PSU advice please

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Been running the spec in my sig for about 4 years now at a nice stable overclock of 3.4ghz.
I jumped on the hd 6950 band wagon a couple of days ago and am looking to shoehorn it into my system later this week.

I think I really ought to consider a new psu for this new card -especially since i will probably upgrade to Sandybridge later in the year. Taking a chance otherwise yeah?

What I want is a very quiet, modular, reliable psu with plenty of oomph for gaming to last me another 3 to 4 years. What i don't want to do though is pay silly money for power i will not ever need.

Will need to also run 3 or 4 ide + sata hdd drives, perhaps an ssd drive also, dvd drive, sound card as well. System will be overclocked and will be mainly for games.

**Psu needs to fit into my Antec p150 case (is this a midi case?). Psu needs to be practically silent.**

Budget about £50 -60 inc vat <-- is this realistic?

Any suggestions please?
 
You do not need a new psu. Your Corsair is a quality unit and your rig will come no-where near it's 620w. The rig in my siggy only pulls a max of 384w at the wall and even then only by running Prime and Furmark stability test both at the same time. Normal gaming usage is 234-275w depending on the game.

Agreed it is a quality psu & incredibly quiet. But after this length of time will it still be ok & is it likely to last another 4 years? Also, *if* it were to go pop, would it take anything out with it?
 
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