In recent months 700 to 1000 watt monsters have been stealing the
spotlight on the power supply stage. Many people may think the time of
the 500 watt unit has come and gone, but that is just not the case.
Believe it or not, 500 watt units can still hold their own and perform
just fine on most systems, even some systems that many enthusiasts
consider high end. Yeah, if you are running a quad processor, with six
hard drives and two 8800GTX's in SLI, then you are going to want to pick
up a PSU with a "few" more watts. But how many people do you know that
have power sucking rigs like that? Or an even better question: How is
this 500 watt unit going to hold up in an average enthusiast system?
Follow along with us to find out...
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