Cant Decide Help!

danewesley · 27 May 2010 at 01:10

im building a folding@home tower and the specs are as follows so far:

MSI P6N DIAMOND mobo
Intel E6600 CPU CORE 2 DUO
GEIL 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 (4X1GB)
BFG Technologies NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS X 2

and for this im just using an old 40gb ide hdd and a dvd rom to install xp

so the things im stuck with are the case and psu, im willing to spend around £100 on both, so i either chose:

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w
Xigmatek Asgard

Total = £105

or from another site

Be Quiet 530W Pure Power
Antec 300 Three Hundred

Total = £88

leaves me a little bit for a cheap cpu cooler as im not getting one with mine.
which do you think will be best, and do you think the dark power psu will run everything?

cheers

Admiral Huddy · 27 May 2010 at 09:09

None of the above : How about this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-160-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29

and this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

Comes to under £70

For a folding machine with the spec you have posted, that's more than adequate.

Nice cases too

danewesley · 27 May 2010 at 12:14

does the Corsair CX 400W have two 6 pin power connectors? im not really into using the two molex to 6 pin adapters, and also it will not power a future upgrade of another 8800gts or even two more?

Admiral Huddy · 27 May 2010 at 13:08

Only one.. It will struggle with two 8800gts. Sorry I didn't see the "x 2" in OP.

Lemin · 27 May 2010 at 15:02

I would have first choice, but i would never use an old ide hdd in a new rig. Unless for storage.