More poweh!
It seems every time I upgrade my computer, it comes along with every 14 year old and their dog telling me I'll need a bigger power supply.
I've never believed this, but alas I've had to upgrade due to not enough PCI-E connectors on my existing 430W PSU (which, seems a little much to me). As this caught me by surprise (only buying the one graphics card, I thought my existing one connection would suffice), I had to shell out a kidney at the local PC World rip off merchants. Although this new 700W (cheapest with 2 PCI-E connectors) has a read out of the output of the PSU.
I also have a monitor on the plug itself so I can see what is being drawn, and what is actually being provided.
So. My nice new system comes with manuals suggesting I have at least a 500W PSU goes along the lines of:
Core i7 920, GTX260, x2 HDD, x2 DVD-RW, x3 RAM modules, x1 Audigy 2, x6 80mm case fans.
Not the most bulging of systems, but equally not thin on the ground. So I slapped on Armed Assault for a whirl. It's a good game as it's constantly having to load bits of the vast maps from the drives etc.
How much power used? Well, unlike my old system which, at a push would draw 180W from the plug, this one outputted 205W peak at the PSU (didn't check the plug, was too busy admiring the graphics). So finally, it's time for a new PSU, as my 200W one I had in my AT PC 10 years ago would no longer suffice.
Morale of the story. Don't blindly listen to people without any form of evidence backing up their claims.
I've never believed this, but alas I've had to upgrade due to not enough PCI-E connectors on my existing 430W PSU (which, seems a little much to me). As this caught me by surprise (only buying the one graphics card, I thought my existing one connection would suffice), I had to shell out a kidney at the local PC World rip off merchants. Although this new 700W (cheapest with 2 PCI-E connectors) has a read out of the output of the PSU.
I also have a monitor on the plug itself so I can see what is being drawn, and what is actually being provided.
So. My nice new system comes with manuals suggesting I have at least a 500W PSU goes along the lines of:
Core i7 920, GTX260, x2 HDD, x2 DVD-RW, x3 RAM modules, x1 Audigy 2, x6 80mm case fans.
Not the most bulging of systems, but equally not thin on the ground. So I slapped on Armed Assault for a whirl. It's a good game as it's constantly having to load bits of the vast maps from the drives etc.
How much power used? Well, unlike my old system which, at a push would draw 180W from the plug, this one outputted 205W peak at the PSU (didn't check the plug, was too busy admiring the graphics). So finally, it's time for a new PSU, as my 200W one I had in my AT PC 10 years ago would no longer suffice.
Morale of the story. Don't blindly listen to people without any form of evidence backing up their claims.