Psu

segasega

Just wondering what size PSU I should get? Might be getting a third or even forth hard drive soon.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2GHz Socket
Gigabyte GA-K8NMF9, nForce4-4x, Socket-939
Plextor DVD±RW burner, PX-755A
Some other DVD drive I took from a dell.
Floppy Drive
Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR-DIMM 2048MB x 2 (ye 4Gs)
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB (AKASA HARD DRIVE COOLER)
Maxtor DiamondMax 9 110GB (AKASA HARD DRIVE COOLER)
XFX GeForce 6600GT 256MB GDDR3

It’s all in an icute case that has two fans on it.


Cheers.

PogMoThoin

500W+, Go for a good reputable brand, Ocz, Fortron, Seasonic, Antec, it'll save you in the long run. Don't skimp on a psu.

Anti

to be honest 500W is a bit overkill. 400W would be enough, but i think pog is thinking of upgradeabilty, As if you want to move to a nvidia 7xxx series or 8xxx in a few weeks 500W would be the better choice. Just dont be fooled by cheap makes like jeantech. The ammount of these i have bought from pc world and have blown or not been able to handle the hardware is staggering.

Also consider hiper psu's I have one and i think its great. Its very very quiet Its modular, so its tidy for cable management, looks great, and the rails are very good for the price too.

www.overclockers.co.uk have the best range atm, but komplett.ie have some good ones too.

PogMoThoin

Ya, i was tryin to futureproof his rig. 400W would be a bad buy at the moment as you'd buy a 500w for not much more. Gpu's are getting more & more power demanding.

segasega

Alright cool guy thanks for the heads up. I was going to check overclockers and I got all the rest of this from komplett. I am running a 350W at the moment and it seems ok but with the extra hard drives and maybe some more cooling components I be afraid it wouldn't be able to handle it all!

obrienb

http://www.journeysystems.com/power_supply_calculator.php