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Re: Faulty Gfx card? - New PSU suggestions?
« on: June 22, 2008, 12:13:25 PM »
Sounds unlikely.

I've got a DVDRW, 6xHD, Geforce gfx card, 1394b card, sound card, 2x Gig E cards, TV card, SATA RAID card, old power hungry Pentium IV Northwood and I only have a £20 350W PSU.

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It is a common mistake to evaluate different PSUs by comparing their maximum total power output. This is not a very accurate way of comparison. It’s a bit like comparing different cars by how high their speedometer has been marked. For a modern system the 12V will be the most important load. PSUs are labelled with max power output for the different lines. Comparison of ATX 2.01/2.2 PSUs can be a bit more complicated. The problem is to find out the maximum 12V output when having more than one 12V line. Unfortunately it is not always correct to just add up the maximum output of the different 12V lines.


Invest in a £10 antisurge extension cord? Add a ferrite ring to the Kettle lead going into the PSU?

Names to look for? Enermax, ThermalTake, Qtec, Nexus, Seasonic, Corsair.