Here’s a nice read for those of you who are in the market for a new Power Supply or a New Computer. I guess this one’s a pretty obvious. This article is about the analysis of how much watts each kind of computer really sucks from the wall and what kind of power supply it needs to power it all, from the homely office computer to the top of the food chain the high end gaming computers. Although it doesn’t really discuss anything about an overclocked gaming computer and how much overclocking affects power consumption, it does give you an overall idea of what you should be getting for yourself. But it does give you a good understanding of what to and what not to.
The Article:
Xbit Labs
Here’s a few links on how to get an idea of what kind of power supply you should be getting:
Extreme Outervision PSU Calculator
New Egg’s PSU Calculator
This one’s slightly less updated:
web aanet’s PSU Calculator
I won’t link you to Antec’s PSU Calculator anymore since OuterVision and Antec’s version are just the same.
Here’s some helpful links, but i warn you it’ll be a lot of reading:
