upgrading psu

[dhbull]

hi there
i want to upgrade my standard 300 watt power supply to about 600 watt dont know which one will fit any help would be apreciated thanks
dell dimension 5150 thanks :D

[matz]

Thermaltake 600w :)

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... l?TT-W0103 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?TT-W0103)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... ZAL-ZM600H (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ZAL-ZM600H)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... ?CSR-HX620 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?CSR-HX620) (way more than 620w, its POWERFULL. touching 700w)

[Asce]

I wouldnt upgrade the PSU in a Dell. You may actually blow the thing up. Dell use their own parts in their machines and switch 2 cables around in the 24pin ATX power.

[TheMadDutchDude]

Asce, yet another reason why NOT to buy a Dell ayy ;)

[Asce]

Your basically tied to Dell if you have one of their machines and want to upgrade it.

[system7]

Your basically tied to Dell if you have one of their machines and want to upgrade it.
Not true, Asce, my old friend. About 6 years back they did proprietary power supplies with the connections swapped around, so they would blow up if you replaced with a standard ATX. These days, they are OK. But I would compare the old with the new on colour coding on the 24 pin connector before swapping. :)

[Asce]

I still wouldnt risk it. You never know if they switched it right after the transformer. But if it does work then either the Corsair or Zalman will be great. I currently use the Zalman and havent got a single problem with it. Well maybe apart for the thing being so **** heavy :o.

[system7]

Isn't there a rule of thumb that says the heavier the PSU, the better.

Something to do with good heatsinks. :P

[Asce]

Yeah but not an arm numbing 2-3kg. Its not like Zalman have fitted as many heatsinks in it as they can. They have their heatpipe design which should add to the weight that much.

[TheMadDutchDude]

Do they really? :| How much is that PSU you got Asce?

EDIT: Just found out.. £82 no thanks :D

[matz]

its top quality for an extra £20

kyle your weak :lol:

[TheMadDutchDude]

£25 extra actually ;) I'd rather keep that for an AC X knowing that the Hiper performs VERY well any ways :)

[Asce]

its top quality for an extra £20

kyle your weak :lol:

Im getting the Zalman 850w soon, and thats a beast of a PSU in size.

[matz]

why you gonna get that, maybe Dude might buy your old PSU.

more upgrades?

[Asce]

Dont trust running a CF rig with a 600w with my system.

[TheMadDutchDude]

What do you mean CF?

[Asce]

Crossfire my young padawan

[TheMadDutchDude]

Haha alright :P

Sorry but I don't send money through the post, mainly because it is a private sale and (not saying you would) but they might just run off with the cash and not actually send me the item I had just paid for. Would much prefer to do it through a hand to hand trade to be honest. But Reading is a bit far to travel to get a PSU :(

[fynn]

if he does sell you his psu, you could always set up a paypal transaction to get it sorted, its safe, secure and if there are probs you can get your money back

[Asce]

Its going to be a hamie down for a different rig

[TheMadDutchDude]

Yeah, pitty Rich didn't know about that, Asce is building up a rig to take to LAN parties, his current one is too heavy to take with him so he is going to make a new one out of his old components. Should be sweeet :)

[Asce]

Should be after i stripped down an antec 900 and resprayed it.

[matz]

you gonna do iseries kyle?

[TheMadDutchDude]

How do you find LAN parties, just look for them on Google? I want to go to one some time :D When my rig is complete I will have to go to one and play some games against people :)

[Asce]

Dunno. May do but it wont be yet.

[matz]

well the biggest in the uk is definatly the iseries, i won of there Quad core extremes for saying something about Crysis :P sold it on the spot to a mate lol coz i was on an amd 3800 machine.

LANS are great to get back with your online mates, i so miss sammie n some other peps i play about with :) Three times a year. Massively sold out and they make a TON of money.

[Asce]

You doing it again in august?

[matz]

well i was and i can still get in if i want too. but i think my girls team are full with them so they dont need me :P but im wanting to go high skilled again very soon and then do i35.

im going i34 no matter what i have mates to catch up with :) any chance we can share petrol money up there if your going? coz it was 30mins on a train for me £1.79

[Asce]

You do know i live just round the corner from there.

[matz]

what from i34? lucky ******* :) how far away is it from tilehurst then?

[Asce]

I can get to the race course within 10mins 8)

[matz]

the thing is ITS NOT AT NEWBURY RACE COURSE.

From: RG18 4NN,Thatcham

To: CV8 2LZ,Kenilworth

Distance: 80.2 miles Show in kilometres

Time: 1 hr 41 min

good luck in 10mins :)

[Asce]

i didnt know they changed it to a stupid location. Bet the transport system isnt great. At least with it being in Newbury you had a train station just yards away. Plus theres a burgerking just down the road

[matz]

thats the good thing, hopefully they go back coz the contract has ended (few years left and then they can renew) only cost me £3 max to get there via bus + train now its gonna cost alot more than that.