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just wondering what sort of tower can the cx400 run
corsair cx400
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Caporegime
i7, ATI 5770 or GTX460, a disk drive or two
its a good psu for its price.
its a good psu for its price.
thanks stulid,,i asked you this question on someones thread but didnt understand the power consumption chart 
would it be pushing it with the gtx460?
would it be pushing it with the gtx460?
Caporegime
no its not,
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/17
look at the crysis and furmark power draw charts, furmark puts the most strain onto a system, and even that is under the 400w of the psu.
this is the test system used,
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/5
from all the info i have seen around the net, a psu runs best at around 75%, so its fine.
the CX400 only has one pci-e connector, luckily there will be a molex to pci-e adaptor in the graphics card box.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/17
look at the crysis and furmark power draw charts, furmark puts the most strain onto a system, and even that is under the 400w of the psu.
this is the test system used,
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/5
from all the info i have seen around the net, a psu runs best at around 75%, so its fine.
the CX400 only has one pci-e connector, luckily there will be a molex to pci-e adaptor in the graphics card box.
does it matter how many hdds and case fans you run on the cx400?
Caporegime
not really, theres still headroom to spare, wonder how many sata connectors the psu has as well as molex?
Caporegime
probably got 10X 2TB drives for the PORNZ
hahaha,,only have one 75gb atm from old pc.
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oh and one more thing what kind of overclock can you do,would an additional 500-600MHz be pushing it too far,,if that made sense.
thanks
thanks
Caporegime
still good to go.
thanks for clarifying that
Caporegime
if it helps you confirm your choice of psu,
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Corsair-CX400W-Power-Supply-Review/750
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Corsair-CX400W-Power-Supply-Review/750
Man of Honour
Just as a rough idea, the rig in my siggy plus 5x fans, Zalman ZM-MFC2 multifunction controller, Hdd, dvdrw pulls a peak of 320w at the wall and that's when running Furmark and Prime at the same time. Bearing in mind the cpu and gpu are overvolted and heavily clocked that's pretty low.
320w,what psu are you using
Man of Honour
The overly large one in my siggy. Got it before i found out how little juice a pc actually needs. I suppose it will last me through a few more upgrades though.
oh ok thanks,,i thought the zalman was a fan 
hi thanks RJC,
what kind of games can draw the same amount of wattage as prime does
what kind of games can draw the same amount of wattage as prime does