Needing to know my Motherboard ?

D_ii_4_I3_L_o

D_ii_4_I3_L_o

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First off im new, I don't know what a motherboard is but I do intend to find out more information about mobo. I know that everything is connected to the mobo and recently I thought about buying a graphics card. I knew it wasn't as easy as that so I joined two sites; this and TGL.

Being told that power supplies have limits, and usually it would be recommended to get an 800W psu. I was wondering if I had to open my case and look for the information just as I am going to do with my psu?

So is there probably some kind of information on the mobo that tells me which kind of psu inputs it takes?
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CPU i7 920 2.67GHz
OS Windows Vista 64-bit
Memory 9206 MB RAM
GPU ATi Radeon 4870 HD
LCD Samsung 26" LN26B360
PSU Currently Unknown
MOBO Currently Unknown
HDD Currently Unknown
 
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D_ii_4_I3_L_o said:
First off im new, I don't know what a motherboard is but I do intend to find out more information about mobo. I know that everything is connected to the mobo and recently I thought about buying a graphics card. I knew it wasn't as easy as that so I joined two sites; this and TGL.

Being told that power supplies have limits, and usually it would be recommended to get an 800W psu. I was wondering if I had to open my case and look for the information just as I am going to do with my psu?

So is there probably some kind of information on the mobo that tells me which kind of psu inputs it takes?
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For the most part, that is wrong. Unless you have REALLY RAELLY good components, like i7 in triple Xfire or something, I wouldn't go for a 800w power supply, and even then...

About your question, there are some power supply calculators floating around and you can use that as a guide and estimate.

http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/
 
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