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Bigshow1030

Bigshow1030

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Hey guys, I got the DFI "LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb" NVIDIA nForce3 250GB Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL and it has been said that unless you have a motherboard that is atleast 480 watts that this board doesn't work.....Heard anything about this? Also, If anyone knows the specs would they explain them to me....I couldn't find anything about minimum power requirements or anything along those lines......I have a 420 watt and I am a little worried :eek:
 
i have a 300 watt psu! with the same chipset. its not lanparty ut but msi.

it depends also on how big your graphics card is, and how many hard drives etc, you are going to use. with a 420 watt psu it should be fine.
 
reality

so in all reality the chipset voltage need is really the only thing one should worry about? Is it true that a "chipset" has a minimum voltage need?
 
so in all reality the chipset voltage need is really the only thing one should worry about? Is it true that a "chipset" has a minimum voltage need?
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Well, yes, everything requires a certain voltage (within tolerances). But thats not the same as power (P=I^2R) so thats not really going to matter too much. I wouldn't worry so much about the chipset consuming power as other devices. Even so 420 W should be fine as long as its a good PSU.
 
Well, then I'd either keep a close eye on it or prevent any future mishaps and replace it right off the bat (I'm assuming it came with the case). I just had a PSU go in my cheaply built computer and I can only hope it didn't fry everything (I guess I'll find out this weekend when I have time to look at it).
 
If it does go, which it may or may not, it is possible that there will be a power surge which can damage other components.
 
bios

isn't it correct you can go into the bios and see the current voltage that is being put out and so on......is there something I should look for specifically?
 
that is atleast 480 watts that this board doesn't work.....Heard anything about this?
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Generally if you're getting a A64 proc, you'll want a decent amount of power and AMD/DFI knows that people tend to cheap out on their power and as such, if they tag the PSU rating high enough, there's a better chance of filtering out the lowquality PSUs. For instance, my Stealth420W here has powered what Ive got running now as well as significantly more

so in all reality the chipset voltage need is really the only thing one should worry about? Is it true that a "chipset" has a minimum voltage need?
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yes and no. They need power. Power is a combination of voltage and current. Since current is generally out of your control, voltage is commonly the adjusting factor.

Yeah.............It is a raidmax
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Not all Raidmax's are that bad. Ive been surprised ... from time to time.

isn't it correct you can go into the bios and see the current voltage that is being put out and so on......is there something I should look for specifically?
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Yes you can but its kinda pointless because the problems usually occur when the PSUs drop their conversion efficiency (i.e., temperatures go up)
 
Praetor said:
Generally if you're getting a A64 proc, you'll want a decent amount of power and AMD/DFI knows that people tend to cheap out on their power and as such, if they tag the PSU rating high enough, there's a better chance of filtering out the lowquality PSUs. For instance, my Stealth420W here has powered what Ive got running now as well as significantly more
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My A64 board has a 300W psu. Is that too low?

FX5200 gfx :(
 
have no idea

A gentleman that I was talking to had said that he had a 420 watt power supply and he had had significant problems with that combination on a routine basis......finally he said he had changed the power supply and had no more problems ever since :confused:
 
So in all reality what you are telling me is not to worry so much about it tell I see a specific problem
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Well if you didnt buy a Raidmax PSU to start with then you wouldnt have to worry about such problems. If you already do, its kinda dumb to just toss the PSU if it happens to be one that works well.

My A64 board has a 300W psu. Is that too low?
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1. Wattage doesnt mean much
2. If you're running a E-rev CPU then power is even less of a concern. The board was made well before the release of the Winchesters so they would assume a significantly higher power out

A gentleman that I was talking to had said that he had a 420 watt power supply and he had had significant problems with that combination on a routine basis......
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Again, wattage doesnt mean all that much....
 
case

I didn't buy a raidmax outright I got it with the case and seemed a bit dumb at first to throw it away without even trying it but it just worried me when people said it could harm your other components........I have pumped $900 dollars into this thing already and trying to explain to the wife that I happen to have destroyed it already would not be something I would like to do
 
Cheap PSUs tend to exhibit signs of failure long before "breaking" anything. if you let it get to the point where stuff gets fried odds are you waited too long.
 
signs

Just out of pure curiosity what are some common failure signs.....is there a way to monitor the voltage and so on.......I mean kind of like looking at its specs while it is running? :)
 
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