PSU advice (yet another thread!!)

balth_dire · 28 Apr 2006 at 07:34

Here's the system spec.

Motherboard-Asus p5wdg2-ws
Presler d 955 extreme
corsair 5400ul (2gb, 4 sticks)
3x 74gb raptors
2x plextor DVD writers
1x 1900xt crossfire edition
1x 1900xtx
1x soundblaster x-fi
2x Black Gold DVB-T cards
3 low wattage 120mm case fans

Prefer something quiet! Any ideas?

Richdog · 28 Apr 2006 at 07:46

Seasonic 600w. efficient, stable and very quiet.

balth_dire · 28 Apr 2006 at 07:48

You sure that will handle it?

hp7909 · 28 Apr 2006 at 07:54

balth_dire said:
Here's the system spec.

Motherboard-Asus p5wdg2-ws
Presler d 955 extreme
corsair 5400ul (2gb, 4 sticks)
3x 74gb raptors
2x plextor DVD writers
1x 1900xt crossfire edition
1x 1900xtx
1x soundblaster x-fi
2x Black Gold DVB-T cards
3 low wattage 120mm case fans

Prefer something quiet! Any ideas?

You need a small nuclear plant for that

Well from here, your specs above draws 580W~620W. Need a pretty hefty PSU, like these:

FSP Sparkle FX700-GLN Epsilon 700W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-001-SK) £113.92
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN) £105.69
Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-009-TG) £105.69 - not in stock at the moment, but highly recommend Tagan's
Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-006-TG) £82.19

Simon D · 28 Apr 2006 at 08:49

With that amount hardware and you are going to run Xfire, are you overclocking as well?

I suggest you buy the biggest PSU you can find with most amps with four 12v rails.

Over on the dfi-rd580 crossfire due soon? (gibbo?) threads link below, Raja was suggesting the following:

FSP Sparkle 700w (with a newer version fan) Silverstone ST75ZF or maybe Xlio 750w

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17560859&page=13

Simon

Richdog · 28 Apr 2006 at 10:00

Or if you have the cash, the PC Power & Cooling 850w is the best you can get in this sort of category but it'll cost you...

Mp4 · 28 Apr 2006 at 10:05

As said above the Pc power and cooling is the muts nuts, thought the PSU comes at 510W / 850w/ 1kw- they are also 9.1 inches long (so make sure it fits in the case first) then between the 850w and the 1kw there is about $20 price diffrence between them.

850w - $448.99 / 248.644 GBP
1KW - $469.99 / 260.273 GBP

Then you have to add shipping to that.

I'm having the same problem , what psu to get. my forum post here > http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17566593