New PSU Advice

Danger Phoenix · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:48

I recently bought a EVGA 8800GTX, and I think my 500W Enermax Liberty is struggling with:

AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.7Ghz
4 x 500GB WD HDDs
Audigy Sound Card
DVD-RW Drive
4 120mm Fans

Here are the ones I was looking at:
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU - £93.99
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) - £88.11

Which one would you guys recommend, and should I be considering other ones?

jak731 · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:51

corsair hx620, the hx range of psus have been great for a long time and its also cheaper too

a hx520 may be capable of running your rig, but if have the money to get the 620, i would recommend you do as it gives more headroom for upgrading

Danger Phoenix · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:53

jak731 said:
corsair hx620, the hx range of psus have been great for a long time and its also cheaper too

Sounds good to me

Problem is my Enermax is less than 2 months old, and I am not going to get back what I paid for it

jak731 · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:56

is your enermax still working perfectly fine without having to power the 8800GTX or other similar high demand parts?

if so maybe flog it in MM or keep it as a spare PSU

Danger Phoenix · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:59

jak731 said:
is your enermax still working perfectly fine without having to power the 8800GTX or other similar high demand parts?

if so maybe flog it in MM or keep it as a spare PSU

Yeah, it works perfectly... well until I added the 8800GTX a couple of days ago. I can't afford to keep it as a spare, so I think MM is the next step