soundstreamer Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Ok, I have what is probably a really dumb question but I need to know. I am buying a new power supply for my PC. I was looking on newegg and they have an ATX and an ATX12V. What is the difference and do I need to stick to the regular ATX like what is in my system now? Im looking for something around a 600 watt or more power supply. If you have a suggestion I would appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 [quote name='soundstreamer' post='610479' date='Dec 16 2007, 09:46 PM']Ok, I have what is probably a really dumb question but I need to know. I am buying a new power supply for my PC. I was looking on newegg and they have an ATX and an ATX12V. What is the difference and do I need to stick to the regular ATX like what is in my system now? Im looking for something around a 600 watt or more power supply. If you have a suggestion I would appreciate it.[/quote] What kind of motherboard and video card do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstreamer Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I dont exactly remember what motherboard I have but my CPU is an Athlon XP 1800. I know this processor maxed out my motherboard. I have a Nvidia 6800gt AGP video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 500W would be enough for what you have, but either one should work. To answer your original question: [url="http://compreviews.about.com/od/cases/a/ATX12VvATX.htm"]http://compreviews.about.com/od/cases/a/ATX12VvATX.htm[/url] And I've had the best luck with Thermaltake power supplies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 [quote name='soundstreamer' post='610479' date='Dec 16 2007, 09:46 PM']Ok, I have what is probably a really dumb question but I need to know. I am buying a new power supply for my PC. I was looking on newegg and they have an ATX and an ATX12V. What is the difference and do I need to stick to the regular ATX like what is in my system now? Im looking for something around a 600 watt or more power supply. If you have a suggestion I would appreciate it.[/quote] Could you maybe give a little info on what your needs are? Is this just to run your current system? Are you buying a new PSU as part of an upgrade? With an Athlon 1800, and an AGP video card, your current system can't possibly need anything more than a 350 Watt PSU. It just can't. You won't need a 600 Watt PSU until you go with a multicore cpu, high end mobo, SLI video cards, and a crapload of extras (RAM, fans, sound card, etc...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstreamer Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 [quote name='mongo' post='610604' date='Dec 17 2007, 09:37 AM']Could you maybe give a little info on what your needs are? Is this just to run your current system? Are you buying a new PSU as part of an upgrade? With an Athlon 1800, and an AGP video card, your current system can't possibly need anything more than a 350 Watt PSU. It just can't. You won't need a 600 Watt PSU until you go with a multicore cpu, high end mobo, SLI video cards, and a crapload of extras (RAM, fans, sound card, etc...).[/quote] You are probably right 350 watts probably is enough. My video card says min 500 watts but I thought that sounded pretty high myself. The reason for wanting a larger PS is because I plan to do some upgrading somewhat soon like a dual core CPU, faster video card, etc. So I figured go ahead and at least have that part taken care of for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Good deal. The only advice I have is not to try and save money with a cheap PSU. You tend to get what you pay for with them, and you don't want the thing that sends the juice to your critical components doing a bad job of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kochman Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Check this site out. They have cooler master PSU for free after mail in rebate. [url="http://www.svc.com/coolermaster-psu.html"]http://www.svc.com/coolermaster-psu.html[/url] 550watt its $35.oo but has a & 35.oo mail in rebate good til 12/31/07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kochman Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 [quote name='Kochman' post='611331' date='Dec 18 2007, 10:59 PM']Check this site out. They have cooler master PSU for free after mail in rebate. [url="http://www.svc.com/coolermaster-psu.html"]http://www.svc.com/coolermaster-psu.html[/url] 550watt its $35.oo but has a & 35.oo mail in rebate good til 12/31/07[/quote] No more free Power supplys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstreamer Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Damn I was planning on ordering one today. Guess I will be looking elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstreamer Posted January 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Well I bought my new power supply which is this. [url="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817190012"]http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16817190012[/url] Now I have another question that I didnt know I would run across. My motherboard has a 20 pin motherboard plug and a 4 pin plug next to it. My new PSU has the 20 pin and 4 pin next to it but also has 2 additional 4 pin plugs I guess for the other 12v rails. Will my motherboard work with this PSU? Do I need to hook up one of the other 4 pin plugs in place of the one next to the main 20 pin connector or am I shit out of luck and bought the wrong thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 [quote name='soundstreamer' post='620085' date='Jan 7 2008, 08:02 PM']Well I bought my new power supply which is this. [url="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817190012"]http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16817190012[/url] Now I have another question that I didnt know I would run across. My motherboard has a 20 pin motherboard plug and a 4 pin plug next to it. My new PSU has the 20 pin and 4 pin next to it but also has 2 additional 4 pin plugs I guess for the other 12v rails. Will my motherboard work with this PSU? Do I need to hook up one of the other 4 pin plugs in place of the one next to the main 20 pin connector or am I shit out of luck and bought the wrong thing?[/quote] You're fine. And you'll have use for the additional plugs when you upgrade your MB in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstreamer Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 [quote name='Elflocko' post='620236' date='Jan 8 2008, 08:55 AM']You're fine. And you'll have use for the additional plugs when you upgrade your MB in the future.[/quote] Thanks for the helping out with my dumb questions. My PSU seems to be running great now. Now comes the choice of what processor and mobo to go with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 [quote name='soundstreamer' post='620856' date='Jan 9 2008, 06:34 PM']Thanks for the helping out with my dumb questions. My PSU seems to be running great now. Now comes the choice of what processor and mobo to go with. [/quote] There's no better chip on the market right now than the Core 2, but you can get a real bargain on the AMD X2 which isn't exactly pokey. Depends on what you want to spend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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