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Topic Starter	Topic: Re: Time for a new rig
4days 4days Joined: 15 Apr 2002 Posts: 8193	Posted: 11-23-2011 07:17 AM                  have never had any problems with aria.co.uk - but in case they've gone downhill, should say that i haven't bought a new machine for nearly 2 years. that PSU thing is probably true, even if you don't need that much in regular usage - a crappily written game (e.g. dead island) will batter your system.
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obsidian I'm the dude! Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 12498	Posted: 11-23-2011 08:16 AM                  Can you buy a computer from that company without Swiss cheese and disco lighting? Get a PSU from a decent manufacturer, but don't just look at wattage ratings, they mean little more than a ballpark figure and many companies claim much higher figures than what they can actually pump out. The recommended wattages from Intel/nVidia/AMD usually come with a huge buffer for safety. My space heater of a computer is running off of a Corsair 620W. TL;DR, I'd rather get a 600W PSU from a well known manufacturer than a 800W no name brand. _________________ GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual
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SoM Your Other Daddy Joined: 03 Dec 1999 Posts: 20012	Posted: 11-23-2011 09:41 AM                  and for future reference get a PSU that's at least 50+ AMPS on the 12V rail if ur gonna upgrade your GPU _________________ [WYD]SoM
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Captain Legend Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 16498	Posted: 12-09-2011 11:40 AM                  I've been using the same PSU for over two years now, it's solid
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