Bought a 2600k

[grkM3]

try and find a better psu for the money that I showed,its 850 watt and has 70amps on the 12v line and has a 85% efficiency.It will also allow up to 18 more amps on the 12v line before its shuts down and did I mention its 85% at 850 watts?

the psu I showed him will cost 95 bucks,try and find a better psu for the money.

and its better than the corsair ar850,thats 80% and has a 100,000 hour vs a 120,000 and the one I showed cost less.

ohh and its modular also

hands down that psu for the money cant be beat

I havnt seen any better at 850 watt that can manage 85%,this psu at 700 watt is easily in the 90+ range it would get 80+ titanuim if it were rated less watts

 

[mrSHEiK124]

try and find a better psu for the money that I showed,its 850 watt and has 70amps on the 12v line and has a 85% efficiency.It will also allow up to 18 more amps on the 12v line before its shuts down and did I mention its 85% at 850 watts?

the psu I showed him will cost 95 bucks,try and find a better psu for the money.

and its better than the corsair ar850,thats 80% and has a 100,000 hour vs a 120,000 and the one I showed cost less.

ohh and its modular also

hands down that psu for the money cant be beat

...a Thermaltake TR2 is a better buy than a Corsair TX? OK.

The best PSU for his money is the one he actually needs. A 500-600W unit is already sufficient overkill for what he is doing. You are quite dense.

Besides, the TR2 is a problem ridden POS [hate to break it to you]. I bought one - a 430W for $30AR, and it did the job fine as a PSU replacement in an el-cheapo Compaq, still works actually. And their cases are tacky, so screw them. To each their own.

 

[grkM3]

...a Thermaltake TR2 is a better buy than a Corsair TX? OK.

The best PSU for his money is the one he actually needs. A 500-600W unit is already sufficient overkill for what he is doing. You are quite dense.

Besides, the TR2 is a problem ridden POS [hate to break it to you]. I bought one - a 430W for $30AR, and it did the job fine as a PSU replacement in an el-cheapo Compaq, still works actually. And their cases are tacky, so screw them. To each their own.

you brought up the other psus and the efficiency,this psu is better than all the ones you posted and cost less than most of them.

Go read the 140 reviews on newegg about it.

I have heard nothing bad about these psus and I have had 3 from that company with zero issues.

and yeah it is better,its has a better effeciency and cost less,do you think corsair actually build the caps and transformers inside the psu?they pick the parts and have them made.

just because corsair is on it dosnt mean its better.and the fact that its rated at 80% vs 85 at the same wattage just shows you dont understand.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

you brought up the other psus and the efficiency,this psu is better than all the ones you posted and cost less than most of them.

Go read the 140 reviews on newegg about it.

I have heard nothing bad about these psus and I have had 3 from that company with zero issues.

Thermaltake PSUs are weaksauce.

Either you work for them, or you're defending what you bought. BOTH the TX850 and TX850v2 have solid 5 star ratings, at Newegg, where you told me to check. Your Thermaltake...1 star at Amazon, 2 at Best Buy, and countless people online telling people to avoid Thermaltake because it's an HEC built unit, and is a turd sandwich. The OP still only needs 500-600W MAX.

Some more: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1517156

 

[Idontcare]

Did you guys even look at the damn build?

You are all fools.

You are quite dense.

Knock it off with the inflammatory quips and baiting.

This is your only warning. Next needless insult from you will result in an infraction.

Idontcare
Super Moderator

 

[grkM3]

At the very least you can do is show me 1 bad review of the psu Im talking about.The black widdow is not the same as the regular psus.

I have this psu pushing 2 570s and its benching at 5.2-5.5 ghz with clean power.Show me a better psu for the money instead of throwing insults at me.

ohh for the record my old psu was a corsair and it just shuts down when I loaded it and was the reason I went with the 850.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Knock it off with the inflammatory quips and baiting.

This is your only warning. Next needless insult from you will result in an infraction.

Idontcare
Super Moderator

Humbug. I'm out of here. 850W power supplies for everyone.


Public responses to moderator comments are not allowed, you are expected to post in the Moderator Discussions sub-forum. Posting here constitutes a mod-challenge, as supported by your inference that my quoted moderator comment is going to result in "850W power supplies for everyone".

Idontcare
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[mrSHEiK124]

At the very least you can do is show me 1 bad review of the psu Im talking about.The black widdow is not the same as the regular psus.

I have this psu pushing 2 570s and its benching at 5.2-5.5 ghz with clean power.Show me a better psu for the money instead of throwing insults at me.

ohh for the record my old psu was a corsair and it just shuts down when I loaded it and was the reason I went with the 850.

That's fine and dandy. The OP is running a 2600k on integrated GFX. There is about a 500W difference in draw there, stemming from him not having two enormous graphics cards. The Black Widow is very much the same as their regular units. By the way - did you click any of the links I've posted? It is a bad PSU.

EDIT: Half of the links I posted two posts above reference the TR2 RX - that is the Black Widow. The Antecs, Corsairs, Enermaxes, OCZ, Seasonic, what have you, that I posted, are all better units.


As stated in post #30, further inflammatory quips and baiting would result in infractions. The picard pic you embedded is baiting.

Idontcare
Super Mod

 

[grkM3]

this has nothing to do with the op anymore.Can you please show me some bad press about the TR2 RX,you see those 2 letters after the tr2? they are NOT the same as the RX is in a whole new level and makes 85% at 850 watts.

you are showing me 2 year old threads about 600-700 watt psus that have nothing to do with the tr2 rx black widdow

 

[mrSHEiK124]

this has nothing to do with the op anymore.Can you please show me some bad press about the TR2 RX,you see those 2 letters after the tr2? they are NOT the same as the RX is in a whole new level and makes 85% at 850 watts.

you are showing me 2 year old threads about 600-700 watt psus that have nothing to do with the tr2 rx black widdow

...the first link I posted at 11:06 is about the RX. So is the last one. So is the link I just posted. You really must work for them.

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http://www.google.com/m?hl=en&gl=us...le&source=android-browser-type&q=tr2+rx+fried

http://www.overclock.net/power-supplies/964363-thermaltake-tr2-rx-850w-defective-twice.html

It is built by HEC and is in every possible way inferior to a quality FSP or Seasonic unit. Or Antec, Corsair, Enermax, OCZ/PCP&C, etc. Except in labeled amperage. It wins there.


More needless inflammatory quips and flamebait?

You really must work for them.

Infractions it is then, you've exhausted your allotment of warnings.

Idontcare
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[sm625]

I might mess around with overclocking it to 4.5 for curiosity's sake, but I will actually be running it no higher than 4.0GHz. If I ever do add a gpu it will be for gpgpu and it will only be a 6870 or something lesser. But I do not foresee ever adding a gpu. And if I do then the cpu will not be overclocked. I would be shocked if this thing ever pulls more than 150 watts from the wall.

I cannot imagine how all the sudden a $50+ power supply, one that initially costed $75, can possibly be junk or garbage when it costs more than millions of power supplies that have been humming along just fine for years. There are millions of Dells and Gateways and Acers that pull more power than what I'm building, and their power supplies cost maybe $15. Can someone explain this? Or is it just some kind of cogni-enthusiant dissonance?

 

[mrSHEiK124]

I might mess around with overclocking it to 4.5 for curiosity's sake, but I will actually be running it no higher than 4.0GHz. If I ever do add a gpu it will be for gpgpu and it will only be a 6870 or something lesser. But I do not foresee ever adding a gpu. And if I do then the cpu will not be overclocked. I would be shocked if this thing ever pulls more than 150 watts from the wall.

I cannot imagine how all the sudden a $50+ power supply, one that initially costed $75, can possibly be junk or garbage when it costs more than millions of power supplies that have been humming along just fine for years. There are millions of Dells and Gateways and Acers that pull more power than what I'm building, and their power supplies cost maybe $15. Can someone explain this? Or is it just some kind of cogni-enthusiant dissonance?

CED. I LIKE. You've got the right idea OP

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[blackened23]

I might mess around with overclocking it to 4.5 for curiosity's sake, but I will actually be running it no higher than 4.0GHz. If I ever do add a gpu it will be for gpgpu and it will only be a 6870 or something lesser. But I do not foresee ever adding a gpu. And if I do then the cpu will not be overclocked. I would be shocked if this thing ever pulls more than 150 watts from the wall.

I cannot imagine how all the sudden a $50+ power supply, one that initially costed $75, can possibly be junk or garbage when it costs more than millions of power supplies that have been humming along just fine for years. There are millions of Dells and Gateways and Acers that pull more power than what I'm building, and their power supplies cost maybe $15. Can someone explain this? Or is it just some kind of cogni-enthusiant dissonance?

None of those dells at your workplace are used for any type of enthusiast stuff such as gaming or overclocking. Trust me, and you can do what you want -- I was quite hard headed about this too in the past. However, I have had 2 cheap PSUs die on me (and they were high enough in wattage) and its a complete pain in the ass to RMA a PSU and wait weeks for it to get back to me. This is why I never, ever go with an unproven brand. And my personal take is to get a PSU good enough to be futureproof. But thats my personal preference, not everyone follows that line of thinking.

Its also quite naive to think that a company like Dell doesn't have super high QA on what type of parts go in their systems - they may use cheap components but they go for reliabuility more than performance.

Like I said, do what you want -- Ultimately none of us care so no need to get defensive -- but for any type of enthusiast stuff I would never, ever go cheap on the PSU. Its your call though, its not our computers, it is yours.....but people tend to give hardware advice based on issues that they have had in the past.

 

[dma0991]

I really do not recommend going cheap with the PSU. It is not absolutely necessary to go with 80+ Gold or 80+ Platinum but at most an 80+ Bronze will suffice and it is really worth the money to get a reliable PSU from a known brand with a good track record.

Here is why I think that you shouldn't go cheap with a PSU, it will not be obsolete in 3-4 years time like the rest of the parts in your rig. In 3-4 years time you might still be using the same PSU and if you're lucky you could get a second build out of that same PSU. OEM PSUs that Dell and all of the other manufacturers use are by no means cheap. An Acer desktop of mine has a Delta PSU and it is a rock solid unit.

Get a PSU that fits the requirements of your build and does offer "continuous power" rather than the cheaper "peak power". The minimum I'd say that you should go is a 500W true power unit for a single GPU setup no greater than a GTX560 Ti or HD6950. Ultimately you decide if it is worth it.

 

[iseeq4life]

I don't think your board will fit in the case. Or am I wrong???

 

[sm625]

I don't think your board will fit in the case. Or am I wrong???

wow that scared me for a second. I sure hope you are wrong lol. It is just a full size atx board that measures 12"x9.6" and the case is 18"x18".

 

[Makaveli]

Follow everyone's advice here don't go cheap on the PSU you will regret it eventually.

At the end of the day it is your money however good luck.

 

[sm625]

So I get a call from receiving this morning... They said I got a package in from newegg. I go back there thinking wow that was fast I'm gonna have fun today. Turns out only the case arrived.

 

[BathroomFeeling]

You can hug it, for tactile fun. I did it when mine came in.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I agree with some of the other posters, make sure that you get a GOOD PSU. Antec/Corsair/Seasonic/Enermax/Silverstone/XFX. Unsure about those ThermalTake units, most of TT's PSUs aren't really what I would call stellar.

I think I would rather have a 750W Antec TruePower New PSU (Japanese caps! Modular!), rather than an 850W ThermalTake.

 

[Arachnotronic]

The Antec TruePower New 750W is awesome

 

[86waterpumper]

I tell you what we are needing and it's some 200 and 250 watt supplies with 80 and 90 percent efficiency ratings.

 

[Ratman6161]

The OP still hasn't mentioned the possibility of adding a discrete GPU OR overclocking OR gaming - ....

Well, if he is overclocking then a little more wattage would be nice. And if he is NOT overclocking, then the suggestion would be to get the 2600 rather than the 2600K. Overclocking is the only reason the "K" parts exist in the first place. If you are talking about a 2500 then there it's only $10 more to get the "K" and with the 2600 its only $15.00 more for the "K" but if you take the attitude of "no wasted $$ for un needed performance" then the K makes no sense for non-overclocks.

I guess that whenever I hear someone saying they are getting a "K" chip I just assume that they are going to overclock or are at least thinking that they might in the future.

 

[Spikesoldier]

And 10 times as useless. Look at his build. One SSD. No optical drive. NO GRAPHICS CARD. Even with the 520W PSU he won't be approaching 50% load at full blast. You are all fools.

you are correct on an output level, however some of us argue for the better PSU because it uses higher quality components that will last longer and be more reliable.

 

[sm625]

If it is any consolation, $55 is more than I ever spent on a psu. And this one costed $80 new, and would probably have costed $90 if it wasnt a "newegg house brand". On my q6600 overclocked gaming machine at home I am using a $50 psu, and its been running fine for 4 years now.

I do not understand how we go from a $90 psu to one that has junk components. Could it be that it is <$60 now after 3 years not because it is junky but merely because newegg has made so much profit sellling them?