Posts by fadedorca66

Maybe check this one out.

Or maybe this?
I guess this might work too.

When you're looking at power supplies, the most important thing is how much current they push through the 12V rail, since basically everything runs on that.

Yours is putting out 15A, which I guess is pretty weak by today's standards. 15A x 12V = 180W.

If the efficiency is, say, around 50%, then it might pull 200W from the wall just to give your components 100W.

The EVGA is fine, but you don't even know which specific model it is...

Nah. Only used.

You can definitely find better stuff than Corsair, and honestly, Verizon and NEON are pretty much garbage.

Yeah, pretty much fine I guess.

You can take those losers anywhere you want.

Just swap it out. I don't think you really want to risk some junk power supply taking your new GPU down with it.

Unfortunately, looks like I'm still getting the same answer.

Maybe some old Fortron 350W or 400W unit, or an older Chieftec, I guess...

Yeah, it's alright, I guess.

The 775 holds its value pretty well, even if the socket is ancient... I guess most people on the 775 platform just don't want to deal with a full upgrade, so they're basically just patching things up with a newer CPU. That probably explains why there's such high demand for the q660

How am I supposed to know if even you don't know the exact processor model? 😁
I mean, if it's an Athlon, I guess... I guess I'll just leave this here. If it's an X2, there shouldn't be much of an issue. I guess if it’s an older Athlon series, that might end up being a bit of a bottleneck... maybe.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XYZ123
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ABC456 (just make sure it's actually this one—the version 3
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DEF789

You can probably just stick with the Fortron; it’s more than enough. I mean, RAM and an HDD don't pull enough juice to justify buying a whole new power supply.

As for the CPU, this one has a slightly higher TDP, so it shouldn't really change the power draw much:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AM...0WFGIBOX).html
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD...600CUBOX).html

If the PSU ends up being too weak (which, honestly, probably won't happen), the PC might just fail to boot or maybe shut down under a heavy load. I doubt anything will actually fry, though, since it's a decent enough unit.

And what kind of 500w power supply are we talking about? There's a huge difference between a $50 "500w" label and an actual unit that actually puts out 500w.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=gtx+660

I guess if you grab faster RAM, the clock speed should just scale down automatically. It doesn't really matter which brand you pick, though maybe you could check online or look at the manual to see which manufacturers they actually tested, just to be safe.

Yeah, 8GB is the ceiling.

What does it say in the warnings down there?

brightviper13 said:Then maybe explain why my take is wrong. You didn't actually ask for my reasoning, you're just talking in circles. Personally, I'm not a fan of certain specs on this board, but if you're such an expert, why don't you answer the big question: WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS IN A MOTHERBOARD? I've seen plenty of people asking about it, but I haven't seen a single straight answer yet.

Which specs specifically are you not liking?