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walt <w41ter@×××××.com> writes: |
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> One caution there -- newer computer hardware demands a great deal of |
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> power, and older power supplies may not be up to the task. Don't try |
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> to squeak by with a wimpy power supply. |
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>> I thought maybe a mobo bundle would be a good starting place... |
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> I've been building my own for years. and the choice of motherboard |
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> has always been easy: I buy the mobo and CPU on sale that day at |
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> Fry's ;o) (Do you know Fry's?) But I buy the best RAM available |
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> because it's worth the few extra bucks. |
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Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> writes: |
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> that bundle looks ok, but you will need a new psu. |
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> And with ok I mean the hardware, not the price. |
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I kind of overpowered the original setup back when I bought it, |
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somewhere like 200[12]. It's an antec 430 w. But that is probably |
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wimpy by now. Back then it was well above the standard stuff, which |
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were more like 230 w. |
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