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drdeathx · Feb 13, 2013, 08:49 PM

PSU Calculators are somewhat bullshit because some PSU's specs are not what the PSU puts out. The best way is to take a look at how many amps are needed and look the the Rial(s) amp ratings. A cheap PSU boasting 500 watts may not actually put out 500 watts making PSU calculators worthless.

System Name:	Halloween Boo!
Processor:	Intel Core i7 3770K
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z77-Up7
Cooling:	Custom Water/ Thermalchill TA 120.3/ Swiftech Apogeee XT/ MCP655/ Swiftech M icrores/ XSPC RX 240
Memory:	16G G.Skill trident 2400MHz
Video Card:	3 x Radeon 7970
Hard Disk:	OCZ Revo Drive 240G
Optical Drive:	Asus
CRT/LCD Model:	24 inch Viewsonic
Case:	Phobia WayCoolIt Test Bench
PSU:	Nexus 1100 watt

Feb 13, 2013, 08:49 PM	#3
drdeathx Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 1,517 (1.03/day) Thanks: 39 Thanked 336 Times in 276 Posts System Specs	PSU Calculators are somewhat bullshit because some PSU's specs are not what the PSU puts out. The best way is to take a look at how many amps are needed and look the the Rial(s) amp ratings. A cheap PSU boasting 500 watts may not actually put out 500 watts making PSU calculators worthless.