What motherboard to get for sandy bridge, and power supply question?
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Quick PSU question, I will be getting the ATI 5870, with i5-2500k (sandy bridge), 1tb HDD, disk drive, and 4gb DDR3 RAM.
Is 700 Watts too much for that?
Also, the motherboard I wanted is out of stock, and I dont necessarily want to wait for it if i am not going to get it,
here: [url]http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530BD1544&vpn=SABERTOOTH%20P67%20%3CREV%203.0%3E&manufacture=ASUS[/url]
And So i was looking at these,
[url]http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_722&item_id=036160[/url]
and
[url]http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_722&item_id=035396[/url]
So I was wondering what you guys think. If you can find a good one on Amazon.ca or [url]http://www.canadacomputers.com[/url] for at most $220
That would be appreciated, I live in [b]canada[/b] so make sure to use amazon.ca
[b]Please NO Newegg[/b] I do not want to deal with shipping
Edit: Also you use Canada Computers, please make sure the item is in stock.
I have the 5870 and my 2500k is on the way. I chose a 750watt PSU because I may get a second 5870 for crossfire.
Those boards look fine. I went for the MSI P67A-GD55.
MSI P67A-GD65 is great, or the GD55 if that's not in stock
telling us "700W" means nothing, it could be a high quality 700W or it could be a $15 piece of shit that shits itself at half load
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28757368]MSI P67A-GD65 is great, or the GD55 if that's not in stock
telling us "700W" means nothing, it could be a high quality 700W or it could be a $15 piece of shit that shits itself at half load[/QUOTE]
After reading through the specs, the GD55 seems to be a good pick anyway. The only difference I can see between the two is that the GD65 has a couple more SATA ports.
it also has eSATA ports on the back panel and a heatpipe on the VRM heatsinks
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maybe prices have changed since I last looked but before they were almost the same price
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28758582]it also has eSATA ports on the back panel and a heatpipe on the VRM heatsinks
[editline]23rd March 2011[/editline]
maybe prices have changed since I last looked but before they were almost the same price[/QUOTE]
Looks like a $15 price difference on Newegg right now. I personally have no need for eSATA ports so it isn't a huge loss to me.
I don't know, I was looking at this one,
[url]http://www.amazon.ca/700MXSP-Watts-ModXStream-Power-Supply/dp/B001IZ7MHU/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1300886045&sr=1-10[/url]
But it is out of stock, if it comes back in stock I will get that otherwise I'll get
[url]http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000X2677A/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A34VYH0ZXRC7C4[/url]
I know Corsair is good and the OCZ PSU got 80% on testseek.com from 6 reviews, seems solid to me.
[url]http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15180AC6371&vpn=P1750BCAG9&manufacture=XFX[/url]
same internals as the updated version of that corsair (750tx v2) but also partially modular, and cheaper
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or there's [url]http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=22170AC0247&vpn=ST75F-P&manufacture=Silverstone%20Technology[/url] which is completely modular
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28763637]
same internals as the updated version of that corsair (750tx v2) but also partially modular, and cheaper
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or there's (link) which is completely modular[/QUOTE]
The only part I understood was cheaper. I don't know much about PSU's, could someone explain a little bit more? thanks!
Ok so also, now i'm not looking at the one's i was looking at before, now i'm looking at these, the XFX one that reapaninja gave me:
[url]http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15180AC6371&vpn=P1750BCAG9&manufacture=XFX[/url]
and this,
[url]http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_441&item_id=036009[/url]
most brands don't actually make their own power supplies, they take an existing design and customise it (usually just sticking it in their own design case and putting their branding on it)
in this case the two power supplies you just chose both use the same base design (the original manufacturer was Seasonic), except XFX has made their specific product modular
modular means not every cable comes attached to the PSU, if you look at the second photo of the XFX there are green connectors on the back of the PSU and unconnected cables at the bottom of the photo
modularity means you don't have to include unnecessary cables and only use what you need, reducing the amount of clutter and making your life easier while installing it
basically the XFX is the better choice out of those two because it's essentially the same power supply but you can remove unnecessary cables
cool thanks!
[QUOTE=reapaninja;28764139]most brands don't actually make their own power supplies, they take an existing design and customise it (usually just sticking it in their own design case and putting their branding on it)
in this case the two power supplies you just chose both use the same base design (the original manufacturer was Seasonic), except XFX has made their specific product modular
modular means not every cable comes attached to the PSU, if you look at the second photo of the XFX there are green connectors on the back of the PSU and unconnected cables at the bottom of the photo
modularity means you don't have to include unnecessary cables and only use what you need, reducing the amount of clutter and making your life easier while installing it
basically the XFX is the better choice out of those two because it's essentially the same power supply but you can remove unnecessary cables[/QUOTE]
Damn, I wish I'd known that before; I just bought the TX750 V2. I guess I will just deal with the clutter.
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