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so i just purchased some new pc parts for my arcade. [need opinions]

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clickhea:

appreciate the reply, would you say 500 watts is sufficient?

Games001:

500-600w is fine so long as the video card is not a true monster.

Loafmeister:

Be careful on powersupplies and don't fall in love with a number.  Some 400watt powersupplies will kick the butt of other 600watts.

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From Wikipedia:
The most common modern computer power supplies are built to conform to the ATX form factor. The power rating of a PC power supply is not officially certified and is self-claimed by each manufacturer. A common way to reach the power figure for PC PSUs is by adding the power available on each rail, which will not give a true power figure. The more reputable makers advertise "True Wattage Rated" to give consumers the idea that they can trust the power advertised.
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My own personal lesson:  don't go too cheap, stick with a known brand and you'll be ok.


MrMojoZ:


--- Quote from: taz-nz on September 08, 2008, 01:41:41 am ---Stay away from anything Nvidia graphics cards right now, basically they're all faulty, you can read why here:

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This just isn't true. The inq has an anti-nvidia agenda and you have to take any article they post involving nvidia with a grain of salt. They have posted several articles this year about nvidia that turned out to be outright lies. The only 100% know nvidia chips that have issues are laptop based 8000 series chips, and even then real cases of people having problems are rare.

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