Calculate how much power your machine's sucking up here:

www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Mine's 212W.

I just found that Core Duo processors and GeForce video cards use less power than Athlon 64 X2 and Radeon. :buck2:

thats why AMD and ATi chips are over heated so easily.

Pure fiction. It is true that the older Duron and Athlon processors run at a higher temperature but even so they have always been highly overclockable. The new 64 bit processors have features that keep temperatures and power consumption low, lower than Intel processors except for the new Core Duo (for now).

AMD and ATI are always making ways to eradicate those problems because those are the biggest hassles  costumers always encounter.

i hope so coz someday i'm gonna build my own PC using my own pocket... ill gonna use AMD and ATI chips.  Affordable for me.

No one wants to be left behind... specially in the business world. You'll go bankcrupt if you don't do something. 

ok so back to topic... this tool is useful if you're considering assembling a new computer and you have low power consumption a priority since you're paying the electric bill or something.

www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Did not calculate, but to be sure I use a THERMALTAKE Toughpower 1500W. Model W0171

nice info

thanks