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Gaming Rig. (Mainly WoW)

ENIAC

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System Name ENIAC
Processor Q9450
Motherboard Asus P5Q Pro
Memory 4GB G.Skill 1066
Video Card(s) Asus 4850
Storage WD Caviar 640GB
Case NZXT Apollo Copper
Power Supply Antec earthwatts EA500
Software Vista 64
I don't know the Oz PSU, but the highly rated Corsair and Antec PSUs are both manufactured by SeaSonic. An efficient PSU will be labeled 80+ and I suggest you look for one of those. You are looking at an Nvidia card on an Intel chipset, therefore you won't be able to run another card in SLI. The possibility of multiple gfx cards would mean you would need a higher wattage PSU, to possibly accommodate that in the future.

You may want to consider this PSU which can be had with a very good MIR at the moment. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006
 
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I don't know the Oz PSU, but the highly rated Corsair and Antec PSUs are both manufactured by SeaSonic. An efficient PSU will be labeled 80+ and I suggest you look for one of those. You are looking at an Nvidia card on an Intel chipset, therefore you won't be able to run another card in SLI. The possibility of multiple gfx cards would mean you would need a higher wattage PSU, to possibly accommodate that in the future.

You may want to consider this PSU which can be had with a very good MIR at the moment. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006

You kind of contradicted yourself there saying that he has an nvidia card on an Intel chipset, but then saying he may need a better power supply due to the possibility of running multiple cards.

The OCZ power supply will be fine, not as high quality as some others, but will definitely get the job done.
 

ENIAC

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Location
33° 7' N 117° 5' W - USA
System Name ENIAC
Processor Q9450
Motherboard Asus P5Q Pro
Memory 4GB G.Skill 1066
Video Card(s) Asus 4850
Storage WD Caviar 640GB
Case NZXT Apollo Copper
Power Supply Antec earthwatts EA500
Software Vista 64
You kind of contradicted yourself there saying that he has an nvidia card on an Intel chipset, but then saying he may need a better power supply due to the possibility of running multiple cards.

Actually what I wrote was, "therefore you won't be able to run another card in SLI". My point was 500 watts isn't necessary in this case. So given that, the dual rail, 80+, 430 watt PSU I mentioned would be more than sufficient for this application and its less expensive.
 
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I vote spend a little extra and get either an 8800gt or a 4850. it never hurts to future proof your video card a bit..considering all the new games coming out (wrath of the lich king will have higher video ccard requirements than what WoW has now) - Diablo 3 will probably need a pretty decent card as well.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102719 - 3870 $129

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500007 - 8800gt $139

prob can find some cheaper...or even used.
 
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