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  3. How To Pick A Psu

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    1st, yes, that purpose of this thread was (for me) to help people buy the right PSU, not to know everything about the selected PSU. I will add what you and Jeff are looking for later on.

    2nd, with the sheer amount of possible systems out there, I can't tell you exactly what features you may need. For the most part, this is for people that know something about a computer. Everything else should be fairly self explanatory.

    3rd, what I was trying to say is, what do you want your selected PSU to be able to handle. If it is Quad-SLi, or something less, then it is covered.

    4th, your supposed to weigh in the power consumption of your CPU, and you are weighing it into what videocard setup you plan on having. CPUs don't require different power connectors, motherboards do. Almost all of the PSUs I recommend have 20+4 connectors, which is almost standard of new PSUs. That means that you can use a 20pin connector, or a 24pin connector.

    5th, as mensioned, your supposed to weigh in your CPU power consumption into what is already provided. For example, if your system is in the SLI category, but your overclocking your Pentium 4 EE as far as it will go, you should bump it up to the quad-sli section.

    I'm sorry if this wasn't as technical as you would have liked, it was just supposed to be a buying guide. It will be formed into what you consider a tutorial sometime soon.

  12. How To Pick A Psu

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    wow really? masscool is on the great list. Ever since one of their HSF's nearly let my old processor fry (pushing 70 celcius) I never dealt with them again. A cheapo Coolermaster saved the processor.

    FSP is not on the great list? Come on. I got a 450W FSP powering my dual 7600GT setup just fine.

    Other than those 2 things bugging me, it looks great man. :thumbsup:

    Masscool only has one PSU, the Masscool Nextherm. The Nextherm was made by Seventeam, which is a very good OEM. Fortron FSP is good, and is very good if your on a tight budget, but you can do better if you want to spend a little extra money.

  16. How To Pick A Psu

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    Guys, BTW. As most of you will notice, I'm counting on you to just take my word on this stuff. In a month or two I will add another section to this that will explain EVERYTHING. I'm not doing it right now because all the explainations may not be as full as you would like them.

  17. How To Pick A Psu

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    Ok, reference list it is. And I didn't put non-RAIDed drives in the system because if you have 3+ non raided drives, they take power for the 3.3V rail. Everything else (almost) takes power for the 12v rail so their isn't much of a problem. Just so you know, the only really direct reference I used was for the "Crappy PSUs" list. This is because their are many, many really really small brands that I can't list all just from my knowledge. I don't know what else you would want.