Just recently I had a 500W power supply that I had been using for the last three years give up and die on me. Being stuck, I went to an old back-up power supply, a 350W Enermax. When I first booted up, I received an error message that the video card wasn't receiving enough power, and was being scaled down until sufficient power was available. It seemed strange that I had never had this problem with my 500W power supply.
Considering that motherboards are now using two power connectors, video cards now need additional power connectors, and not to mention all the additional components, it's not surprising that today's computers simply need more than 350W to run everything effectively. I had been recommending to my friends and family that they needed a minimum of 400w to run the latest and greatest, but with SLI video cards beginning to hit the market, we should look to the future when buying any components. Logisys Computer presented me with a 500W power supply, their Pitbull. Let's see how this unit performs...
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Review:
bigbruin
Dec 29, 2004, 07:04 AM
