The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

Page 531 - Seeking answers? Join the Tom's Hardware community: where nearly two million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar


The wattage isn't all that important and it should be fine in that respect. Thing thig that really matters is the Amps 0n the +12v rail. You need to have enough there for the casrd plus some headroom. The computer should be quiet. :)
 
So I went to Best Buy yesterday and my jaw just about hit the floor when I saw they had unlocked phones for sale! :eek2:

Especially when they have every first, second, third, and fourth tier US contract carrier represented in their cell phone section. The major carriers need to get on board with unlocked phones. I want to get an Asus Zenfone for overseas travel especially since I'm going to South America for sure next year and Africa and the Middle East are also current possibilities. Having limited phone service in the UK last week really sucked but I managed to get by for now.
 


That's exactly my point. I'm not sure why they get so much hate. Paired with a GPU such as a 750Ti or a 750, they are fine power supplies for someone on a tight budget. There are so many worse power supplies than the EVGA budget ones. Great Wall power supplies, Cooler Master ones, Thermaltake.

The thing is just that most new builders always see Corsair CX and EVGA units as the very first on the list and buy those, making them more popular (and also more hated by PSU enthusiasts).
 
@RazerZ
I did.
His was 40 bucks from Best Buy....
@g-unit
I want a nexus for Kali Nethunter

So we had some fun today before we wipe and repartition the computers with attrib, and going through the registry deleting as much as possible... on 8.1, I somehow managed to delete admin rights, so System Restore, Reset, etc were all locked. I did this before on XP, but the level of security in the registry from XP to 8.1 is insanely improved... I also managed to delete all control panel applets and command console... "delete" since win Logo + R wouldn't get it, task manager wouldn't work, and the computer was mostly locked up...

so
much
fun

I recommend you do it on a computer that is about to die with no needed information. All you have to do is install a new OS with a disk/USB to fix it, but, as always, personal data will be gone.
 

I think he/she's relying too much on the name and not on the actual amperage.
 


Plus, assuming he overclocks both of those, that can draw in more than 400W of power, so for best efficiency he should have a 750-850W power supply.
 
750-850w is overkill but the 780 Ti is a power hog and I wouldn't overclock it and the CPU with less than a 600w unit myself.
 


Yeah but it's still best to buy a power supply that'll give you a good amount more, about 2X, than the power draw. I'd personally say somewhere in the 1.75X field since max power draw, where all components are at 100% usage, is rare. But if you want it to save electrical bill money, I personally think it's worth the extra money for an ideal wattage as well as efficiency rating.
 
well sure.... any gk110 or gm210 card can easily pull close to 400w if you go 1.35v vcore and push the core frequency up. i think the gm210 theorital max is 532w according to kingpin. but the stock bios limited and otherwise for "normal overclocking usage" i would rather run a gold rated xfx 550w than a bronze rated 750w for a oced i7 and 980ti. even sli 980ti systems are only pulling 550(650w oced) from the wall. if we are talking oced fx 8 core and single fury x you would still have headroom. and at quick glance i see 600w bronze rated tier 2 units that claim 46a on the 12v while the xfx runs 45a on the 12v. the 400-420w overall load is right at the 80% efficiency load rating as well.

actually i was kinda wrong... the original argument was the evga gs 550w gold over the evga 750w bronze for the same price. was told i was stupid... it wont work.. go for the 750w for sure and have the potential to sli in the future.
 


Doubt you could SLI with 2 780 tis and a 750 watt modell..
 


Do the brakes still run? I had an '02 Pontiac and those things were notorious for sub par breaking systems. It was going to cost me something like $3500 to replace them (and that was a conservative estimate) near the end of my car's useful life.
 
No clue. It's his first car and he's really excited. I'm not gonna ruin it for him yet. His family just went through some really bad times. I'm just giving him some warnings, like this brake thing and helping him find a cheap side mirror replacement.
 

With the push for higher efficiency, many computer power supplies are within a 3-5% percent as efficient at 20 percent as the peak efficiency(50-60% on most units.). This is not to say the peak is not reached as you say around half.
 


Not sure if it affected the Grand Prix, but the Grand Am that I had had breaks that by the end of the car's life, the mechanic that I took it to said that he'd never seen breaks that bad before. Of course I did have over 120,000 miles on it by the time I traded it in. :lol:
 


That was a recall and you could have had it done for free actually.
 


You never did the brakes in 120,000 miles?

Also, lol at people thinking 120k is alot for a modern car.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom