PC Peripherals PSU for this config

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hello
please help me select a good PSU for the given config...

1.DFI Lanparty nForce 4 Ultra + AMD Athelon 64 3500+ s939
2.Transcend 1gb+1gb PC3200 ram
3.Segate Barracuda 7200RPM 250GB + 80GB(free) SATA HDD
4.Sony 16x Dual Layer DVD Writer
5.LiteOn Combo Drive
6.Samsung SyncMaster 997DF 19" CRT monitor
7.creative 2.1 speaker
8.Pinnacle PCTV Stereo - TV Tuner Card
9.mouse+keyboard+webcam+fx5200-128mb

i currently have a pwersafe 400w PSU which i dont think has a Pci-e connector
as i will be buying ATI x1900XT :ohyeah: from mr.Darklord i was hoping if u guys could suggest a suitable PSU to satisfy that moster card which i guess needs 30A on 12V rail (donno wt this means :huh: ) and ofcourse for other stuff in my PC...
thanx
 
Go for an Antec NeoHE. It is for around 6K in India. A very good PSU.

And abt the Seagate 'Cuda, try going for the 7200.9 version and not the 7200.8 version.

Kidoman on this forum had bought the 7200.8 and it died on him http://www.techenclave.com/forums/the-inevitable-250-gb-hdd-kaput-67495.html. Another of my friends has just bought a 7200.8 and his idle temps are 45 deg C. That is simply too much.

dont go for Seagate simply because of the free HDD. You may as well go for Hitachi.
 
hmmm this is strange... i dont have any problems with my harddisk... its not that hot too... maybe its the 7200.9 ...or it might be coz i keep my case open.. oh well lucky me...
and the Antec NeoHE is it 550w or 500w??
 
500watts doesnt means tht too much based on ur config what matters how much amperes on rails.
i;d hghly suggest u to get Antec Neo HE 500 Watts with 3 rails anish is getting a batch of them pm him if ur interested.]

Nikhil Neo HE 550 isnt available here :bleh: its the 500 :)
 
redscorpion_11 said:
hmmm this is strange... i dont have any problems with my harddisk... its not that hot too... maybe its the 7200.9 ...or it might be coz i keep my case open.. oh well lucky me...
and the Antec NeoHE is it 550w or 500w??
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the 7200.8 have what is described as the overheating issue. the drive runs hot and the heat causes it to fail. so its inevitable when it will fail. just might take longer in your case.

if you look at the back side of the drive, there is a small FPGA labelled "SMOOTH" thats the culprit chip and it malfunctions when the temparatures sore.

my case was mostly open. my 2 other raptors never crossed 36 C but the seagate idled at 40 going upto 45-47C in load. so it had to go kaput.

to recover data, i frooze the HDD (brough down temparatures drastically) then put a 80mm fan on top of it (actually on the bottom of it) then started backing up data. it worked out in the end.

now the disc is in RMA and i should be getting a new one in 2-3 days.

hope this helps,

karan
 
Hi !

Please let me know if your interested in the Antec NeoHE 500W. Though it will only be available after a week or maybe two because theitdepot is importing them only after the Tuesday budget :)
 
ok will let u know.. btw can u please lemme know ur location.. in which city/state u are anish...
also about that 5200fx.. yes thats an AGP card.. but one of my friends had some weird addin thing that lets u use it on pci-e boards.. so i m using that till i get a new g-card... i dont know how that thing works... i m a noob in these things... he added some thing to the card and it worked...so im happy for now.

also ive confirmed with my dad about getting that ATIX1900XT ... now i just need the account details... :P
 
mmm.. donno where he got it from... but hes letting me use it till i get a new card...he has some high powered AGP card.. thats why he needed that AGP to PCI-E thing something called albetron or wtever..... i didnt ask him where he got it fomr :P but most prolly not fom india .. neway... i m still able to use my card so its all good here...
 
Heres a pic with a card. Got it off the net :/..

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^^ i know that goldy seen it way back ..... i just wasnted to know that if its the same ..... and it can't be used in high end graphics cards as mentioned by scorpion
 
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