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> Not all PSUs are created equal, I know some brands like "Ultra" sold at
> our local Fry's come in 1000w flavors, but they provide no more power
> than an adiquate Antec 450w PSU. Something about the Ampherage of the
> PSU favoring the 5V rails which was great for your 386, but PCs rely
> more on the 12v rails now for power. Enermax, Antec, etc. Check your PSU
> brand/model# online, make sure there's a good review about it somewhere.
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> If a video card supports DirectX 10.1, that's all well and good, but
> that only applies if the game supports 10.1. Currently there are none
> that I know of save for a couple tech demos. I would still look into the
> PSU, make sure the brand is reputable and not a cheap, prone to failure
> piece that's gonna explode and take your new video card with it.
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The PSU is a SHAW 720w Dual Fan, and from what all the various forums have
been saying about SHAW is that it has a bad reputation.
In fear of having the new 300 dollar video card become a pile of burnt-out
plastic, i'll make sure to buy a CoolerMaster ExtremePower 500w PSU to
replace it; there's a lot of good reviews around for it.
Considering i'm running two HDD's, two optical drives and the rest...I
thought 500w should be enough.
Thanks for the heads-up with the PSU!