power shortage

There isnt much point in getting a nice rig like that and then ruining it with a cheap as chips power supply that could potentially take out every componant in your nice new rig.
 
If you're gaming buy another HD, games are now 4-13GB EACH. Vista takes at least 10GB. Add your lossless music, videos, backup files, drivers, software/patches...
 
QlimaxUK said:
so can an underpowered psu potensially damage my components???
cuz i didnt want to spend too much on one cuz its kinda exeeding me budget :(

mayb 500w....
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My mate used a cheap 400 watt psu with an old athlon 1800 using a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 graphics card, it blew up after 6 weeks!!

What you have to remember it's not just can the power supply provide anywhere near it's QUOTED wattage.

A cheap power supply may be unstable and NOT conform to the ATX power supply specification, this can damage components and don't even think about OVERCLOCKING. Can you afford to replace your motherboard, graphics card, memory should the psu go bang?

A few years ago maybe a cheap psu was okay but now all the junk made in China it's just too much of a risk.
 
I think the responses to this thread should prove to you that the psu is worth spending money on even at the expense of other components.

A good psu can increase stability, improve the chances of any future hardware upgrades working properly (eg if you want a more power hungry gfx card) and the generally take less (if anything) down with them in surges/faliures.
 
Simple, why don't you replace the E6550 with a E2180 over clock it to 3.4-3.6ghz and with the £50.00 + saved get a decent psu for your rig.

Or just buy a cheap psu and learn the hard way. :)
 
QlimaxUK said:
heres what my specs r gonna look like:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB)
EVGA nForce 650i Ultra (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
2 GB (2 x 1gb) 667 ram
160 gb sata hdd
40 gb IDE
16x IDE DVDrw
+3 fans on case

think i can get away with a 450w psu, found an offer on another site 450w for £25
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450W is plenty. but for £25 you will be lucky to get a 250W PSU thats deliberatly mislabeled as a 450W supply. How do they get away with it.. well if its able to handle 450W for 1 millisecond, they could simply add the word 'peak' in the specs, and then its legally correct :(.

Stick with the big brand PSU's, Seasonic, Corsair, OCZ.. plenty to choose from. You probably dont even need 400W for that system, certainly anything over 500 is complete overkill. (You could run a Quadcore and an 8800GTS with ease on 500W)
 
Seasonic, Tagan, Corsair etc etc. Get a good brand PSU. Always - You WILL Regret not bothering becuase it wont stand the test of time. Even *if* you get lucky and the psu blows and takes nothing out you'll still end up paying more in the end.

Get a good quality psu. i know its nothing something most people *want* to spend money on as you wont see any performance increase or owt but trust me, and others, do it!
 
pastymuncher said:
If you are trying to save some money go for the Corsair VX 450 instead. Plenty of power for that rig and only cost's £43 odd.

Never ever skimp on the psu as eventually you will regret it. Like when it blows up and takes the rest of your rig with it.

You could always get the E2180 instead which clocks amazingly well.
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what i did, i went for the E2180 and a 520corsair,

there are places you can skimp and places you can do without, a PSU is not one of them :)
 
ok agreed, ill get a more expensive psu, but what some ppl on ere seem to b saying is that only a Corsair is good enough and all other brands seem to be bomb-shells waitin to go off.

so is ther ne1 out ther that agrees that this is good enough for the job????
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-OK&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
its branded, seems to b trusted by some (5 star), not the cheapest, seems fairly priced???

agreed??

i really wanna put this issue to rest
 
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