What do you think of my PSU?

[mrbeanladen]

My PC:

Asus gts450
i5 2400
2x2gb ddr3 1600mhz cl9
1tb 7200rpm hdd
Gigabyte GA-P67A-D3-B3

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3606#kf

 

[delluser1]

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3606#kf
My PC:
Asus gts450
i5 2400
2x2gb ddr3 1600mhz cl9
1tb 7200rpm hdd
Gigabyte GA-P67A-D3-B3

What do you think of my PSU?

Overkill doesn't begin to describe it
You could run 2 of your systems with that amount of power, 1 on each rail to make the single rail noobs happy :lol:

 

[mrbeanladen]

wow, it's that great? it was the cheapest thing in the shop I bought it, like 2 or 3 times cheaper than an OCZ

and what exactly is a "rail"? i saw it in that sticky and on the wiky but I didn't quite understand

 

[geekapproved]

2 rails is fine, but 1 is always better. Just don't buy one of those junk psu's with 5 rails.

You'll notice all high end psu's are single rail.

 

[delluser1]

wow, it's that great? it was the cheapest thing in the shop I bought it, like 2 or 3 times cheaper than an OCZ

and what exactly is a "rail"? i saw it in that sticky and on the wiky but I didn't quite understand

Didn't say it was great
It's a modern FSP build, so probably decent enough
With 432 watts of power to the 12v it's pretty powerful, not quite w 620 watt psu though
Gigabyte has a tendency to use "peak" instead of "continous" power when rating some of thier unit's
Might have exaggerated a bit about 2 systems running on it, but it's way more power than you need
Was more annoyance at the "first post ever on Tom's" single 12v rail comment than straight thinking
Go here, will explain 12v rails and more
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDFAQs

 

[delluser1]

Mmmm, luv noobs

 

[dish_moose]

So your real account has 2 posts - one of which was a slam at a member???
-Bruce

 

[mrbeanladen]

Many thanks to all of you who helped me understand this a bit more.

 

[nikorr]

That guys account was deleted.

 

[delluser1]

That guys account was deleted.

Aww, now my last post makes no sense 😀

 

[iam2thecrowe]

2 rails is fine, but 1 is always better. Just don't buy one of those junk psu's with 5 rails.

You'll notice all high end psu's are single rail.

thats the biggest load of crap i have ever heard come out of anyones mouth EVER.