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Help me and my sister build a computer!
Se7en:
Actaully, SATA hard drives use less current than IDE ones. You just want the correct power connector. 400watt is quite adequate for this sort of system, and yes, antec would be fine, but there are better value ones avaliable. I use silverstone power supplies myself, they are hugely expensive, but i get them as freebies.
The only name to really avoid in powersupplies is Q-tec. They have a horrible reliability reputation.
400 watt isnt a large psu these days. My main gaming rig can supply a true 650 watts. You do need to know that most manufacturers quote peak current, not continuous. This means a high quality 300 watt PSU can easily supply more power than a cheap 400 watt model.
Off the top of my head, id recomend tagan, chieftec, and coolermaster as well as antec. I'm a perticular fan of PSUs with 120mm fans, for the same of more efficient and quieter cooling.
Se7en:
--- Quote from: SpacemanSpiff ---Getting a powersupply that's larger than what you need is ineffective. Power supplies work effectively if they're under about 80% load, if you don't reach that, you're just inflating your electricity bill without actually getting more out of it. 400W are definitely enough unless you feel like running 4 harddisks and SLi.
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NONSENSE. Utter, utter nonsense. Whilst it is true that there is little point in having a power supply that is very much overspec, doing so does NOT draw more current off the mains. Power supplies are switch mode units, they work at their most efficient when they are cold. Guess when they are cold? when they are drawing a minimum of current.
It is even possible to "overclock" a power supply, and draw more than its rated current from it without cooking it, by adding better cooling to it.
Se7en:
Okay, heres another possible idea. Go for a lovely little shuttle PC, opt for the value option on the cpu, and spend the money on a huge hard drive and a beast of a graphics card.
It would go something like this..
Shuttle Inc SpaceCube SK83G AMD Socket 754 Barebone PC system - £149.95
Kingston 512MB DDR 400MHz Non ECC DIMM CL3 x2 - £59.20
AMD Athlon64 bit 3000+ 754pin OEM CPU ( Newcastle ) - £84.50
Sony Corporation DW-Q28A Dual Layer Black 16X DVD +/-R/RW oem -£23.50
Okay, thats all the basic parts bar the monitor, hard drive, and graphics card, and thats only about £315 altogether! Then its a matter of using all the spare cash on the important bits. Heres what id get if it fits the budget:
MSI 256MB ATi Radeon X800 AGP 8X VIVO -£216.25
TFT monitor - Samsung SM913N 19" TFT Silver 8ms -£170.20
Diamondmax10 300Gb 16Mb Cache 7200rpm SATA OEM HDD - £75.30
Now, i have no way of telling if that would fit your budget, but you get the idea. The way to make a value gaming machine is to opt for solid and fairly low spec CPU etc, and then spunk all the cash on the graphics card.
Course, the fact that its a tiny little box that looks like this doesnt hurt. sexeh.
ramenXnoodles:
--- Quote from: Se7en ---Okay, heres another possible idea. Go for a lovely little shuttle PC, opt for the value option on the cpu, and spend the money on a huge hard drive and a beast of a graphics card.
It would go something like this..
Shuttle Inc SpaceCube SK83G AMD Socket 754 Barebone PC system - £149.95
Kingston 512MB DDR 400MHz Non ECC DIMM CL3 x2 - £59.20
AMD Athlon64 bit 3000+ 754pin OEM CPU ( Newcastle ) - £84.50
Sony Corporation DW-Q28A Dual Layer Black 16X DVD +/-R/RW oem -£23.50
Okay, thats all the basic parts bar the monitor, hard drive, and graphics card, and thats only about £315 altogether! Then its a matter of using all the spare cash on the important bits. Heres what id get if it fits the budget:
MSI 256MB ATi Radeon X800 AGP 8X VIVO -£216.25
TFT monitor - Samsung SM913N 19" TFT Silver 8ms -£170.20
Diamondmax10 300Gb 16Mb Cache 7200rpm SATA OEM HDD - £75.30
Now, i have no way of telling if that would fit your budget, but you get the idea. The way to make a value gaming machine is to opt for solid and fairly low spec CPU etc, and then spunk all the cash on the graphics card.
Course, the fact that its a tiny little box that looks like this doesnt hurt. sexeh.
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You're really gonna want more than 512 ram.
Se7en:
yeah, didnt you see? that dimm x2, making a gig. That price there is for two.
And fucking hell, theres no need to quote the whole lot, when its the last post as well!
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