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anyone go this 1k watt psu, is it any good?

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I saw this PSU on tigerdirect it's cheat but i was wondering if it's worth buying or should i wait and just get the corsair, i would like to save some money.... let me know what you think....To save you clicking on the link it's the Xion Real Power 1k watt PSU
 

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i call shennanigans and that means junk if there 450 and 550 watt models are anything to go buy id expect that 1k watt to last a month or 2 with at a 500watt load

a corsair 850 or PCP&C 800+ watt will wipe the floor with that Xion hell even a PCP&C silencer 750 or corsair 750 is probably hands down far better then that psu.
 
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That's what i was thinking but then there are some good and bad review of it, I don't know what to make of it yet, but then again for like 70 bucks more is the modular 80+ certified corsair
 
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First mind if I ask why you would want/need a 1000 watt power supply?

Also I'm sure it isn't that great of quality.
 

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i think your better off with an 850 watt corsair or PCP&C turbo cool 910 get quality not quantity in amps / watts :D
 
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First mind if I ask why you would want/need a 1000 watt power supply?

I'm gonna get a q9650 and get WC for both my GPU and CPU
 

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go with a good 850watt corsair or 750watt corsair thats modular both will easily handle that no problem PCP&C is what i use but both corsiar and pcp&c are close in price for 750 watt models

im running my setup in my system specs and it still hardly stresses my psu


besides that xion must have a horrible efficiency rating
 
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Honestly there won't be much of a difference between your current 9450 to a 9650 to merit the upgrade. At least in my opinion, I'm sure others would back me up on this. I doubt you're pushing your current chip to its max. Also you probably wouldn't notice any speed bump if you're at similar clocks. I didn't notice any difference between my x3 720 @ 3.6 and my i7 920 @ 3.8. It feels very similar in desktop.

Not trying to burst your bubble but it really isn't worth the money.

Perhaps try for a p55 if you were looking for newer hardware. Even still it won't be that big of an upgrade.
 
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even if i run 4.1ghz on the cpu and overclock the card to like 20-25%?
 
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even if i run 4.1ghz on the cpu and overclock the card to like 20-25%?

Why not just bump your current processor a bit more? You won't be getting much bottle necking from that quad as it sits anyway.
 

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ya i'm suspicious of that thing having SIX 12v rails, at 20/20/20/35/35/20 amps.... that's odd enough right there to steer me away considering the 12v rails alone add up to 1800W...?


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it took me forever to get 3.4ghz on air maybe if i get a new board i could get more out of my system but this dfi l2trs doesn't handle over 3.4ghz very well
 
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and i heard the q9650 can get 4.1 ghz easy with minimal voltage
 
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it took me forever to get 3.4ghz on air maybe if i get a new board i could get more out of my system but this dfi l2trs doesn't handle over 3.4ghz very well

Just looking at your overclocking thread, did you ever try clocking with just 2 sticks of memory instead of all 4? Had an issue with my old Core2 set up with all the slots populated, took more volts. If you're looking for a board, there were some good deals for the higher end 775 boards floating around the b/s/t forums a few weeks ago.

If you're board is having issues overclocking quads, then the 9650 MAY help. But that processor is expensive especially considering you can get a i5 + board for near the new cost of that processor alone.
 
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