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zaczac · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject: PSU question

just a quick question about PSUs.. my mobo is ATX and i wanted to know if an ATX 12V would work with it..? whats the difference between ATX and ATX 12v anyways D=. thanks in advance

superweapons · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject:

Yeah, it'll be fine.

ATX generally refers to the case and motherboard, whereas ATX12v specifically deals with the PSU. It's just a bunch of standards developed by Intel designed to keep interoperability between components.

zaczac · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject:

hmm.. any idea on which power supply i should buy (new egg.ca) :S
specs are

ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard

2GB DDR2 1066

Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W

RADEON ICEQ 4670

160 gb HD

3 case fans and a cd drive...

Also if i bought a monitor that has a res of 1920 x 1080 could i lower the res to , lets say 1024 x 768 would the screen look normal or would it be distorted \ not look normal :S.

superweapons · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

That ASRock mobo is pretty crazy: AGP, PCIe, DDR, DDR2 all on one board.

Anyways, for the power supply, this one is more than enough for your system. You should wait for a better deal from it though (it might drop to $30-ish, maybe even $20 by Black Friday).

I can't bear any kind of monitor upscaling. Everything has to be at the highest resolution. Maybe you have a higher tolerance level, but the stretching (even if aspect ratios are not changed) is just horrible in my opinion.

zaczac · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:27 pm Post subject:

alright thanks for the posts but my gpu says 400W minimum for the power supply ... does it acually need that much power? if not why would they put 400w as a minimum ? also thats kinda expensive for a 400W... im looking for a bit more cheaper(im canadian so its more expensive >_>)

Shota · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:52 pm Post subject:

zaczac · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject:

how can you even tell :S? just curious lol ima real nub wit comps