was, i dont care what anyone says, this PSU i have is bloody awsome, delivers plenty of powers, i power heaps of stuff off my pc and still its going strong, takes anythign i throw at it... litrally. __________________ Last edited by Willz; 26-12-2006 at 06:16 PM.

26-12-2006, 06:19 PM	#14 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	as i said in the earlier post.... I know when and when not to reccommend my PSU, i wont be reccommending it again as most people who come to this forum for new builds are building high power pc's that require much better PSU's that you or i have. __________________

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