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I think the Resident Tech Mr beanie deserves a big round of applause for all his helpful posts and advice. Take a bow!

:):)
 
rwenzori said:
I think the Resident Tech Mr beanie deserves a big round of applause for all his helpful posts and advice. Take a bow!

:):)
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Thanks a lot, mate :)

UPDATE: CPU temperature and CPU overclocking questions added
 
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feo said:
Yeah well done mate, I'll also try to help out here where I can.

*applause*
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Thanks :)

Drop me a PM if you guys wouldn't mind, I don't always look at the forum pages itself (usually just come by to check my PMs) so I usually see the suggestions a bit later than I would if someone PM'ed me.
 
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supersunbird said:
Seems to be faster in boot times, but that can be cause the way the BIOS looks for the drives. In the real world tests they are pretty much all the same, in synthetic benchmarks (who cares about those?) there is a difference in favour of SATA...
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ATA's theoretical max 133MB/s (if im not mistaken) is more than enough for current drives, but where SATA has an advantage, is that the cache can run at full SATA speed, while the physical disk might still be slower.

Another Advantage of SATA over ATA is that each drive get's its own channel...

(hope i'm making sense, cant seem to put a sentance properly together today :o)
 
I still dont get it,Is a power supply really that important,i mean i have my power supply since 2005 and i have no problems with games and programs..usb...etc.

Do i really need that eluded 600w or just stick with my golden oldie..which i really dont know the watts..seriiaasse
 
dablakmark8 said:
I still dont get it,Is a power supply really that important,i mean i have my power supply since 2005 and i have no problems with games and programs..usb...etc.

Do i really need that eluded 600w or just stick with my golden oldie..which i really dont know the watts..seriiaasse
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If your PC is working fine as is then you don't have to worry about the PSU :)
 
WKJ?:beanie said:
If your PC is working fine as is then you don't have to worry about the PSU :)
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Not true. The brand of the PSU makes a very big difference. When I was researching my last upgrade I found definitive lists of which PSUs to go for and which to steer clear of. Some sh!tty PSUs can give "dirty" power to your PC components and shorten their life. I don't have the links to the lists any more but forums like the AMD forums were an invaluable source of info. So even if your PC is working fine, that does NOT mean you don't have to worry about the PSU, you can't see what's happening under your PC's hood. ;)
 
feo said:
Not true. The brand of the PSU makes a very big difference. When I was researching my last upgrade I found definitive lists of which PSUs to go for and which to steer clear of. Some sh!tty PSUs can give "dirty" power to your PC components and shorten their life. I don't have the links to the lists any more but forums like the AMD forums were an invaluable source of info. So even if your PC is working fine, that does NOT mean you don't have to worry about the PSU, you can't see what's happening under your PC's hood. ;)
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I know the branding makes a big difference, but I was answering his question regarding whether he needs a bigger wattage than his current PSU. ;) If his PC is working fine then he probably doesn't need more Watts :)

I'm partial to Coolermaster and Thermaltake PSUs myself... :)
 
WKJ?:beanie said:
I know the branding makes a big difference, but I was answering his question regarding whether he needs a bigger wattage than his current PSU. ;) If his PC is working fine then he probably doesn't need more Watts :)

I'm partial to Coolermaster and Thermaltake PSUs myself... :)
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That's another thing right there, I remember reading that the amps on each rail (12V, 3.3V and 5V) are a better indication of the performance of the PSU than the quoted wattage of PSU.
 
feo said:
That's another thing right there, I remember reading that the amps on each rail (12V, 3.3V and 5V) are a better indication of the performance of the PSU than the quoted wattage of PSU.
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No argument there. Quality 400W > Cheap 600W. :D
 
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