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What PSU will do the job? Quiet and inexpensive ideally.
Belarc report below:
Operating System System Model
Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 (build 6001) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ConRoe1333-DVI/H.
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P1.20 05/04/2007
Drives Memory Modules c,d
820.17 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
439.89 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
PHILIPS DVD8801 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
ST3320620AS ATA Device [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 1
WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0 [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAS84138914, rev 12.01C02, SMART Status: Healthy 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 1) 105.10 GB 51.81 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 104.86 GB 99.23 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 1) 83.89 GB 82.27 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 1) 104.86 GB 63.02 GB free
g: (NTFS on drive 1) 26.21 GB 22.17 GB free
h: (NTFS on drive 0) 395.25 GB 121.40 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
K Socha 30/07/2009 21:49:36 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never
DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account
HP Deskjet F2100 series on USB002
HP LaserJet 1018 on USB001
HP Photosmart 7800 Series on USB003
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
IDE Channel [Controller] (3x)
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF
Intel(R) 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0 NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT [Display adapter]
Toshiba LCD-MONITOR (18.6"vis, s/n 75366JA002289, June 2006)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC High Definition Audio Device
Communications Other Devices
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Realtek RTL8168/8111 Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
primary Auto IP Address: 10.0.0.3 / 24
Gateway: 10.0.0.1
Dhcp Server: 10.0.0.1
Physical Address: 00:19:66:25:BD:5B
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Networking Dns Server: 10.0.0.1
HID Non-User Input Data Filter (KB 911895)
USB Human Interface Device
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Root Hub (5x)
Generic volume shadow copy
USB CF Reader
USB MS Reader
USB SD Reader
USB SM Reader
corsair are good, I have one.
What's in there at the moment? Mainly to find out your power requirements.
500W A63HG by ICute
It was meant to be good but turned out otherwise.
There is nothing 'special' in that spec. Anything round 550w and costing no more than £25.00 would suit. Colors IT are quiet.
No dedicated graphics? You shouldn't need much of a PSU really... what's wrong with your current one?
You dont need anything over 350W.
[i]Quiet and inexpensive[/i]
Sadly the two are generally mutally exclusive. Your biggest issue is making sure you get the right connector for your motherboard but I'm assuming you'll be ATX.
Take your pick.
[url] http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/psus-300-500 [/url]
Ill second corsair. Ive fitted several of these to peoples PC's and they've been quiet and reliable with a good stable output. I did have one fail, but the mark of a good PSU is one that dosent take out the rest of your system when it pops. The Corsair PSU's have a good amount of protection to prevent this. The cheepie ones dont and end up costing you more in the end.
The biggest waste of money you spend on a PC is the PSU.
You get zero peformance boost and more often than not buy one that has twice the power you actually need.
Even the cheap PSUs these days are very good quality compared to the old days.
If you want quality go for Tagan or Antec.
Cheers, somebody is to fix it later. Otherwise - laptop very soon.
BlingBling
The biggest waste of money you spend on a PC is the PSU.You get zero peformance boost and more often than not buy one that has twice the power you actually need.
Even the cheap PSUs these days are very good quality compared to the old days.
Yes you dont get any performance boost from a good quality PSU, but you cant be that short sighted. An extra £20 over a cheep PSU will potentially save you £100's in replacment parts and lost data when the cheep crap one takes out spurious components of the system should it fail and surge the system. The better PSU's protect against this and the stable voltage output prevents premature failure of sensative hardware.
Your call, pays your money, take you chance.