Power supply requirements

rossiboy001 · 1 Mar 2011 at 15:40

Hi having trouble trying to find the right power supply for my upgrade. Finally settled for a
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case.
Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" 2048MB GDDR5.
Problem Im finding is locating a power supply with up to 10 SATA leads or at least 9 (not that i need them all, but it would be nice to know i dont need to buy another power unit should the remote possibility one day i do use them all)

Secondly i estimate that I should be looking into the 650-750 Watt range. However on browsing there seems to be a lot of reviews which always complain about this or that lead being to short.

Therefore any help on a suitable power supply to cater for the needs of this graphics card and size case.

Will go with my current i5,8GB corsair ram,2x2TB WD sata
Thanks guys

Colasanto · 1 Mar 2011 at 15:44

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-046-OC if you want a cheaper PSU that will work great with your current system. But won't handle major upgrades.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-116-AN if you want to run with future proofing and allow major upgrades and SLI

rossiboy001 · 1 Mar 2011 at 15:55

Thanks, The second one looks ideal.
Had quickly overviewed that model but lack of reviews made me skip past it.

750 watt sounds about right to me, Im no expert but at highest load I would be using one-two cards and a hard drive for gaming.
I presume things like the over HDD i mighty need wont draw power if im not using them just because they are installed.
Many thanks

Colasanto · 1 Mar 2011 at 16:07

No probs. I have the GX 750W. The one I linked you with is better. I run GTX480 of mine and can easily SLI them too. The GTX 480 is the most demanding card in terms of power to date.