Re: Building computer
On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 16:55 -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote:
>
> On Sep 28, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Jack Malmostoso
> <fabio.rosciano@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was scrolling through the thread and I see you want to add a video
> > card, and I checked on the Zareason website what they offer. I hope
> > you
> > got a power supply with more than the 350W standard. I am not sure
> > it
> > has enough horsepower to run an extra video card as well.
>
>
> I will be adding both a new power supply and the video card myself,
> probably not immediately. Zareason offers nothing between 550 and 850
> watts, and the manufacturer recommends 500 watts for the video card I
> plan to use. I don't need 850 watts, and 550 wasn't enough. And they
> charge $150 more for the Radeon 7870 than I can get it for from more
> than one vendor.
>
If it should be true that such much Ampere are needed for gaming
computers,
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130719093253AACWgo6 ,
then I will be more salty than I'm already regarding to unfair EU
regulations. I'm not allowed to own a low Watt lightbulb with tungsten
filament to have good light and gamers are allowed to have insane high
current consumption. How much is a kWh in your part of the world? Even
if it should be needed for gaming and assumed you don't care about the
environment, isn't such a consumption not too expensive? The mean in
Germany in 2012 was around 0.26 €/kWh.
Regards,
Ralf
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