WilliamWatts on 20 February 2010
| kamil said: Can you really buy such a system for 500$? Right now I'm looking for a new hard drive, graphic card and PSU similar to those in that spec and its going to cost me over 300$. Through I guess prices are a bit lower in US. Also I'm not sure if 380W is enough for 4850. ATI say that 450W is required. |
The Earthwatts is a good power supply unit, one of the best you can get alongside a case. It also follows a more modern ATX specification where a majority of the parts are using +12V which included the CPU, Ram and GPU as well as HDD and Optical drives. Older PSUs and weaker PSUs often have less power available on the +12V rail relative +3V and +5V lines which is why they are so conservative.
You'd probably be able to buy the system cheaper if there were specials going on as cases and graphics cards especially often have incentives.
