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Posted at 6:28 AM on Thursday 04/30/09 by
Ben
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NewEgg.com has the Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W Power Supply for $60 - $25 rebate [Exp 4/30] + $0 shipping = $35 shipped after rebate. It has great customer reviews, with a low noise 12cm fan that surely keeps the decibels down.
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    shaka999 - Posted 6:29 am PDT 04/30/09 (213 Posts)  Report Spam

    Anyone have ballpark figures on what you can run on 500W? How about a quad processor, 8800gt, and a couple hard drives?

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    squeeg - Posted 6:36 am PDT 04/30/09 (316 Posts)  Report Spam

    check here: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

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    shaka999 - Posted 7:36 am PDT 04/30/09 (213 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thanks! Cool web page. Actually shows the power needed for a basic system to be much lower than I thought.

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    shaka999 - Posted 8:00 am PDT 04/30/09 (213 Posts)  Report Spam

    Double post...doh!

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    pcamature - Posted 8:29 am PDT 04/30/09 (827 Posts)  Report Spam

    Wow, thanks #2, squeeg! That was a very cool site.

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    sguy2130 - Posted 8:58 am PDT 04/30/09 (1031 Posts)  Report Spam

    ty #2, if I had that link I probably would not have overcompensated when I bought my PSU a year ago.

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    Anonymous - Posted 9:39 am PDT 04/30/09 (16776936 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thanks #2 you are helping, burp the three spooges!
    Sorry I havent come back to see what you geniuses came up with because its all too boring and predicable to bother.


    Less wiz more Toms Hardware, its for grown ups.

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    GreenScreen - Posted 10:10 am PDT 04/30/09 (218 Posts)  Report Spam

    I actually have one of these as a replacement in an older HP. It works great for that purpose.

    I do offer the following caveat: the amperage on each rail, especially the 12v rails, is low--in many cases below the minimum for newer hardware. You'll see it if you look closely at the specs (dig deeper than the watt rating). If you have a high end graphics card, high voltage memory, or a quad core you may very easily encounter weird random errors as a result of a rail becoming unstable when it can no longer supply the necessary power.

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    shaka999 - Posted 11:54 am PDT 04/30/09 (213 Posts)  Report Spam

    Well I'm in for one. My system dies yesterday. The beeps indicate a power supply but I have a feeling that won't really fix the issue. That said I 90% of the times I've had issues its the power supply....and I tend to by tier 1 brands....

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