building new PC

Dropkickmurphys · 03-07-2006, 07:04 PM

hi there, im thinking of building myself a PC, this will be my first build. what im not sure about is the PSU, how do i tell what wattage etc i need?
can someone explain this too me? or link me to somewhere that explains it?

**Praetor** · 03-07-2006, 07:06 PM

Giant sticky thread
PSU 101

jcnoernberg · 03-07-2006, 07:11 PM

Don't underestimate the importance of a PSU... and don't oversimplify it either! The numbers on most supplies are just marketing ploys. Get a decent name like Antec. If you use a cheapy, it will not last and it will likely fry your system (and.... burn your house down). Antec's 350W supply is more than enough for my 3GHZ P4, so anything there and up should be fine. Expect to spend $60+ on the supply.

Dropkickmurphys · 03-07-2006, 08:14 PM

yeh, after reading PSU 101 (thanks praetor), im thoroughly reserching which PSU to get, i have had a look at the antec 350w and im currently thinking about that.

**Praetor** · 03-07-2006, 08:24 PM

Quote:

yeh, after reading PSU 101 (thanks praetor), im thoroughly reserching which PSU to get, i have had a look at the antec 350w and im currently thinking about that.

Dont. Its plenty good but you can do better for your money (that antec weighs in at like 45 bucks). THe PSU101 is horribly outdated but here are some quick suggestions for that price ballpark

Rosewill RV400, 12V@29A ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182014
HIPRO HP-P500, 12V@40A ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817174023
Rosewill RV450, 12V@33A ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182015
Fortron AX400-PN, 12@34A ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104953
XClio GoodPower 500W, 12V@29A .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817189005
XClio Xlio 480W, 12V@33A ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817189004
Coolmax CP-500T, 12V@36A ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817159040

Charles_Lee · 03-07-2006, 08:41 PM

well, even though antec is good, you don't have to get one from this particular company'''

Seth · 03-08-2006, 10:19 AM

I think the point was get a good brand name not a crummy cheap model that will do damge. Though Antec is a good brand...

03-07-2006, 07:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 19 Posts: 2,028	building new PC hi there, im thinking of building myself a PC, this will be my first build. what im not sure about is the PSU, how do i tell what wattage etc i need? can someone explain this too me? or link me to somewhere that explains it? __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 2.9GHz) Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard 2GB 6400 DDR2 RAM 512Mb Geforce 8600GT OC'd (Getting a 9800GTX+ after Xmas :D) 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD Lite-on 20x DVD+RW OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case Samsung 19" 1440x900 SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" 1440x900 TV Dual Booting: Windows XP Proffessional SP2 / Windows Vista Business SP1

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03-07-2006, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 19 Posts: 2,028	yeh, after reading PSU 101 (thanks praetor), im thoroughly reserching which PSU to get, i have had a look at the antec 350w and im currently thinking about that. __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 2.9GHz) Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard 2GB 6400 DDR2 RAM 512Mb Geforce 8600GT OC'd (Getting a 9800GTX+ after Xmas :D) 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD Lite-on 20x DVD+RW OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case Samsung 19" 1440x900 SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" 1440x900 TV Dual Booting: Windows XP Proffessional SP2 / Windows Vista Business SP1

03-07-2006, 08:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Charles_Lee Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 703	well, even though antec is good, you don't have to get one from this particular company''' __________________ Opteron 165 Dual Core Cpu 1.8Ghz (oc'ed to 2.4Ghz) Asus A8R-MVP Socket 939 Motherboard Radeon X850 XT Platinum / 256MB GDDR3 / PCI Express Video Card Antec Neo He 500 power supply Western Digital / Raptor / 74GB / 10K / 8MB / SATA-150 Hard Drive OCZ PC-3200 DDR400 Platinum Edition 2GB(2X1024MB) Dual Channel Memory Samsung 19' lcd monitor with DIV support

03-08-2006, 10:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Seth Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 315	I think the point was get a good brand name not a crummy cheap model that will do damge. Though Antec is a good brand... __________________ Desktop - Custom Build CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: X2 Samsung 500GB & X1 Seagate 1TB = 2.0TB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman 9700NT Laptop - Asus F3E-AP183C CPU: Core2 Duo T7250 @ 2.2Ghz RAM: 2GB Kingston 667 HDD: 160GB Seagate

03-07-2006, 07:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
jcnoernberg Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: cleveland, ohio Age: 25 Posts: 148	Don't underestimate the importance of a PSU... and don't oversimplify it either! The numbers on most supplies are just marketing ploys. Get a decent name like Antec. If you use a cheapy, it will not last and it will likely fry your system (and.... burn your house down). Antec's 350W supply is more than enough for my 3GHZ P4, so anything there and up should be fine. Expect to spend $60+ on the supply.

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