What power supply do I need? I would prefer a quietish supply.
At some point in the next 9 months I will buy new motherboard/processor/operating system/memory/(case?) and swap over the other components. In the meantime I am thinking I should upgrade powersupply in order to cope with my new graphics. (If it matters then I may well experiment with overclocking too). Current system:
Power: 500W Jeantech
Mainboard: GA_965P_DS3P
Processor: E6320
Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
Graphics: HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 (H785QN2G2M) on order
Memory: 2Gb Crucial Ballistix
HardDrives: 500Gb,
250Gb Samsung SpinPoint P 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
WD Caviar Green 2Tb SATA-600 64MB 3.5
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G)
Operating system: Win8 release preview (Vista Home Premium OEM available)
My son's rig uses a XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply so if there is nothing in it then there could be some minor benefits if the cables are interchageable?
At some point in the next 9 months I will buy new motherboard/processor/operating system/memory/(case?) and swap over the other components. In the meantime I am thinking I should upgrade powersupply in order to cope with my new graphics. (If it matters then I may well experiment with overclocking too). Current system:
Power: 500W Jeantech
Mainboard: GA_965P_DS3P
Processor: E6320
Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
Graphics: HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 (H785QN2G2M) on order
Memory: 2Gb Crucial Ballistix
HardDrives: 500Gb,
250Gb Samsung SpinPoint P 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
WD Caviar Green 2Tb SATA-600 64MB 3.5
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G)
Operating system: Win8 release preview (Vista Home Premium OEM available)
My son's rig uses a XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply so if there is nothing in it then there could be some minor benefits if the cables are interchageable?
