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Old July 9, 2009, 12:38 PM
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Can a tx850, from corsair, with 70A on the 12V rails, handle this setup:

PhenomII x4 940BE OC'ed
2x Asus 4870 512mb OC'ed
1 Hard drive (maybe 2)
1 MCP 355 Pump
2 sticks of ram
Freezone Elite

Add in a few fans, but the above is where most of the action is at.
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Old July 9, 2009, 12:40 PM
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Easily, with room to spare.
I doubt you'd pull more than 450-500 from the wall on that.

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Old July 9, 2009, 12:44 PM
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Ok, cuz I was worrying that the freezone would pull WAY too much when things start to get hot.

Thanks.

If I'm only pulling 500w from the wall, I should have stuck with my old silverstone 600w modular PSU and not even bothered with this corsair.
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Ok, cuz I was worrying that the freezone would pull WAY too much when things start to get hot.

Thanks.

If I'm only pulling 500w from the wall, I should have stuck with my old silverstone 600w modular PSU and not even bothered with this corsair.

Its always better for the longevity of things to not be maxed close to 100% on them.
Heats them up, higher fan speeds, and shorter lifespan of components inside.
You made the right decision in my eyes.

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Better not to push towards the max. capacity of a powersupply. If you do, it'll run hotter and die sooner

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You made the right decision in my eyes.

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Good, because in my wallet's eyes I am sleeping on the sofa tonight

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Are you married to your wallet? Or does your wallet actually belong to someone that holds ye leash? hehe Its still worth it IMHO.
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Haha, not quite. but i get where your coming from with that... suppose i should have worded that better.
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Better not to push towards the max. capacity of a powersupply. If you do, it'll run hotter and die sooner

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Its only because I could sense the AMD eminating from you :)


Cowboy, besides that PSU is gold Efficency so its 10x better in that regard as well.

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