Power Supply Recommendation

Pygor · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:27

Can anyone recomend a decent modular power supply, nneds to be 880 watt upwards, price up to 150ish, and as modular as possible, don't want a pile of attached cables as well as plugin ones, just the basic motherboard power and rest as plugin, and it does not need any boy racer lights

Thanks

fobose · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:34

Why does it need to be 880 watt upwards? What is it going to be powering?

Strife212 · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:36

Corsair HX1000 (1000w)

I've got one and its great, gets amazing reviews too.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-1000HXUK)

Edit: Just noticed its over budget, it's good quality though.

lamboman · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:36

Pygor said:
Can anyone recomend a decent modular power supply, nneds to be 880 watt upwards, price up to 150ish, and as modular as possible, don't want a pile of attached cables as well as plugin ones, just the basic motherboard power and rest as plugin, and it does not need any boy racer lights

Thanks

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...d=123&subcat=1088&name=Antec Quattro 850W PSU

Just under the required wattage (though I VERY much doubt you will need anything more powerful than that).

Pygor · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:36

fobose said:
Why does it need to be 880 watt upwards? What is it going to be powering?

Typo, should be 800 upwards, why because thats what I want

no point buying some cheapo one then buying again later on, I just like decent stuff.

Pygor · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:40

lamboman said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...d=123&subcat=1088&name=Antec Quattro 850W PSU

Just under the required wattage (though I VERY much doubt you will need anything more powerful than that).

Thanks, I'm not really an Antec fan, had 2 of them puff out some after a few months years ago, so I avoided them since.

I have an Enermax Galaxy at the moment, but it is fitted with way too many cables as standard and you just end up with an untidy bunch folded up.

fobose · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:40

Pygor said:
Typo, should be 800 upwards, why because thats what I want no point buying some cheapo one then buying again later on, I just like decent stuff.

Right okay.

goujon945 · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:40

Doesn't need to be 800w to be 'decent'. Something like a HX 620w or a TX 750w will be enough to power most high-end rigs

Pygor · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:44

goujon945 said:
Doesn't need to be 800w to be 'decent'. Something like a HX 620w or a TX 750w will be enough to power most high-end rigs

Yes thanks, but I'm looking for a recommendation for 800 watt upwards, with as little fixed cables as possible.

lamboman · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:45

Pygor said:
Thanks, I'm not really an Antec fan, had 2 of them puff out some after a few months years ago, so I avoided them since.

I have an Enermax Galaxy at the moment, but it is fitted with way too many cables as standard and you just end up with an untidy bunch folded up.

I wouldn't look at past experience to determine your next buy with power supplies. Because the power supplies are very rarely made by the company it is branded by, instead, a seperate OEM. These are made by Enhance, and it is a brilliant power supply.

What exactly are you trying to run?