Recommend me a good PSU

Chryonn · Jul 31, 2010

Rght, i'm in the market for a brand new PSU, preferably modular. i need it to power an Asus P5N-E SLI mobo, an Intel QX6800 (stock) CPU, a Geforce GTX 280, six HDDs, two opticals, a fan controller, and a Swiftech MCP 655. what would be the acceptable wattage for a system like this one? i used to have a 1.01kW that's becoming unstable under load.

adj408 · Jul 31, 2010

Corsair hx750 would be acceptable and more than enough. Good extra room in case one day you decide to upgrade.

happita · Jul 31, 2010

For future upgrading of CPU/MB/RAM/Video, I would definitely go with the Corsair HX850. I'm going to be running this on my next huge upgrade which will no question be high-end. And if your not convinced, check out a few reviews on it including hardwaresecrets review on the unit.

bear2790 · Jul 31, 2010

A good PSU wattage calculator

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

I use an OCZ ModXtream PRO 600 Dual Rail (2 x +12V@25A rails) and ran two HDD's, two HD 4890 cards in crossfire, AMD 7850 OCed to 3GHz, DDR2 OCed to 4-4-4-12 timing and had lots of juice to spare.

PSU "recommmended" stuff is very over-rated provided you buy top brands from OCZ, Corsair, ect otherwise get an over-rated unit (cheap PSU's will nova fast from overheating if you run them near the max performance specs)

happy hunting :cool:

OSWiz · Aug 1, 2010

happita said:
For future upgrading of CPU/MB/RAM/Video, I would definitely go with the Corsair HX850. I'm going to be running this on my next huge upgrade which will no question be high-end. And if your not convinced, check out a few reviews on it including hardwaresecrets review on the unit.

+1, especially if you intend to add another GTX 280 right away.

Chryonn · Aug 1, 2010

i'd to thank you all for your input especially for the link to the calculator. that's helped me a lot in determining the wattage for my PSU. i'll keep you posted as to what i get soon.

burebista · Aug 1, 2010

No budget so Seasonic X650/750 is my recommendation.

Corduroy_Jr · Aug 1, 2010

corsiar or seasonic are overrated if u have the cash the why not, i would pick enermax antec ocz, which is more bang for the buck

Chryonn · Aug 2, 2010

yeah they're all good makes. which is why i'm having difficulty choosing.

OSWiz · Aug 3, 2010

Chryonn said:
yeah they're all good makes. which is why i'm having difficulty choosing.

check 'em out at http://www.jonnyguru.com/

cdawall · Aug 3, 2010

thermaltake toughpower TR2 850w ran way more than you will ever push out of your rig (dual quads@1.8ghz, X6@4.5ghz, X4@5ghz) along with one of the largest cooling loops on TPU

vbx · Aug 3, 2010

How about a PSU that is only available (for the most part) in Europe? These PSU's are pretty pimp.

http://www.be-quiet.net/be-quiet.net/index.php?StoryID=17&ProductID=32&websiteLang=en#

Chryonn · Aug 3, 2010

is there any advantage to having the 12V rail singularly handle all the amperage or having 4 separate 12V rails handling less, sharing the load?

a_ump · Aug 3, 2010

honestly you only need bout 500watts for that build from a solid PSU. here's what i'd recommend Corsair 550watt, 50amp 12v not just bc it's corsair but for the wattage, it was the best rating along with free shipping.

Chryonn · Aug 3, 2010

yeah, funnily enough i was just at the corsair website and took the online PSU calculator and it came up with 550W to 650W.

a_ump · Aug 3, 2010

yea, that's corsair, lol they calculator is bs.

EDIT: bit my tongue, forgot to include the 6 HDD....dam wtf do u need 6HDD for? are they small capacity or something? be more power efficient to upgrade to a 80 dollar 1tb or something if u are using smaller drives.

JrRacinFan · Aug 3, 2010

Tuniq Potency PSU-POT750-BK 750W ATX12V / EPS12V S...

Chryonn · Aug 3, 2010

those 6 HDDS are massive drives, from 500GB to 2TB. 3 of them are WD Caviar Green, the other three are Maxtor and Seagate. they're used for storage.

brandonwh64 · Aug 3, 2010

JrRacinFan said:
Tuniq Potency PSU-POT750-BK 750W ATX12V / EPS12V S...

i dunno about that one! customer reviews look horrible for it

n-ster · Aug 3, 2010

the XFX 750W is praised by oklahomawolf @ johnyguru.com, and great bang/buck, at least here in Canada

a_ump · Aug 3, 2010

dam, i'll never get why people need more than a tb of space

. but each their own. but yea i too change my mind n say a 750watt or greater...those dam HDD's take some juice once u get multiples of em

n-ster · Aug 3, 2010

WD greens don't take much juice compared to a Black

OSWiz · Aug 3, 2010

a_ump said:
dam, i'll never get why people need more than a tb of space . but each their own.

Porn, hehe

BarbaricSoul · Aug 3, 2010

a_ump said:
dam, i'll never get why people need more than a tb of space . but each their own. but yea i too change my mind n say a 750watt or greater...those dam HDD's take some juice once u get multiples of em

OSWiz said:
Porn, hehe

of course

Chryonn · Aug 3, 2010

ahh yes always the porn

i rip DVDs (legally, ones that i own) and i'm trying to set up a media storage bank so i can stream it to my netbook wirelessly. also, i have this tendency NOT to regularly back up my data, so the extra space comes in handy. of course it's a massive PITA when taking the time to back-up all the acculumated data over years of surfing.

as for the PSU, i'm leaning towards the Corsair HX850W.

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