The (new) Official PC building thread!

Snow fairy? Sorry rob, you lost me there!
@Abuzar: It does indeed. If a 620W Corsair failed in any reasonable period of time (let's say <5 years) running that system with some additional hard disks later added, and an overclocked CPU, I'd be very surprised. The build quality of the units is so good, the overhead you need is surprisingly slight. Even with these modifications, you'd probably have a good hundred watts spare, which is plenty.

And to add, if I get another smug remark saying I'm misleading people and telling them to buy the wrong stuff, you can get stuffed - I'm leaving this thread for good.
After 4 years and thousands of posts, why would I suddenly turn rogue and spam the forums with wrong advice?

 

the snow fairy knows who im talking about....lol
if i can find it again i will post a pic of the snow fairy... there needs to be some comedy in here about now...were all gettin cabin fever...well i am. on top of being sick...lol

 

Well, indeed. I'm on the brink of leaving the entire site for good, so I could do with a bit of cheering up.
On this note, I found this:

High Tech Computer Sales Jargon

NEW - Different colour from previous design
ALL NEW - Parts not interchangeable with previous design
EXCLUSIVE - Imported product
ADVANCED DESIGN - The advertising agency doesn't understand it
YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT - We finally got one that works
MAINTENANCE-FREE - Impossible to fix

 

Interesting... Words of wisdom from Bob Seger perhaps?

Anyway, I'm off to bed now, I'll respond to anybody else tired of me ruining the thread tomorrow.

 

lmao

sorry i'll stop...

 

Hey, well anything's more pleasant than the recent banter in this thread...

 

Hi Guy's,
I'm not gone after all! I'll be around but I'm going to do less posting for a while as I need to get away for a bit to see what I can learn about the latest tech!

I thought answering this was the perfect time to say that I'm back

Posted by Sam:
High Tech Computer Sales Jargon

NEW - Different colour from previous design
ALL NEW - Parts not interchangeable with previous design
EXCLUSIVE - Imported product
ADVANCED DESIGN - The advertising agency doesn't understand it
YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT - We finally got one that works
MAINTENANCE-FREE - Impossible to fix

LOL!!! Nice one Sam!

I'll be back
Russ

 

@Sam

Sam...Nobody wants that...you are an asset here..

As for humor...
We could always restart the "Ban Greensman thread"...my personal favorite thread..

@Rob

He was asking if...the (3) voltage rails...were showing...the proper range of voltage...in other words...are the rails within the proper tolerances...or...is the P/S stable...

 

What was up with that thread anyway? I thought it was a bit Random.

 

@boozer
It was just a joke...on the merry prankster...since greensman is basically...The Class Clown..

It was the day Loco and Binkie became mods...and someone said...they should have the right to test there ban button on some one...so being The Friend I am...I threw Greensman on the track...so...Loco could have some Fun..

 

Haha ok now I know why you made that thread.

Russ, good thing you're back. We need advice from the person who invented mud lol.

 

abuzar,
We just got him to come back DON'T offend the Old Crotchety SOB!!! lol Well that wasn't very nice was it. hehehe. j/k old chap....

@Lp,
You stop it now or the MOD's will come a runnin again.

@sam,
You silly git, no one said you were ruining the thread, maybe running it BUT NOT ruining..... j/k m8.

@Rob,
AGAIN I say just frikkin buy something already.... Well only if you have the money that is.

@ the OLD men (Mort and Russ),
Thanks for NOT making your departure a permanent one. You guys are a true asset and we (even sam) needs your presence here to bring some semblance of sanity and wisdom to our attention.

OK sorry for the OT ......... BUT Lp made me do it!!!! How's that for Class Clown???? hehehe.

What progie are you guys using to monitor your system (you know temps, voltages, and such) and should I check my "stability" with something other than software??

a screeny of Everest Corp.....


Hope all get my weak attempt at humor...... if you don't...

...gm

 

I'm too tired to make a witty response to your "stability" right now lol.

Well of course you want to use software! That's the stuff that GOES unstable right? It's not like humans can go unstable and go kill Mr. Jay Gatsby can they?

Well, I tried. Goodnight all.

 

wow im gone for like 12 hours and look what the whole power supply thing turned into....
650 is too close according to lp
750 is overkill according to sam

sounds like a 700 watt p/s is in order

ok im split between these 2

Thermaltake W0106RU Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version 700W Power Supply $109 after MIR (it doesnt say crossfire support, will that be a problem?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153039

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply $105 after MIR (this one does have crossfire support so im kinda leaning towards this one.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002

 

The Thermaltake and OCZ units are both excellent, and having owned the former (albeit in a 750W version) I can say it's well worth having. It's not SPCR quiet, but it's pretty quiet up to a 300W load. After that it's not quite so pleasant, but if I'm honest, not many PSUs are beyond that point.

 

@Blade & ALL in the states,
Here's some pretty good RAM for cheap.... link to OCZ Reaper Ed.

btw I wouldn't be afraid of that Cooler Master 750W, it's ok to get to much power.

.....gm

 

Well indeed, someone I know has a 1300W unit to power a single 8800GTX (lol), and it doesn't do him any harm, he just spent an unnecessary extra £100. Mind you, given his wealth, not sure that really affects him too much!

 

it will increace his leccy bills. this is because PSUs are most efficient at 70-80% load. thats when the real 85%+ effiencyy comes. thast why, he will have a lot lower efficiency, as he will be using about 30-40%. this means it will have to draw more from the wall to change to the amount the components need, and the extra enegry will be excess heat, which makes the components run hotter, and will caus the cooling to work more, and if there are mobo assisted fans to spin more.

 

This is true, although I think at worst his PC will use 10% more power, so up to a maximum of around £30-£35 a year. Dual graphics waste far more power than this, as much as £500 a year.