what PSU should i get for this build?

grimzz R · Feb 24, 2011, 12:31 AM

erocker · Feb 24, 2011, 12:33 AM

The largest quality PSU you can afford.

DanishDevil · Feb 24, 2011, 12:36 AM

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

Use that link and let us know what kind of #'s it puts out for you. It's not perfect, but it gives you a good ballpark.

Also, if you have any upgrade plans (within the next couple of years), also add those in and give us that number.

BinaryMage · Feb 24, 2011, 12:36 AM

If you want minimum cost, that system only needs a 500W PSU or so. But if you have some more money, a better PSU means more upgrade and overclocking capability.

codyjansen · Feb 24, 2011, 12:50 AM

CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-650HX 650W ATX12V v2.2 / E...

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

a good 500w would power it just fine

CORSAIR Builder Series CMPSU-500CX 500W ATX12V v2....

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II PPCMK2S500 500...

PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS500D 500W ATX12V /...

OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W ATX12V V2.2 / E...

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grimzz R · Feb 24, 2011, 01:25 AM

i decided on the Corsair 600W.

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by grimzz R

i decided on the Corsair 600W.

good choice little more power than you need but leaves room if you end up upgrading something

also why are you getting a USB3 card the board has the exact sameUSB3 controller on the mobo same for the Sata II controller the board has 8 sata II ports on it and you only got 1 HDD?

grimzz R · Feb 24, 2011, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdawall

good choice little more power than you need but leaves room if you end up upgrading something

also why are you getting a USB3 card the board has the exact sameUSB3 controller on the mobo same for the Sata II controller the board has 8 sata II ports on it and you only got 1 HDD?

there is 3 HDD and the usb3.0 card is there because the black magic intensity shuttle capture card does not work with an on board p55 motherboard for whatever reason.

BinaryMage · Feb 24, 2011, 01:36 AM

Why the SATA card, still? Your motherboard can run 3 hard disks just fine.

grimzz R · Feb 24, 2011, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by BinaryMage

Why the SATA card, still? Your motherboard can run 3 hard disks just fine.

i need a write speed minimum of 233.28mbps

BinaryMage · Feb 24, 2011, 01:50 AM

The PCIe card will be faster? Your hard drives should be the speed limiter. The motherboard ports are SATA/300, which is more than enough for 233.28.
Idk, just curious...

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by grimzz R

there is 3 HDD and the usb3.0 card is there because the black magic intensity shuttle capture card does not work with an on board p55 motherboard for whatever reason.

weird that it will work with a NEC external but not a NEC onboard same exact chip on both....

Quote:

Originally Posted by grimzz R

i need a write speed minimum of 233.28mbps

well the sata II card you linked still wont get the HDD you posted to push 200mb/s you wont get that without raid 0 or an SSD both of which will still work on the onboard which IS sata II 3Gb/s just like the card you linked

grimzz R · Feb 24, 2011, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

weird that it will work with a NEC external but not a NEC onboard same exact chip on both....

well the sata II card you linked still wont get the HDD you posted to push 200mb/s you wont get that without raid 0 or an SSD both of which will still work on the onboard.

i was planning on putting 3 of them in raid 0.......i thought that was obvious. why else would i buy a raid controller?

BinaryMage · Feb 24, 2011, 02:02 AM

Okay, but you can still do that with the motherboard RAID controller. It comes with one built in.

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BinaryMage

Okay, but you can still do that with the motherboard RAID controller. It comes with one built in.

raid 0 works perfectly fine on P55 infact the cheap raid card will probably do worse not better

also hope you have some sort of huge drive to put video on because 1080P uncompressed video is going to fill that in less than an hour

grimzz R · Feb 24, 2011, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

raid 0 works perfectly fine on P55 infact the cheap raid card will probably do worse not better

also hope you have some sort of huge drive to put video on because 1080P uncompressed video is going to fill that in less than an hour

ahh, thanks. ill remove the controller.

BinaryMage · Feb 24, 2011, 02:46 AM

Saves you $90 too. Gosh, that is a lot for a SATA card!

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by grimzz R

ahh, thanks. ill remove the controller.

for the $90 it saves i would look at a pair of 1TB storage drives

JrRacinFan · Feb 24, 2011, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

for the $90 it saves i would look at a pair of 1TB storage drives

Good luck with that! In my recent shopping best i could get was 2 750GB drives for $38 each.

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

Good luck with that! In my recent shopping best i could get was 2 750GB drives for $38 each.

i will hunt you down jr

and promo codes always help EMCKHJC37

JrRacinFan · Feb 24, 2011, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

i will hunt you down jr

LOL ....

This is the chepest RAID capable drives currently on newegg:
HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383...

Same as my drives only more storage.

EDIT:

Oh and one more thing, wait a little longer before you buy.

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

LOL ....

This is the chepest RAID capable drives currently on newegg:
HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383...

Same as my drives only more storage.

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cach...

with the promo i posted and what is raid capable? every drive i have ever used was raid capable

JrRacinFan · Feb 24, 2011, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cach...

with the promo i posted and what is raid capable? every drive i have ever used was raid capable

The low power drives that like to park their heads don't like to be in a raid array. Most controllers don't care for it too much.

cdawall · Feb 24, 2011, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

The low power drives that like to park their heads don't like to be in a raid array.

they will figure it out

and fine get the hitachis then they are faster anyway

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