Building Zalman Z9 Plus

smudge2126

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Hi im building my gaming system into the Zalman Z9 plus case

Now the problem is this bad boy has 7 fans fitted inside now since im a novice and doing my best to work my way through my first build i was wondering what sort of PSU/MoBo i will need to handle that?

wasnt sure if was the right place to put this question but since it about the case i thought this would be the best place to start

Thanks
 
Name the specification you intend on using and we might be able to help. To power 7 fans you would get by on a 20w psu lol however it wouldn't leave a lot left over for you system ;).
 
Right the spec im looking at is going to be something like this

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black

Asrock P67 Extreme 6 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card X2

Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache

Patriot Torqx 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

Akasa AK-CC4006SP01 Nero V2 CPU Cooler

Zalman ZM850-HP Plus Heatpipe Cooled 850W Modular Power Supply

and Win7 64bit

Hope that help
 
 
So a decent 650w PSU is all it would take to power that system?

If i was to get the same MoBo CPU RAM and Cooler as a OC bundle would i need a bigger PSU?
 
650w is more than enough.

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using this system.

CPU: Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.33GHz
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme
Chipset Drivers: Intel 9.1.1.1015 (Intel)
Hard Disk: OCZ Summit (120GB)
Memory: Patriot Viper DDR3-1333 3 x 2GB (7-7-7-20)
 
Ok thanks was thinking its only £20 more for the 750w antec so thought would be better off with that but if you gods of the forums say thats not needed then i will take ur addvice
 
not needed, ATI hardware uses a lot less watts than Nvidia, as you can see.

and Sandybridge uses less than the old i7 stuff too.

all you have to decide is, modular or non-modular?
 
Hmmm wellwith modular things will be a lot more tidy but also only me and my moms fella will see it (since he is going to be putting it togeather for me) so dont really no if it will make a difference
 
could the £20 difference be used to get you an upgrade on another part of the pc?

could almost get you a blue-ray drive that burns dvd too, and not just a dvd rewriter?
 
dont need a blue ray drive (PS3 60Gb xbox 360 elite old style)

Was thinking with the bigger PSU that if i decided Nvida in stead then i would be sorted
 
AMD will be the same, just the cpu has the pins attached instead of the socket with Intel.

if unsure when building it, just ask.
 
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