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Originally Posted by paphman910  I would suggest Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L motherboard as the SATA connectors won't be covered up by the graphics card and I think it is pretty cheap priced board for intel E5200 but you could wait until after the new year when prices will start to drop due to AMD Phenom II coming out.
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Oh man, I was waiting all this time until boxing day. I think I might just bite on boxingday, since i've already got the card
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Originally Posted by stoanee I have a E3110@4 ghz/4870/2 hdd/1 dvd/2 hsf/3 case fan/2x2gb ram and it rarely draws more than 300 watts. i think you could get away with a 450. Calculate here. http://http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php
Also here is a quote from wikipedia:
"Computer power supplies are generally about 70–75% efficient. [2] That means in order for a 75% efficient power supply to produce 75 W of DC output it would require 100 W of AC input and dissipate the remaining 25 W in heat. Higher-quality power supplies can be over 80% efficient; higher energy efficiency waste less energy in heat, and requires less power to cool as a result. As of 2007, 93%-efficient power supplies are available. [3]
It's important to match the capacity of a power supply to the power needs of the computer. The energy efficiency of power supplies drops significantly at low loads. Efficiency generally peaks at about 50-75% load. The curve varies from model to model (for examples of how this curve looks see the test reports of energy efficient models found on the 80 PLUS website). One rule of thumb is that a power supply that's over twice the required size will be significantly less efficient, and waste a lot of electricity." |
Seriously? jebus, why in the heck would diamond reccomend a 500-700w psu. probably compensation for the market of lower efficiency psu's i suppose.
Also, thank you for the site. I'll check it out right now :)
edit: just checked the site. so the 450vx is 83% that should be plenty for my needs :D So I should mainly be looking at the wattage after efficiency. In the 450vx's case its usable wattage would be 360w right?
This is a neat lil site. Thx again