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View Poll Results: How many watts is your power supply ?
Below 300 W 350 2.77%
300 W - 450 W 1,642 13.00%
451 W - 650 W 4,683 37.08%
651 W - 850 W 3,852 30.50%
851 W - 1000 W 986 7.81%
above 1000 W 1,116 8.84%
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 06:36 PM   #1
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How many watts is your power supply?

What's the wattage of the PSU in your computer system?
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:00 PM   #2
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:11 PM   #4
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:18 PM   #6
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:21 PM   #7
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:32 PM   #8
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Antec Earthwatts 430 for my gamer, (2) Antec Eathwatts 380, one for my server, and one for my "old school" athlon xp gamer
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:36 PM   #9
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HX850, HX850, FSP Blue Storm 500w, Rosewill Stallion 500w is what are in my rigs listed in my specs/sig.

I also have two CX400 power supplies in servers and a HEC Orion 585w in the Minecraft server.
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:37 PM   #10
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:51 PM   #11
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Which one, I currently have four PCs.

Can I vote for each PC?
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:54 PM   #12
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 07:55 PM   #13
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 08:10 PM   #14
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 10:23 PM   #16
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 10:25 PM   #17
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ABS SL 1050W (Enermax Revolution rebadge). Overkill for my system, but got a good deal on it
I have a real one sucker.
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Old Jul 28, 2011, 10:34 PM   #19
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Got a crappy Thermaltake TR2 600W. Possibly made by "huntkey". Gonna check it out later.

Edit: checked my psu and it is made by COMPUCASE ENTERPRISE CO LTD. Never heard of it so I bet my PSU is crap

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Old Jul 28, 2011, 11:43 PM   #20
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Old Jul 29, 2011, 12:06 AM   #21
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Old Jul 29, 2011, 12:10 AM   #22
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