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whats the usual wattage needed these days on a PSU? 700W? 800W? 15,600,329W?
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I think it is in the Giggaawwaatt range...hehe...Hmm..I know that for all the CAD stations we get 400w. But foor this beast....I was thinking I need 750. But I also "needed" new speakers and subwoofer....For clients of courseComment
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You can still get away with a 550 watt with one GPU (perhaps even SLI configuration), a single processor, and 4 hard drives - but getting into the dual PCI Xpress cards and dual quad processors - the power supply needs to be upped above that.
As for that PSU - I think Daforce is right - proprietary crap.Comment
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I know this is not helping at all,...at least for the immediate problem. But, is your IT guy full time? If he is then maybe in the future he can build and repair all your systems. If he is worth the money you won't need on site tech support from Dell or any other company.
We don't have a full time IT guy. I wish we did.
Anyways, I haven't seen the extra 20 pin connector either, until now. All the intels I have seen are using the 24 + 8 pin connections. Maybe Dell has worked out a proprietary motherboard/power supply that will only allow them to do the upgrades and replacements.Comment
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My 8800 is running at half the power because I didn't have all the connectors either... it seems to be fine, but perhaps somewhat slower than the optimal.
Best regards,
VladoI only act like I know everything, Rogers.Comment
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there is a site called extreme powersupply calculator or something and you input you components and it tells you the power supply requirements for your setup. might be worth checking out
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[quote="timmatron"]I know this is not helping at all,...at least for the immediate problem. But, is your IT guy full time? If he is then maybe in the future he can build and repair all your systems. If he is worth the money you won't need on site tech support from Dell or any other company.
He is full time....But in the long run it is cheaper. I mean...No one has shown me numbers or anything....But our guys are full time messing with the server....setting up new pcs for new employees. Fixing the occasional "I can't find the file I deleted" LOL And since we buy so many from Dell..We get the Gold support and they are here for FREE the next or same day. But I dig that...I would much rather build one...I was gonna build one from monarch...But it looks like they are bankrupt. oopsComment
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