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Thats pretty cool, but since im not 18 i cant do that. I aslo dont have a business.
1 Kilowatt PSU
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When it comes to my hardware buying habits, i try to get the cheapest stuff that has the best performance to cost ratio.
Aslong as it gets the job done for ATLEAST 3-4 years, I'm happy. But computer parts are designed to last a long time, and with prices of hardware falling fast, I don't really see a problem in the future with higher prices as newer technologies will exist and prices will continue to plummet. My old computers PSU was $20 and it last me a solid 5 years with the occasional reoiling of the PSU Fan.
The computer in my sig is going to last me another 5 years, atleast.
Aslong as it gets the job done for ATLEAST 3-4 years, I'm happy. But computer parts are designed to last a long time, and with prices of hardware falling fast, I don't really see a problem in the future with higher prices as newer technologies will exist and prices will continue to plummet. My old computers PSU was $20 and it last me a solid 5 years with the occasional reoiling of the PSU Fan.
The computer in my sig is going to last me another 5 years, atleast.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: 1 Kilowatt PSU
Do you see how I have six hard drives in my tower? I also have a 80gb drive in an external case attached by usb. With the fans in there as well I use alot of power. I have hard drive fans on my two sata drives, 8 quiet case fans, and a fan bay controler. I put the fans on one psu, so i can turn the fans off at night and have the system still running. I did try to run this all on the 400w, and i was getting graphic card problem, where the card didnt have enough power, 550w wasnt enough for everything, but it is enough for all the hardware.
I also oc my cpu up a tad from the 2.2ghz equivlant to 3200+. So I find that I need and use the power from both psu's.
If you tell me that with a psu calculator, i shouldnt need these two psu, those calculators are not accurate.
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Do you see how I have six hard drives in my tower? I also have a 80gb drive in an external case attached by usb. With the fans in there as well I use alot of power. I have hard drive fans on my two sata drives, 8 quiet case fans, and a fan bay controler. I put the fans on one psu, so i can turn the fans off at night and have the system still running. I did try to run this all on the 400w, and i was getting graphic card problem, where the card didnt have enough power, 550w wasnt enough for everything, but it is enough for all the hardware.
I also oc my cpu up a tad from the 2.2ghz equivlant to 3200+. So I find that I need and use the power from both psu's.
If you tell me that with a psu calculator, i shouldnt need these two psu, those calculators are not accurate.
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