- Jun 18, 2018
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My first post on tomshardware.
Story:
I was given prebuilt computer from Cybertron, but unfortunately I got one that is known to have power supply problems, which come out during intensive gaming. I myself fly an extremely intensive flight simulator, DCS, and I frequently run into crashes, and horrifying shutdowns (color bars across the screen). At first I thought it was the video card, but I now am positive it's my 500W power supply, after the abundance of crashes slowed considerably when I used MSI Afterburner to decrease the voltage by 35mV, and got smoother gameplay (though at sacrifice to framerate). Unfortunately, I can't find any specs about the PSU, other that what's on the sticker, so I'm going to assume it's a 80+ Bronze. From what I understand, bronze has an efficiency rating of about 80%, and 80% of 500W, which actually leaves me with 400W. I went through a couple online wattage calculators, and I come out at around 380-390W on my usage, leaving me with a 10W gap. Do correct me if I'm wrong here on my thought process. So, I've been looking at power supplies that will keep my PC running strong, and is ready for a couple future upgrades (thinking of a 1070 or at most 1080 down the road).
Short-list Specs:
MOBO-msi 760gma-p34 (fx)
CPU-amd fx(tm)-8300
STORAGE- single toshiba dt01aca100 drive
GPU-Radeon (tm)RX 470 4GB (single fan)
accessories include two fans and a dvd rom
My target:
I've sifted through a number of PSUs, and the one that stands out to me is the EVGA 850 GQ, 80+ GOLD 850W, Semi Modular power supply. At 850 with gold, it should leave me with a lot of play room. The biggest problem I'm having is ensuring that the PSU will come with enough, and of the correct cables for me to use. I'm pretty confident in my choice anyways, but I'm NOT AT ALL tech savvy, and I have questions anyways
I've been confident in purchases before, only to get the wrong items (tried using Arduino encoders with a BBI-32 once...didn't work )
Questions:
On the spec tab here (https://www.evga.com/products/Product.aspx?pn=210-GQ-0850-V1), it lists that SATA has 3x 550mm, 650mm and 750mm. What does the 3x mean? When looking at the photos, it looks like there is only one plug that goes into the power supply, but there are three SATA power connectors on the same cable, it looks like. So, what does this mean? Do I get three of all 550, 650 and 750mm cables? That's a lot. Or do all three of the lengths have three SATA power connecters per cable?
Below that, under "Connector quantity", it lists SATA as 9x. So does that really mean that I will get three 550mm, three 650mm and three 750mm cables? That's a lot of cables. I can't imagine why anyone would have nine hard/SS drives! And in the photo of the cables, I only see three VGA-type connectors to go into the PSU, not nine, so do they really split?
Being the power supply, I want to ensure that I do this right the first try, because if I get it wrong, I fear that I either wasted money, will have to wait an extra week to get a couple cables that aren't included(if that's the case), or fry my PC.
Story:
I was given prebuilt computer from Cybertron, but unfortunately I got one that is known to have power supply problems, which come out during intensive gaming. I myself fly an extremely intensive flight simulator, DCS, and I frequently run into crashes, and horrifying shutdowns (color bars across the screen). At first I thought it was the video card, but I now am positive it's my 500W power supply, after the abundance of crashes slowed considerably when I used MSI Afterburner to decrease the voltage by 35mV, and got smoother gameplay (though at sacrifice to framerate). Unfortunately, I can't find any specs about the PSU, other that what's on the sticker, so I'm going to assume it's a 80+ Bronze. From what I understand, bronze has an efficiency rating of about 80%, and 80% of 500W, which actually leaves me with 400W. I went through a couple online wattage calculators, and I come out at around 380-390W on my usage, leaving me with a 10W gap. Do correct me if I'm wrong here on my thought process. So, I've been looking at power supplies that will keep my PC running strong, and is ready for a couple future upgrades (thinking of a 1070 or at most 1080 down the road).
Short-list Specs:
MOBO-msi 760gma-p34 (fx)
CPU-amd fx(tm)-8300
STORAGE- single toshiba dt01aca100 drive
GPU-Radeon (tm)RX 470 4GB (single fan)
accessories include two fans and a dvd rom
My target:
I've sifted through a number of PSUs, and the one that stands out to me is the EVGA 850 GQ, 80+ GOLD 850W, Semi Modular power supply. At 850 with gold, it should leave me with a lot of play room. The biggest problem I'm having is ensuring that the PSU will come with enough, and of the correct cables for me to use. I'm pretty confident in my choice anyways, but I'm NOT AT ALL tech savvy, and I have questions anyways
I've been confident in purchases before, only to get the wrong items (tried using Arduino encoders with a BBI-32 once...didn't work )Questions:
On the spec tab here (https://www.evga.com/products/Product.aspx?pn=210-GQ-0850-V1), it lists that SATA has 3x 550mm, 650mm and 750mm. What does the 3x mean? When looking at the photos, it looks like there is only one plug that goes into the power supply, but there are three SATA power connectors on the same cable, it looks like. So, what does this mean? Do I get three of all 550, 650 and 750mm cables? That's a lot. Or do all three of the lengths have three SATA power connecters per cable?
Below that, under "Connector quantity", it lists SATA as 9x. So does that really mean that I will get three 550mm, three 650mm and three 750mm cables? That's a lot of cables. I can't imagine why anyone would have nine hard/SS drives! And in the photo of the cables, I only see three VGA-type connectors to go into the PSU, not nine, so do they really split?
Being the power supply, I want to ensure that I do this right the first try, because if I get it wrong, I fear that I either wasted money, will have to wait an extra week to get a couple cables that aren't included(if that's the case), or fry my PC.
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