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24th Oct 2009, 15:46
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 What New Processor is Best for Me? You will not need to upgrade anything else other than the Power Supply; your looking at a 400W minimum.
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The Corsair CX400W PSU seems like a good choice. My System: xX_TeK_GaMeR_Xx
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24th Oct 2009, 16:22
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? If you're not throwing in a huge graphics card later, you should be okay. The X2 240s actually use less power then what you are using - a test system with the 955 and a 7900GTX pulled about 180W at idle, whereas a system with a X2 240 and a 4850 pulls roughly 80W.
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"I loved the P182 so much that, when my wife's system was all noisy and needed all sorts of cleaning, I bought her one. Then, when I wanted a cat, I bought a P182. The P182 is not a cat per se, but it's still an excellent buy." My System: 日夏子
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24th Oct 2009, 16:53
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? Using Power Supply calculators they state that farayman3's system will draw 360W at full load, is this just nonsense then? |
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24th Oct 2009, 17:21
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? Yeah, "power supply calculators" are BS.
__________________ "I loved the P182 so much that, when my wife's system was all noisy and needed all sorts of cleaning, I bought her one. Then, when I wanted a cat, I bought a P182. The P182 is not a cat per se, but it's still an excellent buy." |
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24th Oct 2009, 23:04
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? alright carbon so your saying i can just put my power-supply from my older computer with 350 watt, and that should be enough? and can I put it in my acer right now without doing any damage ?(just to check so i won't destroy my new motherboard when i've got it) |
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24th Oct 2009, 23:07
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? I didn't say it could go in your existing motherboard, else I would have said just buy it by itself 
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24th Oct 2009, 23:28
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? wait i don't get it now, can i put use my current 250 watt power-supply for the new mobo and processor or not?, and would it be better to put in the older 350 watt or realy buy a new one of 400 watt?, and will this not damage any of my hardware? |
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25th Oct 2009, 00:05
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? Yes, the power supply you are using should work fine. If you are really concerned, they are pretty cheap, but unless you are using a graphics card along with this, you should be fine.
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25th Oct 2009, 00:22
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? I'm using a radeon HD 4670, but what if i put in that other power-supply from my older computer that got 350 watt will that solve it? because i'm really low budget |
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25th Oct 2009, 00:31
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| What New Processor is Best for Me? Wattage is a useless metric. What you have in your current system might be better than a "350 watt" PSU. What I'm saying is that if the system you have runs the new chip draws less power so it is fine.
__________________ "I loved the P182 so much that, when my wife's system was all noisy and needed all sorts of cleaning, I bought her one. Then, when I wanted a cat, I bought a P182. The P182 is not a cat per se, but it's still an excellent buy." |
