Silverstone or OCZ GameXStream PSU?

[RTW]

I've been looking around cause it looks like I may need a new power supply.

I've thought about either Silverstone or OCZ GameXStream PSU's.

They both seem pretty reliable.

I was thinking either:

OCZ GameXStream 700W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002

or

Silverstone 750W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256009

The OCZ is 144.99$ with a 35$ Mail in Rebate to 109.99$ (Weekend special, it seems.)

The Silvestone is 159.99$.

I'm not very familiar with PSU's but here is my specs:

Power Supply: Antec, TruePower 2.0, 550 watt, EPS 12
Motherboard: ASUS, A8R32-MVP Deluxe, Socket 939
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 939, 3000 MHz
RAM: Corsair, DDR2, 2x512 MB, 400 MHz each
Video Card: Radeon, X1300/X1550 Series, PCI-Express, 256 MB, Crossfire
Hard Drives: Maxtor, IDE SATA, 122 Gb
Maxtor, IDE SATA, 122 Gb
Seagate, IDE SATA, 250 Gb
OS: Windows XP Professional
Tower:Thermaltake Armor (2x120mm, 2x90mm)
1 DVD drive, 1 4-in-1 card drive

I am not familiar with rails/volt/amps and whatnot, so an expert on what I need to know about that would really help. Though I would say that from what I have, a 700W or 750W should do the trick?
(Also note, I am soon to probably get a X1950XT, if that matters.)

 

[DOM]

Silverstone, its got more Connectors and its a Modular psu so you use what connections you need and take off the ones you dont need from the psu

 

[alias_1ab]

even if you upgrade to the x1950xt, you dont need a 700 watt PSU. your cpu isnt a high wattage cpu. a 600 watt would be be overkill for you. if you plan to do a major upgrade and want to play it safe, THEN 700 watts is fine.

As far as choosing between the 2 cpus you have choosen, i would choose the OCZ simply because I already have one. I bought mine for $127 - $25 rebate for clubit.com. It works very well and its quiet. take a look at this link. helped me decide that the OCZ was the psu to get especially for the price. http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/OCZ_GameXstream_700w/index3.shtml


my system is a core 2 e6600, nforce 680i sli board, 4 gb ddr2-800, 8800gts 320mb, 2x 320 hard drives ...... and i could still add another 8800gts in sli and would have plenty of power.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Silverstone, its got more Connectors and its a Modular psu so you use what connections you need and take off the ones you dont need from the psu

I 2nd that.

 

[savor_of_filth]

OCZ hands down dude..