Hey guys,

I just wanted to post the specifications of my current computer. I wanted to spend as little money on a decent computer, so it does not have the latest and greatest parts available.

Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2.0GHz @ 3.006GHz (1336MHz FSB, 1.425V voltage, 9x multiplier)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P35-S3G motherboard
RAM (Memory): SUPER*TALENT T800UX4GC5 4GB DDR2-800 RAM (2x2GB @ 802MHz)
Video card: EVGA NVIDIA e-GeForce 9600GT 512MB GDDR3 Superclocked PCI-Express 16x video card
Sound card: Integrated Realtek Azalia onboard audio
Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE-16 320GB WD3200AAKS SATA-II hard drive
Optical drive: LG GH20NS10 20x DVD+/-RW optical drive
Power supply: Antec EarthWatts EA380 380W 80 PLUS ATX12V v2.2 power supply
Case: Antec New Solution NSK4480 mini tower case
Memory card reader: SUPER*TALENT INTAIN1MCR All-in-1 3.5" USB 2.0 internal memory card reader
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit OEM

Monitors: BenQ FP731 black 17" 1280x1024 LCD monitors (I have two for dual monitor setup)
Speakers: Generic C2 TECH "Sensational Speaker" 2.0 speakers
Keyboard: Logitech Access PS/2 keyboard
Mouse: Logitech MX510 800-dpi red gaming optical mouse

Please comment on my computer.

Good budget computer. I'm really fissy but if i were building a budget that would be it minus the PSU.


I would recommend a 500-550watter. Perhaps a Thermaltake Toughpower modular PSU.

They have it in the MB site.

nice setup i do agree with top that you need a bigger PSU i do reccommend a enermax liberty 500watt

do you do any online gaming?

Nice system and it will do everything you want. A nice selection of parts and budget minded folks usually do get a case with power supply. With that said, those built in power supplies usually don't seem to last (for me anyways).

I think the PSU is fine. It's an Antec so the listed 380W specification is probably on the conservative side compared to cheap PSU's with a much higher listing and since it's part of the EarthWatt line it means it's *relatively* new so you don't have to worry that a lot of the power is on the 3.3V rail and not on the 12V one, where power requirements have seemed to have shifted over the last 3 years. On top of all that he's only running a single optical and disk drive, a 9600GT video card, which has lower power requirements, and no sound card. His system has very minimal needs in terms of power compared to other people here running Crossfire/SLI setups with multiple hard drives and things like that... and no I'm not teasing his system because I'm running something very similar to it and am fine with it.

I'm looking to build something like this, just to run WoW. You need a better system ; )

*cough sell me it.

More info on PSU requirements that I came across on Ars:



And...



Just above that post a guy says:



Sources (whether or not people believe them):
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/for ... 4005373931
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/for ... 7002773931

Unless said persons with very low wattage show actual pictures I'd take it with a grain of salt.
I only have a Seasonic 430W Silent PSU in my current gaming box and a 750W OCZ modstream in my media box. The reason is that I tested it once and switched them around but I was too lazy to move em back. Good thing anyways cuz this 430W PSU wouldn't have much more room to add drives on top of the 8 already in it without adding a crapload of splitters.

125W for the CPU, 140W for the vid card, 10W for the raptor and probably the same for the burner. I have no idea what the M3A deluxe draws but it would have to be in the 75W area. That's 360W peakish draw from my bad math. If at 80% my 430W PSU would be able to do a sustained 344W or so from my understanding of the maths involved.

Of course I used to have a compaq Deskpro EVO with a 120W PSU in it, and it had 2 extra video cards crammed into it, working fine for over 7 years now

I tend to believe the above quotes I posted but you have to keep in mind the 80% efficiency of most PSU's, like you mentioned Steve-O, and that the voltage draw may be proportionally higher on one rail than what your PSU offers. Still when all that is said and done people still tend to get PSU's with much higher wattages than they probably need. On the other hand most PSU manufacturers probably over inflate their numbers to play into this anyways.

A higher number is better even when it's peak and not RMS wattage amirite guys?

If your not being a silly billy, you really don't need that much of a PSU. The Antec 380W is actually a pretty good PSU. I'm pretty sure that was the one that came with my NSK2400 case that I used for my short lived HTPC.

My EarthWatts 380W power supply doesn't even get warm, and its 80MM exhaust fan spins very slowly, to to point where it doesn't seem to be moving any air.

I've seen some Acer Aspire computers with Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processors have half-decent plain 300W power supplies.