SSD or Velociraptor - need advice.

[Grnkjr0]

I keep missing the mention of when people are building outside of US, so excuse me.

LOL - I am not sure I even mentioned that, but I live in Denmark. It is sometimes a bit frustrating to see the prices on some really great stuff linked compared to what I have to pay for it.

I will buy the 800W model Tagan offers to be on the safe side.

Poul

 

[aevm]

Tagan is a reliable brand, no worries.

The recommendations from nVidia (or ATI, or manufacturers like BFG) tend to calculate the PSU in such a way that it's used at 70% at most. Of course, then they look too large compared to what's actually measured at the wall in reviews.. However, it makes sense. A reviewer may run two cards for an hour or so successfully on a small PSU, and doesn't care if the PSU is close to 100% and running hot and noisy. You on the other hand want a PSU that can run in the 50% to 70% range where the fan is slower, the noise is low, the efficiency is at maximum (which means the heat is lowest). Also, PSUs tend to lose some power in time due to capacitor aging.

 

[xthekidx]

Ideally you should get a PSU that would be under 70% load when your system was fully loaded in order to keep efficiency up and heat low to increase the life of your PSU. The Corsair is a better PSU than the Tagan, but the Tagan is a decent PSU too, if you want modular though its a good choice.