well... I am confused about the power supplies and stuff... I have several questions lined up about PSUs.
* If I am going for a Quad Core processor, is there any physical difference of the sockets for that?
* Since I am hoping to get a 4850, would I need any wires/cables/sockets/converters for its power?
* The recommendations I hear from most people about wattage for certain components (Processor+GPU) are those mostly guesses or have basis? Like in UCC the other day I asked abt how much I'd need for a Q6600 + 4850. The guy said u'll need at least a 700W toughpower something. When I said I 'wont' spend huge chunks of my budget after that, he recommended a 420W psu. After this, I am quite convinced they know sh!t about 'actual' wattage requirement and more about selling their goods...
* In Thermaltake's website, they use this tool http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/Power
to calculate wattage. I used it to calculate my requirement for the components that I might get... it shows surprizingly low wattage requirements... (270W @ peak with Q6600+4850)
Is this calculator thing wrong? Or evbuddy staying in safeside and buying more powerful PSUs than their requirements?
Prolly I really need to go to school for this...![]()