old man building PC

[jtdragon]

  going to try to but togather a good PC for AH/WOT. So far have Cooler Master HAF 912 mid-tower, Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 intel Z68 LGA 1155 HDMI SATS 6Gb/s DDR32133 ATX motherbroad, Intel Core i5-2400 Processor,Corsair Vengeance blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mhz DDR3 240 pin SDRAM Dual Channel,
Antec Earthwatts EA-650D Green 650 Watts 80 plus Bronze power supply. DVD drive/harddrive are from my old pc. VC 460GT for now. will be able to upgrade as needed, 480 card or 500 series later (when have more $$). Hope this will work out for me.

[Denniss]

Better get a PSU with 50-100W less but with 80+ Silver or Gold. No need to go the 650W route unless you plan to use a 450W SLI/Crossfire VGA setup.

[Getback]

Looks good to me.

[guncrasher]

a guy that builds computers for a living once told me he would never build a computer with less than 650w.  and that was 4 years ago.

when i bought my first computer it had a 300w ps and everything worked on it till i added a video card and it looked good or so i thought. then i spend 40 bucks to get a 400 ps as i thought it would be enough and it looked a little better.  not until i got an 800 ps when i was getting ready to upgrade to my next build that I realized that my 8400 nvidia card was starved for power and all of a sudden i could see everything better and sharper.  the 800 was an over kill but it carried over to my next build.  ever since then i will research my components not just for what i have now but for what i may need in the future.  it has saved me a lot of money.


also I would rather get a ps that is rated either silver or gold preferably gold.  as the electricity saved using it will more than pay for it in the long run.  i know some people will disagree but when i switched my ps from an 800w rated to a 650w gold my bill went down and that was even with using 3 screens.   and i only replaced the 800w bronze because it failed under warranty.

a lot of the electicity of a ps is wasted on heat.  so a gold rated ps while more expensive will be cheaper in the long run than a comparable ps with same w rated bronze.  assuming the ps company actually tells the truth.

again this is just food for thought.  some people ma disagree but based on my electrical bills i would rather stick with a reputable gold or perhaps silver ps.

semp

[jtdragon]

Thank's for info on the PS. trying to look at the future also, with upgrades hope to keep it going for a few years. current computer has had PS,VC replaced two years ago. It's 5 years old and having a few problems.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

also I would rather get a ps that is rated either silver or gold preferably gold.  as the electricity saved using it will more than pay for it in the long run.  i know some people will disagree but when i switched my ps from an 800w rated to a 650w gold my bill went down and that was even with using 3 screens.  

Wow you're lucky if you can see the effect of 1 power supply in your bill!

During winter months I get 800 dollar a month electricity bills - one computer on/off won't even dent it.

[Noir]

a surge protection is a good buy also.

[Bino]

Don't skimp on a power supply unit.  The stability of the entire computer depends absolutely on it.  Search out some of the PSU-related threads in here to see what other components can get fried when good power goes bad.

[guncrasher]

Wow you're lucky if you can see the effect of 1 power supply in your bill!

During winter months I get 800 dollar a month electricity bills - one computer on/off won't even dent it.

oh I remember the good old times of living in the north carolina.  electricity was killing me.


semp

[jtdragon]

UPDATE, have new PC up and running and is doing great. FR has not dropped below 55 yet with all setting at high. Thanks for info on build.

[guncrasher]

UPDATE, have new PC up and running and is doing great. FR has not dropped below 55 yet with all setting at high. Thanks for info on build.

we wont believe you got anything untill you post pictures, specially with all the pretty lights on .


semp