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I believe this is the right part of the forums to post this in.

Okay I am investing in a gaming pc. A Dell XPS 710. I am not sure if I should get the 750 watt power supply or the 1 kilowatt power supply. What are the differences between the two, and what will they allow me to do?


*Wow I feel like a genius. I totally didn't see the power supplies forum up above of this one. Sorry for the inconvience of moving my thread.
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1 killawats is overkill but the bigger the better as dell Power Supplies are nonstandard so there a pain in the ass to replace at a later date
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>investing in a gaming pc
build your own machine and you can choose good power supply
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mm you need 550w+ for a gaming pc. If you want SLI you will need 750w+
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What makes you say that dell has a bad power supply? I know building your own computer is better, but nowadays it costs about the same, and I heard the dell XPS desktops are easy to upgrade, but does anyone else have experience with that?
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all dells use nonstandard motherboards, cases and PSUs. There a pain in the ass if anything goes wrong
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>What makes you say that dell has a bad power supply
Working in company which buy it pc's from Dell from 10 machines bought about 8 months ago, 7 blowed ther PSU so far and we had to get replacement from Dell
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