PSU advice Please :)

melkiah2003 · 7 Mar 2011 at 16:47

Hi. I'm looking to buy a new PSU in the next day or two for my new build. My budget is 50 - 60 quid, hopefully I can get something decent for that price as I don't want it dying on me. This is what my build will consist of...

Phenom II X2 555 3.20GHz BE.
ASUS Crosshair III Formula
OCZ Spec Ops 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
ATI Radeon HD 5770
Seagate Barracuda 500GB
Optical Drive - Undecided

I think I have listed everything. Also, I will be wanting to add another 5770 in the future for Crossfire and some cooling at some point. I hope this helps. If anyone could give some recommendations they would be greatly appreciated

Avathar77 · 7 Mar 2011 at 16:54

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-047-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
This would fit the bill nicely!

melkiah2003 · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:21

Avathar77 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-047-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
This would fit the bill nicely!

Thanks! One question though. Would it be able to power 2 5770's? It says it only has one PCI-E 8 pin connector.

pastymuncher · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:48

It has one six pin and one 6+2 pin connectors. The 5770 only uses a single 6 pin connector each so you will be fine.

melkiah2003 · 7 Mar 2011 at 19:16

pastymuncher said:
It has one six pin and one 6+2 pin connectors. The 5770 only uses a single 6 pin connector each so you will be fine.

Cool, thanks to you both, looks like I'll be ordering that tomorrow

. What's the difference between the 6-pin and 6+2 pin then? been wondering that for a lil while now.

Tealc · 7 Mar 2011 at 19:23

The 6 + 2 pin has a 6 pin connector with a 2 pin connector on the side so you can combine to make 8 pins.

Something like this...

Blue160 · 7 Mar 2011 at 19:28

Tealc said:
Absolutely huge picture of a very small connector

melkiah2003 · 7 Mar 2011 at 19:31

Cheers Tealc. Pictures are always a bonus when explaining things to me haha.