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Case and PSU
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Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:25 pmby Luninariel
I just sold my 120 gig zune, for 120 bucks to a friend and with the 500 bucks I had saved I am getting a new case and PSU, the case is:
An Antec DF-85
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6811129087The PSU:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6817256054I chose the Df-85 because it's a fulltower, and because of the fan filters, a big big luxury considering I don't like water cooling and it has 7 fans, making cleaning a cinch, the 1500 wat is because since power is your only true limiter when upgrading I'd like to have a PSU that can handle up to quad sli. If I ever decide to do that (Which since GPU's have slowed down in release a bit, and are more expensive, buying multiples of the same card>1 new card)
Please! If anyone can reccomend something better for less, or a bit more, or even equal for less please do so I'd appreciate it! =D
Re: Case and PSU
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Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:34 pmby Luninariel
Nukem, wanna be awesome and see if Roger can add these to his site? Or if he even has them? Incoming customer if he does.
Re: Case and PSU
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Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:07 pmby Knightwolf654
get a corsair ax1200, the psu you picked is a multi rail design so reach rail is limited to 25 amps which can limit your upgrade choices and ive seen a few silverstones fail. the corsair has 1 rail so everything has access to the full 100 amps.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6817139014also is cheaper and more efficient,
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:39 amby Sinner0420
Luninariel wrote:Nukem, wanna be awesome and see if Roger can add these to his site? Or if he even has them? Incoming customer if he does.
lol, I'll send him an email tonight.
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:40 amby country_boy454
Knightwolf654 wrote:get a corsair ax1200, the psu you picked is a multi rail design so reach rail is limited to 25 amps which can limit your upgrade choices and ive seen a few silverstones fail. the corsair has 1 rail so everything has access to the full 100 amps.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6817139014also is cheaper and more efficient,
I cant agree more!
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:09 amby Luninariel
Is it worth the 300 watt drop? Like what limits would I have as far as upgrades if I went with the other?
Edit: Just looked up what it meant, when I saw the power requirements and it said 1 12v rail with 50 watts min...
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:36 amby Luninariel
Also, doesn't a 6990 alone take up 650-675 watts of juice, wouldn't that mean that two of em in crossfire would suck up 1300 watts? Or is that not how it works?
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:51 amby (TKC)TheCrimsonStar
Luninariel wrote:Also, doesn't a 6990 alone take up 650-675 watts of juice, wouldn't that mean that two of em in crossfire would suck up 1300 watts? Or is that not how it works?
Umm, I'm playing RIGHT NOW in BF3 and I'm not dropping below 45fps. Average is 60. ON ULTRA. With a single 6970.
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:56 amby Knightwolf654
when the tell you the wattage in a review the only way to show its draw is to tell you the entire systems draw. a system with a overclocked i7 with a 6990 under full load its ~489watts. its worth the 300 watt drop. plus there is a limit on 12V line which is 100 amps, company's use multiple rails in order to cheat there way to a higher wattage rating.
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:41 pmby (TKC) brownman350
So if i understand that would be the best way to keep your comp. in good condition
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:07 pmby Sinner0420
Luninariel wrote:Also, doesn't a 6990 alone take up 650-675 watts of juice, wouldn't that mean that two of em in crossfire would suck up 1300 watts? Or is that not how it works?
No sir it doesn't double the wattage required, check this out
http://images10.newegg.com/BizIntell/to ... index.html it's a PSU calculator. You select the type of parts and it tells you the power demand needed.
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:24 pmby Luninariel
I slapped the stats into the calculator and with 2 6990's it told me 1448 watts needed, with 1, it said 863 watts, I can understand what kingwolf is saying, where he's like "They cheat to get higher wattage" cause now that I see what he's talking about it makes sense. But still, wtf? 1500 watts to run an sli 6990 that seems to make no sense, since the 1500 watt psu's only run multi-rail right now,,,
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:09 pmby Knightwolf654
also know the avg breaker for a home circuit is 15 amps, which limits you to 1800 watts of available power on the circuit. take my home for example, my bedroom, hallway and stairway share the same circuit which sits on a 15 amp breaker. so between all the lighting and everything plugged in, in my room (tv, pc setup, clock, etc...) i only have the ability to use 1800 watts before that breaker pops. as far as neweggs calculator they use the same philosophy that i do, take your max power draw and multiply it by 2. that way even under full load your only using 50% of your PSU total power output. this puts less strain on parts and will allow the unit to function much longer then it would be if you ran it at 100%.
Re: Case and PSU
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:16 pmby Luninariel
Oh.. All right then, I probably won't be doing crossfire just because of the power sucking it does, however I am getting a mobo capable of SLI/Crossfire so that if I ever need to/want to I can, nice to know I can indeed crossfire 2 6990's on a 1200 watt psu. Thanks for the recommendation guys I am switching PSU's =D