Keep or Get New PSU?

Castiel · Apr 11, 2010, 04:59 PM

Hey everyone. I have been out of the PC world a long time so I need some help on a up and coming build that I am doing. The background of the build is to play games and heavy computing, such as running multiple networking clients and VmWare Clients. I am no Extreme gamer or anything, but I do like pretty pixels. I play a lot of Call of Duty, Steam Games, and World of Warcraft. I know its a old game but the graphics can be crushed when settings are on high and your in a 25 man raid... Thats the basics of the work of the computer, I do a lot of my actual work on a Mac....

I am wondering that my current PSU a Antec Neo 650w is capable to handle this system with zero Over clocks.

Motherboard: ASUS M4A77TD
Video Card: Sapphire 4870
CPU: PhenomII X4 955
Memory: 2x Crucial DDR3 1066
HDD: Western Digital Caviar 1TB
DVD Drive: Asus DRW
CPU Cooler: Corsair Cooling Hydro Liquid Cooling

And I am anal on cooling so I will have a fan running in every spot where they can fit. So it needs to also support a fan controller, and 5-10 fans. And I will be bringing over 2-3 hard drives from my current computer also.

Fourstaff · Apr 11, 2010, 05:02 PM

Should handle all of those with no problem and some more.

Kreij · Apr 11, 2010, 05:03 PM

You should be fine as long as the PSU is healthy.

Flanker · Apr 12, 2010, 08:54 AM

that psu for your setup is actually a bit overkill tbh...

francis511 · Apr 12, 2010, 09:00 AM

Sounds OK.

(FIH) The Don · Apr 12, 2010, 09:01 AM

that psu is very good

you need a case too? take a look at the CM 690 II Advanced, got it myself and there is room for ALOT of fans, think its like 10 in total .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGvBjEmXJnI

MustangGT2142 · Apr 12, 2010, 09:37 AM

if you're not going to overclock the CPU the stock cooler will to just fine, spend those $80 on a better motherboard (this one maybe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128435) and why not get this memory with the heatsink http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148323

Apr 11, 2010, 04:59 PM	#1
Castiel Join Date: May 2008 Location: Grapevine,TX/ Tyler,TX Posts: 2,447 (1.33/day) Thanks: 297 Thanked 307 Times in 247 Posts System Specs	Keep or Get New PSU? Hey everyone. I have been out of the PC world a long time so I need some help on a up and coming build that I am doing. The background of the build is to play games and heavy computing, such as running multiple networking clients and VmWare Clients. I am no Extreme gamer or anything, but I do like pretty pixels. I play a lot of Call of Duty, Steam Games, and World of Warcraft. I know its a old game but the graphics can be crushed when settings are on high and your in a 25 man raid... Thats the basics of the work of the computer, I do a lot of my actual work on a Mac.... I am wondering that my current PSU a Antec Neo 650w is capable to handle this system with zero Over clocks. Motherboard: ASUS M4A77TD Video Card: Sapphire 4870 CPU: PhenomII X4 955 Memory: 2x Crucial DDR3 1066 HDD: Western Digital Caviar 1TB DVD Drive: Asus DRW CPU Cooler: Corsair Cooling Hydro Liquid Cooling And I am anal on cooling so I will have a fan running in every spot where they can fit. So it needs to also support a fan controller, and 5-10 fans. And I will be bringing over 2-3 hard drives from my current computer also.

System Name:	Its pretty sweet.
Processor:	AMD Phenom II x6 1075T @ 3.0Ghz
Motherboard:	MSI AM3 870A-G55
Cooling:	Corsair H50 Water Cooling
Memory:	8GB (4x2) G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3-1333(10666)
Video Card:	Sapphire Radeon HD 5770
Hard Disk:	1x WD 500GB 6Gb/s
Optical Drive:	Asus Dual-Layer DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	HNC 26" HD LCD Screen
Case:	Cooler Master HAF 922
Sound Card:	OnBoard
PSU:	Raidmax RX-850AE
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

System Name:	Asus K50-X5DAB
Processor:	Athlon QL-65 2.2Ghz
Memory:	1x1GB + 1X2GB
Video Card:	Mobility Radeon HD4570 512mb
Hard Disk:	Samsung 840 250Gb
CRT/LCD Model:	15.6" 1366x768

Apr 11, 2010, 05:03 PM	#3
Kreij Hardcore Monkey Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheeseland (Wisconsin, USA) Posts: 12,117 (5.27/day) Thanks: 591 Thanked 5,493 Times in 2,937 Posts System Specs	You should be fine as long as the PSU is healthy. __________________ Cloud (noun, singular): A dynamic arrangement of multiple potential single points of failure, with a user at one end and their data at the other. Get more tech news on a wide variety of topics at NextPowerUp

Processor:	Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 Extreme @ 3.0 GHz
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage Formula
Cooling:	ZeroTherm Nirvana NV120 Premium
Memory:	8GB (4 x 2GB) Corsair Dominator PC2-8500
Video Card:	2 x Sapphire Radeon HD6970
Hard Disk:	2 x Seagate Barracuda 320GB in RAID 0
Optical Drive:	Sony DRU-120C DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell 3007WFP 30" LCD (2560 x 1600)
Case:	Thermaltake Armor w/ 250mm Side Fan
Sound Card:	SupremeFX 8ch Audio
PSU:	Thermaltake Toughpower 750W Modular
Software:	Win8 Pro x64 / Cat 12.10

Apr 11, 2010, 05:02 PM	#2
Fourstaff TPU Janitor Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Science Museum, Londinium Posts: 5,971 (4.70/day) Thanks: 261 Thanked 1,461 Times in 1,210 Posts System Specs	Should handle all of those with no problem and some more.

Apr 12, 2010, 08:54 AM	#4
Flanker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 160 (0.14/day) Thanks: 13 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	that psu for your setup is actually a bit overkill tbh...

System Name:	Work PC
Processor:	Intel C2D E8400
Motherboard:	Asus P5QL-Pro
Cooling:	Scythe Katana III
Memory:	Apacer 2x2GB DDR2-800
Video Card:	Gigabyte HD6770 Silent Cell
Hard Disk:	WDC WD6400AAKS
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S223F
CRT/LCD Model:	Viewsonic VA1903wmb
Case:	Antec SOLO
Sound Card:	Realtek HD Audio
PSU:	Corsair VX450
Software:	Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

Apr 12, 2010, 09:00 AM	#5
francis511 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 2,363 (0.98/day) Thanks: 145 Thanked 277 Times in 257 Posts System Specs	Sounds OK. __________________

Processor:	Core I5 750
Motherboard:	MSI P55-A FUZION
Cooling:	Titan Fenrir
Memory:	8 gb Hyper X 1600
Video Card:	Geforce GTX 275
Hard Disk:	OCZ Vertex 2 40g SSD /74g Raptor /1 TB samsung F3 /320g suxxor (Maxtor)
Optical Drive:	USB dvd-rw
CRT/LCD Model:	Viewsonic VX2260wm
Case:	Xigmatek midgard
Sound Card:	X-fi Titanium
PSU:	Corsair 950 w (Hur Hur !)
Software:	Windows se7en

Apr 12, 2010, 09:01 AM	#6
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,406 (3.91/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,962 Times in 1,834 Posts System Specs	that psu is very good you need a case too? take a look at the CM 690 II Advanced, got it myself and there is room for ALOT of fans, think its like 10 in total . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGvBjEmXJnI __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

System Name:	Ivy Biatch
Processor:	i5 3570K
Motherboard:	ASSRockzz z77TOTHEEXTREME!!!!
Cooling:	bleh
Memory:	2x4gb crucial 1866
Video Card:	HD7770, yes it does BF3
Hard Disk:	120gb Vertex
Optical Drive:	hmm
CRT/LCD Model:	226BW
Case:	whats that, oh my table
Sound Card:	stock onboard thing
PSU:	HX850W
Software:	7

Apr 12, 2010, 09:37 AM	#7
MustangGT2142 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Slovenia Posts: 71 (0.06/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 30 Times in 19 Posts System Specs	if you're not going to overclock the CPU the stock cooler will to just fine, spend those $80 on a better motherboard (this one maybe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128435) and why not get this memory with the heatsink http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148323

Processor:	Intel Core i5 2500K
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4
Cooling:	Xigmatek Gaia SD1283
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600Mhz cl9
Video Card:	Crossfire HD 5850 1GB
Hard Disk:	Crucial m4 SSD 128GB, WD Black 640GB
Optical Drive:	Asus DRW-24B3ST
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster T260HD
Case:	NZXT Gamma
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar D1
PSU:	Corsair HX 650W
Software:	Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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