Power supplies

[trakaill]

After readin most of this http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=317192

 

it seems like a good unit.. for the price we could even say great...

 

You will be limited if you try to add a gpu later on...

 

So let me put it this way: if you buy this I think you will be satisfied but

 

if you think that one day you might want to add a GPU go with the corsair because you wont have to buy ANOTHER PSU then..

 

Also corsair is awesome and rarely deceive their customer and I really like their reliability and the 5 year warranty (if I remember correctly).. they back up their product I dont know much about antec in that field

[Toxin]

Am I going to see a drop in performance?

[KScorp]

Am I going to see a drop in performance?

 

A drop when? From your current PSU, not likely. If you upgrade to a high end GPU, possibly.

[trakaill]

you should be able to use higher end stuff without a drop in performance, you really wont see the drop in performance but the psu will start getting hot...

 

are you going i7??

 

as long as you dont OC and use only one GPU you should be fine!

[Toxin]

I have an i7. And a GTS 250. Might upgrade to a 5850 or a 470 soon. The 5850's PSU requirement is 450, the 470's is like 550.

[trakaill]

I have an i7. And a GTS 250. Might upgrade to a 5850 or a 470 soon. The 5850's PSU requirement is 450, the 470's is like 550.

 

unless you have water cooling I would not go with the new nvidia card... you can make cofee and cook eggs for breakfast they get so hot!! and if I were you Id go corsair on the pSU..

 

Can you sly/crossfire with your mobo???

[Toxin]

Nope. Not planning on doing so anyways. I'd rather upgrade my graphicscard to the 5850 now.

[Wrathek]

unless you have water cooling I would not go with the new nvidia card... you can make cofee and cook eggs for breakfast they get so hot!! and if I were you Id go corsair on the pSU..

 

Can you sly/crossfire with your mobo???

 

yes they get very hot. but they don't affect the ambient of the case nearly at all. Like, they designed the card to run at 90C under load, but the card doesn't like shove that 90C into the rest of the case.

[Toxin]

All I'm asking is, should I downgrade to a Antec 520, would it affect my performance, and how much would it affect my options of expansion for the future?

[KScorp]

should I downgrade to a Antec 520

For that price, I think you'll be happy. Judging from the review Trakaill posted, you shouldn't have any problems with it.

 

would it affect my performance

Nope. It doesn't matter if you downgrade your power rating, as long as your computer won't use that much power. Your computer should fall well within the 520W rating.

 

how much would it affect my options of expansion for the future?

 

You can't SLI or Crossfire with it, and the enormous graphics cards might be a bit out of its league. But it will handle your 5850 just fine, as that card will use a maximum of 151W. There is plenty of room for extra hard drives, disk drives, or anything else for that matter if you plan on getting them. (Just not an extra graphics card. )