LF advice on PSU

Makruxa · 5 Mar 2009 at 11:43

What power suply should i get? I need at least 700W so id say 750 one should do. but there are so many of them and so many diferent prices :confused:

Can somone sugest what sorta Power suply should i get...

ChrisLX200 · 5 Mar 2009 at 11:46

er. for what spec PC exactly?

As a general note, you get what you pay for with PSUs in terms of build quality, and you don't want a cheap PSU powering good quality kit.

Makruxa · 5 Mar 2009 at 11:54

Well iv got Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient , Asus Maximus II Formula Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard, still deciding on graphics but i think im gona get Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB "Dark Knight" GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (EAH4870 DK/HTDI/512MD5),

ChrisLX200 · 5 Mar 2009 at 12:28

Although you won't need 700w I would go for a PSU in that range also. More important than the raw output wattage is build quality (a lower output Zalman is preferable to high output hiper for example). At the lower end of the price bracket is this currently on offer:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
If you have more to spend then a BeQuiet or Zalman in the same output range (650-750) would be a good investment.

It's not an exclusive list, but just avoid cheap PSUs.