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My new PC has been ordered!
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: toadlife --- it should run Windows pretty good too. ;)
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You might struggle with Vista though, anyway what do you need such a powerful PC for?
toadlife:
--- Quote from: etement ---400w is probebly just enough to run all that. Remember PSU's are usually 70% - 80% efficiant at loads. What are the rail amps like on that PSU? Also why get the value ram, if you're going to go all out (especially that sexy mobo) get some CL2 ram, even if you don't want to overclock.
edit: it's +12V1@10A, +12V2@15A, 25amps total should be enough for 7800GT! I myself got the 500w modular model. :thumbup:
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The biggest concern with PSUs is that they deliver stable power. The Antec PSU's are very nice in this regard. I use a Antec Smart Power 350W for my current rig which includes everything in this new one except is has three hard drives instead of two. Even high end systems (link) don't really draw that much power. Shitty 600W PSUs will cause system instability before a quality 400W PSU will.
As for the memory, I don't overclock, and paying double the price for nominal perfornmance gain is stupid IMO.
toadlife:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---You might struggle with Vista though, anyway what do you need such a powerful PC for?
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I've run the Vista previews on my laptop (Alienware P4 3.0Ghz) and our standard Sempron desktops at work and it works fine. A little sluggish, but XP was slow on low end PC's when it came out too. This machine should handle Vista ok.
As for why I need such a fast machine. I don't. :p
H_TeXMeX_H:
Run Vista on it ... it'll slow it down to just right.
Pathos:
17inch with that gfx card? ... the 19s are cheap as nuts these days.
If I had that cash I would be getting a 20-21 and wheres the sounds? remember whose are all that display the final result of your cool hardware so don't skimp.
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