I'm not suggesting the retailer is a crook, that's not the point. I've bought PC parts from dozens of places over the years, most of them with very sound business practices, but every single one of them sell deathtrap power supplies, it's just something that happens in the PC market. The reason for it is that people buy PSUs thinking that a gaming PC needs 500 watts or more. As it turns out the vast majority of PCs barely use more than 200W. (Note, this does not make using 200W units for gaming PCs acceptable, you should always leave plenty of room ahead for upgrades and to keep the PSU's lifetime up, no units stand up well to 24 hours use at their maximum capacity). The reason that people buy PSUs with huge wattage outputs though is that they have had problems with cheap crap units that say they're, for example, 450W, when in fact they will collapse if you try to draw more than 150W from them. This happens with over a hundred brands of PSU, there are plenty of dodgy companies out there. Traditionally, Gold PSUs are the worst of them all, since lots of crap companies produce gold PSUs, but I can't name a single company that's actually any good that does.
okies i get the point what you trying to explain..but letz come to the point where what watt shuld i use..since i am huge gamming freek nad usually i keep em playing thought the day and when i am off to sleep my pc is still running downloadin something or the other..over the past 2-3years i doubt i have shut my pc totally for even one day complete.so i would suggest u either give me the brand name which i doubt i wil get here since indian market keep few stuff.i got my graph card on order bassis since dey dont keep it with them ..so if by chance the brand name is there i can place an order and wht watt is suggested to keep my pc on high power..
and yeah i am running vista and xp. my current rating for vista is 3.7..on of my friend has 5.3-4something..since he has core 2 duo..so any idea hw can i upgreade 2 get huge rating on my pc.
Upgrade your processor to a Core 2 Duo, something like an E6750. The following are all good Power supply units I'm happy to recommend. OCZ StealthXStream 600W (NOT GameXStream) Thermaltake Toughpower 600W (NOT PurePower) Corsair HX 520W Tagan (anything 500W or more) Antec (anything 500W or more) PC Power & Cooling Silencer Series
They're alright, but not particularly great, along with companies like Enermax, who I haven't included for the same reason. You don't hear of too many major problems but the quality of the units doesn't impress me as much as the brands I listed. Coolermasters are also some of the noisiest power supplies there are out there.
I have this one that I got with a rebate for $60 and I love it. Its very quiet compared to my crappy XION one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171023
Yup, that's the exact one I'm referring to. Your PC might not draw enough power to trigger it, but with today's high end video cards they make a hell of a din.
yea coolermaster are good no doubt but dint havve cash 2 get em..well i look into this psu thng and wil upgrade it soon when got the cash in hand....
the other thing is that i was just goin through several forums and i end up in some topic where they almost had a problem like mine..now the thing suggessted was 2 upgrade the firmware,so i downloaded the firmware..bt it opens in my vlc vd player..so wat exatly is this firmware thing ???any idea?
