Will My PSU cope with upgrade? (if not. recommendation please)

Hedge · 28 Dec 2010 at 17:49

Ill be ordering a Sandy bridge setup in January, Motherboard Cpu and RAM.

I also now own a 5850 card from the offer. So that needs factoring in.

Will my Tagan 480w have any chance of powering this. or if not can you please spec me the cheapest but most reliable replacement. (no cheapy brands. always liked a good psu)

Thanks

stulid · 28 Dec 2010 at 17:52

it will work.

Hedge · 28 Dec 2010 at 18:01

Are new setups quite easy on power draining?

I remember a while back people were buying 1000w psus and stuff, is that pointless these days?

stulid · 28 Dec 2010 at 18:04

You can see the 5850 amongst this lot and thats with a i7 system.

Taken from - http://www.anandtech.com/show/4061/amds-radeon-hd-6970-radeon-hd-6950/24

The 1000w PSu and such like are for SLI/TRI SLI GTX480 etc.

Hedge · 28 Dec 2010 at 18:07

Ah thanks for this graph. I think the tagan was a decent enough PSU a couple of years back . Its been stable enough as long as Ive had it.

Looking forward to an upgrade now then

cheers

MarcD3832 · 28 Dec 2010 at 18:10

Sandy Bridge power consumption quite low too

I think it will be fine

The Halk · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:05

Hedge said:
Are new setups quite easy on power draining?

I remember a while back people were buying 1000w psus and stuff, is that pointless these days?

Yes. And pointless back then too.

Hedge · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:07

While im here can anyone tell me the cheapest most legit way to have windows 7. Are OEMs the same as Retail without the box. Is it limited to how many times you can install it or something?

The Halk · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:08

OEM are the same end product as retail. They should only be available at the same time as kit. I don't know about install limits.

RJC · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:12

OEM is tied to the motherboard it was first installed / activated on, but you can re-install many times on the same machine but you might need to use the automatic phone system.

Retail can be moved to a new pc belongs it is uninstalled from the first pc.

Hedge · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:15

RJC said:
OEM is tied to the motherboard it was first installed / activated on, but you can re-install many times on the same machine but you might need to use the automatic phone system.

Retail can be moved to a new pc belongs it is uninstalled from the first pc.

So an OEM aint really a good investment in that regard. Looks like its gonna sting me 105 quid for a retail

The Halk · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:25

£105 isn't that bad considering how much you end up using it!

Hedge · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:31

Yeah thats true but its a big dent in my build budget to start. Stings a bit.

Fancy getting a SSD too. Adds up to 200 squid without even looking at Sandybridge

.doh!