Dont forget i got a 650 W psu for my pc when i had my dual 2900xt (1gb s) in crossfire, and it literally exploded. big bang, sparks flying out the side, blew the 13 amp fuse in the plug :OOriginally Posted by ez64
i found out that they use over 500 on their own without any other system components :P
gogo 1.1 KW psu that cost less than orics choice and is normal size so it will fit in cases unlike the enermax
The ATI cards are always power hungry but that wouldnt happen in a normal system,
We run a 250w shuttle C2D 3.0ghz 1333fsb 4gb DDR2 ATI 4850 80gb sata2 hdd, CD/DVDRW sata2 drive, Fans perfectly,
People wayyy over estimate power supply needs due to the marketing these days.
In normal system's a under powered PSU will just cut out and restart under a stress test/OC something must have broken/stopped those saftey trips.
Last edited by ez64; 19th December 2008 at 01:14 AM.
Try this on for size -
So its barely more than orics and doesnt include an os... but lets be frank... were you really going to buy that?
Where do we start....
fastest consumer grafics card in teh word, comared to a 260gtx.... maybe 3rd or 4th fastest
6Gb ram compared to 4
High speed, low latency DDR3 tripple chanel comapred to DDR2 dual channel
Brand new intel i7 processor(which i believe hyperthreads to 8 logical cores) :O, compared to normal quad core
A good enough power supply thats normal size and half the price
A half decent case... compared to... err.. NO CASE
2 750Gb drives which you can still raid and wont cost you the extra for the extra 500Gb you wont use
BLU RAY DISK BURNER compared to 2 dvd-rw (when do you burn 2 disks at once?????)
and a reasonable set of keyboard and mouse that youll play jsut as well with, that also includes a webcam so you can look at yourself on your awsome pc, speakers (that'll b shit :P) and a headset - oh and there BLACK.
so, for about the same price as oric if u give his build a case.... i think the words ROFLPWNED come to mind
EDIT: Also the moterboard is read for tripple crossfire with 2 16x pci-e slots and 1 8x pci-e slot
EDIT2: if you add the price for the second drives onto orics its actually more than this one
Last edited by Colonel Mitch; 19th December 2008 at 01:31 AM.
Ok, I see this is turning into the long desired 'bash oric while you can' thread.
Last edited by Isphera; 19th December 2008 at 01:31 AM.
Let me, and the rest of the community make this simple...
DO NOT BUY AN NVIDEA HIGH PERFORMANCE CARD AT THIS TIME!
IT WILL BE EASILY OUTPERFORMED BY AN ATI 1 THAT COSTS LESS!
oh... My new computer has a gtx 260
Nice one Phantom lol.
ATI Card = Cannot play Mirrors Edge. It uses PhysX and the min requirements are an GeForce 6 series with 256MB of VRAM, no mention of ATI.
SOURCE.
Check most games, some do include an ATI requirement, but not all. Games which one of them back is likely not to have a requirement for the other, although it will work fine.
Do I get a wiffle batOk, I see this is turning into the long desired 'bash oric while you can' thread.
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