Please spec a PSU for my setup **Many thanks**

[Reedweaver]

I have a very cheap unbranded 700w modular PSU from those boys in purple..... I'm going to be fitting 2x 4870's soon and I want to fit a new PSU.

I've done the PSU calculator and it came out at 550W....do you think I need to upgrade?

Could anyone recommend one from Overclockers anyway?

See Sig + below...
1 x 1Tb Samsung spinpoint
2x 150g Raptors RAID 0
NEC DVD-RW
1x fan contoller

Cheers......

 

[Philtor]

I would go for this...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

 

[Reedweaver]

This was a review.......

The Storm has a combined output of 700W, which is provided by three 12V rails. 12V1 is rated at 16A and powers the motherboard, CPU1 and first PCI-E plug, 12V2 is rated at 25A and powers CPU2, the second PCI-E and S-ATA plugs while 12V3 is rated at 17A and powers the Molex plugs. A 28A 3.3V rail, 30A 5V rail, 0.5A -12V and 2.5A 5VSB rail round off the specification.

The Storm's cables are of the modular variety, so unnecessary cables can be detached and stored away so they don't clutter up your case. The Storm has a small LED screen that's supposed to show the power output, although the reading was anywhere from 30W to 100W off the mark.

The inner workings are kept cool by a temperature-controlled 120mm fan, which is reasonably quiet at low load, but very loud above 75 per cent load. More seriously, the 5V rail is underpowered, failing to provide sufficient voltage to meet the ATX spec. At 30A, its output dropped to a mere 4.09V, and even at 22A, it outputted just 4.38V.

Unfortunately, £80 isn't enough money to buy you a good-quality 700W PSU; the Storm is noisy, not very efficient and not completely stable.

 

[Philtor]

The one I linked is perfect for your system mate and nice and quiet.

 

[MonkeykingZX]

This would also do you fine and save you quite a bit of cash

 

[OLDPHART]

For me Corsair have used a few now in various build's, it never pay's to by a cheap PSU, save up abit more and buy a decent one.

 

[Tikkabhuna]

This would also do you fine and save you quite a bit of cash

I have the 700w version of this and I was happy I saved a bit of money. I guess I'll only start thinking about spending a bit more money on a PSU if I have one die.

 

[stiv121]

The 600w Ocz modstream would be a good psu for the price.

 

[stulid]

this is the current 650w psu champion.

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088

 

[Mr.Nick]

Any of the ones linked really, but whatever you do, don't skimp on the Psu.

 

[Reedweaver]

Thanks for the help, I'm going to go for stulid's recomendation. Not a bad price...Cheers

 

[welshdragon]

I have a corsair TX 650 which is very good. First one died after 4 months but rma'd and two weeks later cooking on gas again. Bear in mind there will be a percentage of failiure in any manufacturing process. I would still recommend corsair though.