Using 2 PSU has CLoD kicking it in high gear!

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Now that is very interesting.

My psu is a Dell supplied 350w unit, which may not even power my card adequately.

Performance with Cliffs of Dover is ok, but missions over London are a no-no.

If a new psu would provide a performance gain, I'd be happy to shell out on this first, rather than a card upgrade+psu, because of course if I upgrade my card, I'll definately need to change the psu.

Any advice?

Thanks!

click the link in my sig for the PSU, 2000 people cant be wrong

[AARPRazorbacks]

A friend of mine said it short and sweet after I told him about putting 2 PSU's on the PC.

"Having to use two PSU's tells me that your original PSU was of insufficient amperage to run your system. It's an ingenious way to provide the needed power if you have a spare PSU lying around."

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

Eeeeehh, I'd like to see some docs on that cause you've got a hole world of OC:ers saying otherwise. Might be a hype but just to be sure, give us a link plz.

How-to-Discover-Your-Power-Supplys-Real-Manufacturer

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-oem,2729.html

[Heliocon]

Wow, I wouldnt buy anything under 800w for a modern gaming rig, I have a 1600w one in atm but its set to 1200w. But there is absolutely no reason to go for 2 PSU over 1 higher capacity PSU.

[AARPRazorbacks]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

Wow, I wouldnt buy anything under 800w for a modern gaming rig, I have a 1600w one in atm but its set to 1200w. But there is absolutely no reason to go for 2 PSU over 1 higher capacity PSU.

The reason I went with 2 PSU's is I already had a 500 watt to put on the PC. What it did was add 500 more watts to my PC.
Instead of have just 550 watts. I now have 1055 watts.

I would not have went to the store and bought a 500 watt PSU's to put on the PC.

The main point of this thread was to let people know that you can put 2 PSU's on your PC. And how.

Lets say you get a new GPU and have to upgrade your PSU. The GPU say's that the MIN is 550 watts for your new GPU. So, to save some money you get the 550 watt at less the $100 knowing that you already have, lets say 300 watt at home.

You add the new GPU and the 550 watt PSU with your 300 watt GPU.

Doing so gives you 850 watts. But you only had to buy 550 watts to upgrade you GPU.
The 850 watt would have cost around $143+ savings of $43 + tax. (Prices my vary)

We all know by now that CLoD is going to take a high end GPU to run the best.
The more power the GPU has to draw from the better.

flyer01