Recent content by killian1701

oh shit, your right. not sure wtf i was thinking. thankyou for the "killian, you idiot" correction :)

work it like this sparky. if you have a 500 watt ups, that is 80% efficient, means, you in effect, have a max of 400 watts that is usable calculate it like this, take your psu's RATED watts, ,say 500, and then multiply it by .8 (80% efficient) you get 400, %60 is .6, %75 is .75, you get...

i ran that occt proggie from ocbase, with my monitor off, it hit 495 watts, with monitor on, it hit 560 +/- 5 watts, it bounced around a bit.

exactly. it depends on the quality of the ups your using.. and frankly, how brave you are, LOL. a system im building for a client right now, is a phenom II 940, 1tb hd, geforce 285, 8gb ram (yadda yadda) and im putting a 650 watt bfg psu in it. mainly because i know the system will draw about...

Yes. yours pulls more power than mine for some reason. my system when equipped with the 285 maxed at 385 watts pulled (according to my ups log)(port M1 (monitor) not included). the 295 pulls about 75 more watts at peak than the 295, but its a HUGE difference from what is printed on the 295 box...

and, the 295, with monitor off, was bouncing between 379 watts to a max of about 440. I dont want to have to make a video to prove this crap. ive been building computers for 20 damn years. just believe me

It always amazes ME how everyone thinks they know everything. heres a tip. Keep an open mind. If you think you've learned everything, then you can learn nothing else. Heres proof that a phenom II 940, 8gb ram, with 5 internal drives, and a geforce 295 (upgraded from 285 yesterday) can run with...

I am running a Phenom II 940, 8gb ram, 5x 500 gb hd's, geforce 285 and sound blaster audigy 2 zs. In game, according to my UPS, (who would know better what im drawing) im pulling 335 watts. that includes my 26" lcd monitor hooked up to the same circuit on the UPS. you could *EASILY* run a...