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PSU Help
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Kalovale Wrote:I have a question related to PSU.
I'm planning to bring my hardwares from here over to the US. The electricity line here is at 220V, so I assume that my PSU can't be brought over, that's fine, what I want to know is whether my mainboard and stuff could use the power supplied by a PSU bought in the states, or will they get fried up, or will it lack power.

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And what sort of PSU would be enough to run my wares at their full potential? Since I have a video card, my current PSU is barely making it.
http://www.coolermaster.outervision.com <- Is your friend! Smile

Result: Your system uses about 300Watts (297) according to that site.

Advise: Get a 500Watt+ cheap power supply with a "premium" B-label. (40 Euro/Dollar/etc)

99% Of all PSU's are the same ATX format, so don't worry about that. The only 2 points you should worry about are:
- Can it handle the 230volt input (all European current is 230volt too, USA uses 115volt, good power supplies can handle both, but check this first.)
- (Check your motherboard for this), does the large white ATX power connector have 20 or 24 pins (just count them), both on the motherboard AND PSU. Older = 20 pins, Newer = 24 pins, 4 more pins to feed the CPU directly.

Oh yeah, don't forget to save your old PSU external power cord, they can always come in use, since those things didn't change for like 20 years now! Tongue
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PSU Help - by Derosis - 2010-11-19, 07:36 PM
PSU Help - by rayhovite - 2010-11-19, 08:30 PM
PSU Help - by kwaz - 2010-11-19, 08:44 PM
PSU Help - by Derosis - 2010-11-19, 11:43 PM
PSU Help - by Devil - 2010-11-20, 12:45 AM
PSU Help - by Kalovale - 2010-11-20, 01:31 AM
PSU Help - by Devil - 2010-11-20, 11:39 AM
PSU Help - by Kalovale - 2010-11-20, 12:22 PM
PSU Help - by Devil - 2010-11-20, 12:45 PM
PSU Help - by Derosis - 2010-11-20, 03:12 PM
PSU Help - by Kalovale - 2010-11-20, 03:34 PM
PSU Help - by Derosis - 2010-11-20, 09:43 PM
PSU Help - by Devil - 2010-11-20, 11:35 PM

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