Upgrading (Need Help)

[ReGIONALS]

What do you suggest I replace it with than? xD

 

i know your asking shadow but my opinion would be the 4890 great card.

[Shadowex3]

i think he meant power supplies. As always anything from Seasonic, Corsair, or PC Power and Cooling is a good power supply. Corsair's usually the cheapest, and they're CONSTANTLY on sale in newegg's newsletter.

 

A ~550 watt corsair can easily run everything you throw at it.

[ReGIONALS]

oh sorry yea corsair psu are definatly the best ones ive had no problems with mine and the fan on my cpu it louder than my psu fan and i got a great deal on mine. on thing if you get a power supply try and get a modular one.

[Th3-Sn4k3]

Why... is it shitty?

 

In all honesty, I don't know a thing about computers.

 

I think u were talking about the nvidia 9800 not ati radeon 9800 ^______^

 

nvidia 9800 = 1 year old & WIN

 

Ati radeon 9800 = 6 years old & LOSE

[tinkerbell]

i think he meant power supplies. As always anything from Seasonic, Corsair, or PC Power and Cooling is a good power supply. Corsair's usually the cheapest, and they're CONSTANTLY on sale in newegg's newsletter.

 

A ~550 watt corsair can easily run everything you throw at it.

 

i agree, corsair are making some really shit hot psu's at the moment. stable at 100% load and a good efficiency ratings 80+, and the price will not break the bank

 

dont get the new ati card yet, unless you really have the money to burn.

 

for cards i suggest the ATI 4890 toxic, or the Nvidia 275 try for the Palit one, better cooler. the ATI can be overclock to 1GHz core speed and is as fast as the 275. but the 275 runs cooler.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire_hd4890_toxic_vaporx/14.htm

[Wrathek]

the card and ram you're planning on is fine. dont worry about the processor. you're only SEVERELY lacking in the gfx department. (that is until you buy this new one)

[PotshotPolka]

i think he meant power supplies. As always anything from Seasonic, Corsair, or PC Power and Cooling is a good power supply. Corsair's usually the cheapest, and they're CONSTANTLY on sale in newegg's newsletter.

 

A ~550 watt corsair can easily run everything you throw at it.

 

I dunno, I haven't tested it yet to verify but I'm pretty sure I break 550 under load.

[Shadowex3]

Anandtech tested comps for power consumption, you'd need SLI to get over ~350 watts of power draw. Even with lights, many optical and hard drives, and a gaming cpu and gpu you'd still very likely be under 550w without SLI.

 

Amps on the other hand you might need a lot of, but corsairs tend to have 40+ amps on the 12v rails.

[PotshotPolka]

I do have SLI running, the gtx 295 is extremely energy inefficient.

[Shadowex3]

Then in that case you probably use about 650-750 watts but you're REALLY going to be sucking down the amps rather than the watts.