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The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by ddp, Jul 16, 2008.

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  1. Deadrum33

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    good morning.
     
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    Hey guys, how yah do'in LOL!
     
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    my god, long time! where have you been?
     
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    Indeed, long time no see! Welcome back :)
     
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    Don't encourage him fellas... he'll NOT go away again.. :p

    Anyone see the post about me "new" cooler coming in?? I did some research and it seems that is a good cooler for NOT much money.... ya know how cheap the GM is!! :p

    Oman7 did you grab one of those ASUS ODD's when they were on sale?? well assuming they're NOT now. ;)
     
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    Probably missed it. I find the really lengthy discussions about coolers quite tedious :p
     
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    I'm trying to wear out my current burners LOL! Moneys kind of tight right now. Though I just bought the Corsair HX750. I need the sata connections, as well as a lot of power for future Graphics processing ;) A lot of you may think its overkill, but I see quite the gem looking at its capabilities and warranty :D
     
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    Well, depends how much it cost. In the UK at least, the HX 750W is almost identically priced to the ZM850-HP.
     
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    2 extra molexes, 100W more, same price, and unlike the Corsair, the ZM850-HP is effectively inaudible even when pushing 700W plus. The ZM850-HP is amazing. The only downside is that it uses 8+8+6+6 for the graphics connectors, not 8+8+8+8 like the Corsair. This is only an issue when using three physical cards or more, or when you have an 8+8 card and a crossfire/SLI array (rare - no reference card has ever used 8+8).
     
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    I'd actually go for the Zalman at those prices. Both are excellent PSUs.
     
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    Well, the corsair is getting better reviews. I don't like that several people have had a wining noise with the zalman :p And I'm sorry, but a seven year warranty can't go unnoticed LOL!

    I'm very superstitious. The number 7 always gets my attention. Its an omen...
     
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    No whining noise with the ZM850, just turn the noise dampening switch on. Job done :D
     
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    LOL! Noise dampening? Thats awesome! ;)
     
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    OH.... aren't you just funny today!! :p

    Oman7 I think both psu's are nice. :)
     
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    WTF? Interesting. Please do explain if you can :p
     
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    Be tough where you can understand it. :D
     
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    noise dampening swtich?

    id go for the corsair aswell, though if the zalman had 7 year warranty and 90% efficency id go for that. how are cable lengths though for both of them?
     
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    Zalman in their infinite wisdom decided not to include a power switch, but a power LED instead, and on the inside of the unit placed a switch that increases the unit's idle power consumption a bit (typically from 4W before to 6-7W) but deadens any of the annoying electrical whine you get from PSUs when they're switched off.

    The Zalman is 90% efficient in the UK, 87% in the US, almost identical to the Corsair.
     
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    So I spent a little MORE for the corsair name :p At least I feel confident. No offense, but Zalman (in my mind) is not as renowned as corsiar...
    I hate to sound like a fanboy, but well...corsair is awesome!

    By the way, the corsair is single 12V rail, the zalman is 4...
     
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