Is the PSU reliable? I'm planning to build a Home Theater PC with ASRock Q1900B-ITX, 4GB Ram, DVDRW, 1 PCI x1 wireless card, 2 usb always plugged in.
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So far so good, Ive been running several of theses for Months, On 24x7.. So far so good.
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Forgot to mention, the case fan is quite loud so I would either replace it with a quiet one or get a simple fan speed controller. This is what i got.
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I've had mine running non-stop for 6 months. No issues. I use it at work as a back up machine, never turn it off.
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Mine is a bedroom PC, with limited use, and placed on top of a dresser. So far, no issues at all in that configuration. Decent case, especially for the money. (I've literally built hundreds of PCs for my company over the years). Power Supply is replaceable and with any HTPC, especially if inside a cabinet (heat is the enemy), buying a spare power supply in a year (to have on hand) would be a wise move.
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Forgot to mention, the case fan is quite loud so I would either replace it with a quiet one or get a simple fan speed controller. This is what i got. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000292DO0
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Yes. No have bought 2 of these and both have been running for about 1 year so far with no issues. I am using for home theater as well.
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Rosewill makes a decent psu. With that basic setup you should do well. Especially if you have it on a surge protection, that will extend it's life possibly. I've had good psus die within a year and cheap ones last years. It is a gamble half the time, but since you won't be loading it much and if you get a surge protection then it should be just fine.
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Mmy parents have been running this thing almost non stop since December, no problems or quirks so far
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Don't know exactly. Information should be available from video card maker. I am using with a 380W power supply with no issues, but also no gaming. HTPC application.
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Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for... » Read More Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards « Show Less
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Sorry for the late response, I'm currently in college. This PSU will complement your pc just fine. That's a nice set up you got by the way.
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I've been using it for over a year, and I currently have a Intel i7 and a GTX-650 in the board. So, not super high-end yet, but looking at the power requirements for higher end cards (at least a Quadro K5000 sli'd with a Tesla K20), it'll be plenty. Oh yeah, I also have 4 hard drives in there, and a couple of peripherials that's starting to err on excessive.
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No, it won't be able to power up your system, it's very inefficient and quality in general is not so great, I would only use it for very cheap setup where noise level is not a concern and your just trying to find the cheapest possible psu that will last for your needs, I have this psu on my uncles pc and with no graphics card, pentium 4 630 CPU, 1 DVD drive, 1 hdd and the fan is pretty loud, I don't know if that's from the efficiency being so bad and or the quality of the psu in general is just not good, it's been powering his setup for like a year but then again his pc doesn't consume much power on the first place
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That would 630w continuous power- plenty for my rig, which is running an i7 quad core, a 1TB drive and 2SSD's, plus a dvd burner and asus video card and probably only draws 300w max- this ps has been great since I purchased it a few months back!
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Go with a quality power supply like a 300w seasonic and you'll be fine. Always go name brand on a psu. Never go cheap. A 430w power supply will give you a little overhead to add a graphics card in the future if you want to do dual graphics, but even 430w will be overkill if the card can run off of the pcie bus.
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Late answer, so I hope that you haven't had any problems. At full load, this card can consume up to 350W. I wouldn't go less than 750 for a PSU. If you plan on an OC, I'd go even higher. That being said, my CPU, GPU, and RAM are all OC'd. I've also got four HDD and one SSD, five case fans, and a 1050W Corsair. If you're considering spending this kind of money, I'd feel better knowing that the PSU voltage isn't going off course due to an overload, or that the PSU killed itself without taking casualties (fingers crossed).
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I've had two since purchased and I've never had any issues. Can imagine that's a monitor specific issue rather than a power issue, I'd say internal components are more likely to fail first over external if for some reason you are really stressing the PSU.
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Should work with good power supply, but I newer try. Ask to Gigabyte support team.
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The one I had lasted 3 years running almost constantly. My video card went bad and took it with it. I upgraded to an 800 Watt Thermaltake model when I replaced the video card. You didn't mention what else you are running like additional hard drives or DVD / CD drives. It's a good, dependable power supply, so it may be all you need. Personally, I would go a little bigger.
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Yes it does ... In fact it's probably just about the best PSU on the market whether you are just gaming or doing something critical like Bitcoin or Litecoin mining. I build custom Altcoin Miners and run many of my own. I have 27 Corsair PSU's currently in operation running dual video cards ... 24 hours a day ... and have never had a single failure or even a glitch from any of my Corsairs.Even under what most folks would consider a heavy load, they don't even break a sweat.
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Yes. It should be fine. You have a PCI express X 16 slot and unless you've beaten the crap out of the computer or you already have a bunch of attachments your PSU should still have enough juice to power it?
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Yes I would say it would be fine if you're only using Intel video (no card), 2 sticks of RAM, and a single 7200 RPM Hard Drive or SSD. Specs of PSU: BCP450-OM 250 Watt Constant/450 Watt Peak.
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Will it support it; Yes. Also under full PC load you will be around 500-550w (the cards alone pull 400w together). This will put you right in the efficiency "sweet spot" (92% at 120v). Looking at the graph you can see efficiency starts to decline over 50% psu load. Your idle load will drop below the efficiency "sweet spot" but only by 2%.
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Perfectly safe. There's plenty of precautions taken to ensure that there aren't any surges or shorts that could damage your PC.It's also modular so no need to worry about extra cables hanging around not plugged in to anything, and the 1600w rating doesn't mean that is how much power it is always using, just that it is capable of delivering that much if you needed it.