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is it enough? if not what should i replace it with?

thanks in advance
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slothfish
Yeah 700w is plenty, but that pc is WAY too expensive for what you get. That system is NOT worth $1500.

i7 920

motherboard

Kingston RAM

Sapphire 4870 1GB

Hard Drive

DVD burner

Antec 900 Case

Power Supply

Total comes to $1155, and that's without even really looking for deals.
You save almost $400 easily just by building it yourself. NEVER buy prebuilt, it's a total ripoff.

I hope I helped


p.s. you can use that $400 I just saved you to buy another 2 4870's and go 3-way crossfire!
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killa_concept
Yeah, that 700W OCZ GameXstream should be more than enough (though you might want to invest into a 800ish W if you plan on CFing later on)

For a reference point, my 600W OCZ GameXstream is powering a [email protected], DFI x48, Xfired 4850s, 2HDDs, 2DVD-R/Ws, and a ton of fans (equal or higher power draw than your computer and it's with 100 less watts)
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Originally Posted by slothfish View Post
Yeah 700w is plenty, but that pc is WAY too expensive for what you get. That system is NOT worth $1500.

i7 920

motherboard

Kingston RAM

Sapphire 4870 1GB

Hard Drive

DVD burner

Antec 900 Case

Power Supply

Total comes to $1155, and that's without even really looking for deals.
You save almost $400 easily just by building it yourself. NEVER buy prebuilt, it's a total ripoff.

I hope I helped


p.s. you can use that $400 I just saved you to buy another 2 4870's and go 3-way crossfire!
thanks for the info. i forgot to mention that i live in Canada so newegg wont work and im not that good at building PCs anyway. any other suggestions?
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slothfish
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thanks for the info. i forgot to mention that i live in Canada so newegg wont work and im not that good at building PCs anyway. any other suggestions?

You can always go to newegg.ca

Either way it's always better to build the computer yourself. If anything use this as a learning experience to get yourself more acquainted with your machine. As for HOW to build a computer, it's really very easy. A quick search of the site should give you several guides on how to do so. Good luck!
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jnd426
Yeah the 700w is plenty and I agree build your rig yourself. Do the research buy the parts. That way you know exactly what you got and is much more satisfying.
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Yeah the 700w is plenty and I agree build your rig yourself. Do the research buy the parts. That way you know exactly what you got and is much more satisfying.
The actual price is $1,176.29 USD, so im just spending $25 more to get it professionaly built, its not worth reading instructions and messing up those expensive parts.
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linskingdom
4870 is a 150w GPU. That's system needs a solid 500w psu. 700w psu liked OCZ 700w has plenty of power.
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4870 is a 150w GPU. That's system needs a solid 500w psu. 700w psu liked OCZ 700w has plenty of power.
So you're telling me i could squeeze in another 4870 for crossfire using the 700 Watt?
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RAFFY
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thanks for the info. i forgot to mention that i live in Canada so newegg wont work and im not that good at building PCs anyway. any other suggestions?

lol if you can stick a cord in a wall outlet you can build a computer, its all just plug and play man real easy. i mean go on youtube and watch some videos on how to build computers, those will help you. plus as previously mentioned newegg.ca or ncixca.com and theres tons more man.

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So you're telling me i could squeeze in another 4870 for crossfire using the 700 Watt?

you could get by with a good 650 watt psu like a corsair and have crossfire 4870's.
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lol if you can stick a cord in a wall outlet you can build a computer, its all just plug and play man real easy. i mean go on youtube and watch some videos on how to build computers, those will help you. plus as previously mentioned newegg.ca or ncixca.com and theres tons more man.

you could get by with a good 650 watt psu like a corsair and have crossfire 4870's.
i dont think i would be able to motivate myself to build the computer, i had some bad experiences in the past with a simple socket 478 setup, somehow i managed to damage the motherboard. not worth the risk for me
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linskingdom
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So you're telling me i could squeeze in another 4870 for crossfire using the 700 Watt?

Yes. You can (Not from a politician. J/K
). If microcenter near you, the i7 is $230, P6T is $240, ram is $160, 900 is $90, 4870 $150 (egg), 650tx $75 (egg) and AALS $80 (egg) is around $1000.
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hangemhi
Here is a PSU wattage Calculator.

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
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razr7
make sure u get a high quality 700 watts!
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