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in these forums it seems everyone has a different opinion of power supplies, but my question is, is there such a thing as too much? i mean if price is no longer a factor, would say a 800W power supply be bad for a system that only needs 500?
 
if you plan to get a second gpu it's fine, or if you don't plan on replacing for a while, otherwise its fine if you got the money for it.
 
ixiboneheadixi said:
but my question is, is there such a thing as too much?
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No not really, read below.


ixiboneheadixi said:
i mean if price is no longer a factor, would say a 800W power supply be bad for a system that only needs 500?
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It would be fine. But in general, but not always the case. A power supply, say a quality 800W just pulling low wattage, the efficiency is lower. A 800W pulling 600/700 watts the efficiency is better then it would be if it was pulling like 200/250W.

But other then that you can put a 1000W one on a systems that will never pull more then 250W
 
StrangleHold said:
No not really, read below.




It would be fine. But in general, but not always the case. A power supply, say a quality 800W just pulling low wattage, the efficiency is lower. A 800W pulling 600/700 watts the efficiency is better then it would be if it was pulling like 200/250W.

But other then that you can put a 1000W one on a systems that will never pull more then 250W
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so generally its fine, but for the most part its good to get one about what you need as it will be more efficient?
 
ixiboneheadixi said:
so generally its fine, but for the most part its good to get one about what you need as it will be more efficient?
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I like having alittle head room. Say if you have a system that pulls 500W max. Look for a quality one in the range 600/650 wattage.

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spynoodle said:
Are you sure? I was reading this review a few days ago:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=187
Yep, it's a crap supply, but it just says something about efficiency. When pulling a large wattage, the efficiency got way lower. Maybe it just does that because it's a really bad supply, though. :P
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Yeah, pretty much a piece of junk. Really only a 500W supply and lowend at that. Almost hilarious they are passing it off as a 1050W. Most Diablotek are made by unknown Chinese OEMs.
 
StrangleHold said:
Yeah, pretty much a piece of junk. Really only a 500W supply and lowend at that. Almost hilarious they are passing it off as a 1050W. Most Diablotek are made by unknown Chinese OEMs.
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Yeah, they really suck. :P But the review still makes it look like PSUs are more efficient at lower wattages though, right?
 
Only that PSU, because it's really only a 500 watter. If you overload a 1000w psu the efficiency goes lower too ;)
 
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