Power Supply

[Mikary]

I'm contemplating on purchasing a new high-end gaming desktop.

However, I am concerned about the power supply.

There is two options:

700 watt power supply

or

1000 watt power supply (future proofing)

I don't want the electric bill to increase sky high.

And plus, isn't 1000 watt a lot of power?

I don't know, can someone help and clarify?

Is 1000 watt even safe?!

 

[muz]

what are the other specs ,i think 700w should be fine but judst to be safe post your specs

i highly doubtt you will need 1000w unless you are running like a quad core with 4gb ram dual 8800gtx and like 20 raptors

 

[bullzi]

ya, 700 would be fine, even though your psu would be 1000watts, that doesnt mean its always sucking that much energy, its only using what the pc is using, its not going to be putting power that doesnt need to be used somewhere, i think 700 will be fine, but we need to know what you plan on building first

 

[compguy91]

700 should be fine. Unless you're going to have some extremely power hungry hardware, there's really not much need for 1000W

 

[ssc456]

700 should be fine. Unless you're going to have some extremely power hungry PSU, there's really not much need for 1000W

???? i dont get that bit mate how can a power supply need 700W or more to run ??? i really dont get it

what would be hungry for power would be extra hard drives extra cd drives expansions cards ETC not the PSU ??

 

[compguy91]

???? i dont get that bit mate how can a power supply need 700W or more to run ??? i really dont get it

what would be hungry for power would be extra hard drives extra cd drives expansions cards ETC not the PSU ??

oops that was a typo. I meant to say power hungry hardware.

 

[Mikary]

Specifications:

Operating System
Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium (English)

Chassis Upgrades
Alienware® AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling + High-Performance Liquid Cooling

Power Supply
700 Watt Alienware® Approved Multi-GPU Power Supply

Motherboard
Alienware® Approved NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard

Processor
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 4MB Cache 1066MHz FSB

Memory
2GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 1024MB

Video Card
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600 GTS

Physics Processing Unit
AGEIA PhysXâ„¢ Physics Processing Unit

Video Optimiser
AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance

System Drive
250 GB Serial ATA 3 Gbit/s, 7,200 RPM with 8MB Cache

Storage Drive
250 GB Serial ATA 3 Gbit/s, 7,200 RPM with 8MB Cache

Optical Drive
18x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive

Sound Card
High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio

Removable Storage
Alienware® 28-in-1 Digital Media Reader / Writer

 

[muz]

700w is enough

and here comes a long line of people to flam alienware

oh and say an ageia physicx xard is not required

 

[Mikary]

What is wrong with AlienWare?

"an ageia physicx xard is not required"

Why not? Can you elaborate on this further please.

 

[Celegorm]

If Muz thinks like I do, it's because Alienware is owned by dell.

THe physics card isn't required because so few things even utilize it now. It's just a waste of money. Wait a bit for more games to support it and price to come down then just add it to the system.