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Is it good enough for that?
Thanks!! It needs some updating still. If anyone would like to help, I'll add info as it is sent to me. I really need to add the corsair units as a 'best buy' PSU cause they are awesome.
A friend of mine just bought a Corsair 700w psu running two 8800gt's and it stopped working within twenty minutes and wouldn't power back on again. When he rma'd it and got the new one in it did the exact same thing and they were both brand new.
I have to get a new power supply. I'm sort of using this thread as a guide but also trying to find one that I can afford. I'm disabled so. . . . I'm looking at these two at newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171025 $100.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171024 $130.00
I'm sort of leaning towards the $130.00 one since it is the best deal tho a little more money.
This is what I have: Abit NF7v2.0 with a AMD Athlon XP 2500+, 1 GB of ram, three IDE 3.5 inch hard drives, 1 CD-RW drive, Nvida FX-5200 and a bunch of fans. I had a rubber band to get wrapped up in the fan on my old P/S and didn't notice it until it was to late. NOTE: I have IDE drives right now. I need the four pin power connectors for this. It's not real clear as to whether either of these P/S's has these. I think I see them in the pictures and it has something it calls peripherals. I think that is them.
Future, I may build a new rig with SATA drives and 64 bit CPUs and a new video card. Most likely use the same case if possible. Might want to keep that in mind too.
Any advice will be appreciated.
I have to get a new power supply. I'm sort of using this thread as a guide but also trying to find one that I can afford. I'm disabled so. . . . I'm looking at these two at newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171025 $100.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171024 $130.00
I'm sort of leaning towards the $130.00 one since it is the best deal tho a little more money.
This is what I have: Abit NF7v2.0 with a AMD Athlon XP 2500+, 1 GB of ram, three IDE 3.5 inch hard drives, 1 CD-RW drive, Nvida FX-5200 and a bunch of fans. I had a rubber band to get wrapped up in the fan on my old P/S and didn't notice it until it was to late. NOTE: I have IDE drives right now. I need the four pin power connectors for this. It's not real clear as to whether either of these P/S's has these. I think I see them in the pictures and it has something it calls peripherals. I think that is them.
Future, I may build a new rig with SATA drives and 64 bit CPUs and a new video card. Most likely use the same case if possible. Might want to keep that in mind too.
Any advice will be appreciated.
I'd get this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...lickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&Item=N82E16817371005
$30 AR
You aren't doing anything crazy power hungry, and it doesn't look like you are a huge gamer so a future power hungry video card is out of the question. This one is nice and green too
Even with your current rig at full tilt you are still under 350w. If you upgrade, it will just get lower.
If you want something with some more beef, this unit has a rebate now and will probably have it into your senior days....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003