Re: power supply calculator

If you were going to buy a 620 watt supply when you only need 300 watts, there really is no need to use a power supply calculator.

There are ***VERY*** FEW systems that won't be just fine with a 350-400 watt supply. People almost always WAY over-estimate what they REALLY need.

That said, if you are talking cheap power supplies, the power supply ratings are meaningless. I'll take a quality 350 watt supply over a cheap 500 watt supply any day.


Bruce. wrote:
"Rob C." <robc556@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:MZmdnXK7VvAtq_XVnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've been using this one as of late. It's Mozilla/Firefox friendly and let's you model different scenarios.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/powercalc.jsp
Rob C.

That one looks pretty nice. For my new build it said 297W so I got a Corsair 620W. No problems at all.

The one I finally chose was based mostly on this review:

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13271

Bruce.


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