My gaming pc broke

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NOOO my power supply shorted i think argg, time to buy a new power supply, stinks my gaming PC is down. Luckily i got a macbook Pro with CS source on it so hopefully i wont miss anything like the scrim on saturday. Anybody know if the Tuniq 1000w power supply is good? im planning on getting that for around 90 bucks with rebate which is an amazing price.
 
why are u buying a 1000w power supply? what graphics card do you have?? u using SLI or Crossfire???
 
I plan on upgrading and future proofing somewhat, plus for 90 bucks you really cant go wrong with 1000w. My other choice was the corsair 850tx but its around 110 bucks. Yes basically i will crossfire and such in the future.
 
IM DOING IT BABY 1000w here i come. I also plan on buying a new case, Im really leaning towards the Cooler Master HAF 932 but the Cooler Master Scout and NZXT Tempest are being kept in mind also, any recommendations?? I have an aftermarket CPU cooler so i feel that it wont fit in the smaller mid towers with a side fan on the case.
 
when i get a case, i'll most likely be picking THIS guy up. massive amounts of available airflow for its small price
 
ehhh i kinda have a really cheap case right now and its not cutting it, and the airflow in that case is iffy and its a bit on the ugly side lol. This
 
I just hope nothing else in my PC got screwed up like the mobo or vid card or stuff then i would have to replace everything lol which in a way seems good cuz i get to upgrade :laugh:
 
Even with SLI you shouldn't need more than 600W
Unless you're powering a server or something, even for future proofing that's overkill.
And the wattage has nothing to do with how long it lasts, A 50,000W PSU can short in 5 days just as easily as a 5W PSU can last 15 years.
 
Haha, you need more than 600W for SLI buddy, all the new 2xx series need like over 800 I think... nVidia card are huge and power hungry, I'm running ATI Radeon 4870 with a 700 PSU, I think I could easily do it with 550W... But just in case...
 
Sorry to hear about the PC...
Looks like you're getting it all for the better tho ;)

1000w does seem like overkill...
 
guys its 90 bucks...why wouldn't you go for a 1000w for 90 bucks when you can buy a 800w for 150....
 
yea u can run like a really cheap SLI setup on 600w though the performance wouldn't be worth it nowadays.....im gonna be waiting on the new ATI 5 series cards since they are suppossedly gonna be cheaper because of the 40nm process and much faster due to the ability to have higher clock speeds and everything probably get like a 5870x2 when it comes out or something :)........yea honestly im getting wat like .09 cents a watt? or something like that its an amazing deal that i just cant seem to pass up, even quality PSU's with lower watts cost more so i mean i might as well.
 
You don't need 1000W, unless your running 3 GTX 280's or something similar.
Tuniq is a decent brand.
 
Antec 900 is the way to go if you're looking for a case with excellent cooling. Or the 1200 if you want a full tower case.
 
ehhh those cases have been dethroned lol they actually truly have and the price is a bit high, i personally like the CM HAF 932 and well ive already ordered it all, time to wait till it comes and test it out and see if anything else is fried. Well i understand that 1k watt would be overkill but the only reason im considering this much is because its only 90 bucks and i mean i cant really go wrong with it. I would have opted for a lower 850 watt corsair but i mean it was 110-120 bucks so i just went to the tuniq.
 
I have the Antec 1200, It's a good thing the case is as heavy as it is, with all that air movement from the fans the thing could probably fly away otherwise.
 
PewPewBangBang said:
yea u can run like a really cheap SLI setup on 600w.
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SEE!!!:P

And besides unless you're doing some heavy duty media rendering (in which case you'd want to get a quad core cpu as well), or running 3 or 4 screens a "high quality" SLI setup is nothing any game will really take advantage of. "Good" SLI in itself is overkill and will probably still be overkill by the time the rest of your computer dies.

A good GPU these days will run dual monitors just fine (not even sure why you need that many for a home pc but w/e).
 
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