PSU Confusion

Minion

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My Gigabyte Odin GT PSU is sadly giving up after only 14 months, today it went fizz and shut down. It still works but I better get it swapped before anything else gets damaged.
I'm also going to replace the WD Caviar Black with a SSD, probably the OCZ Vertex Series 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G)

I've tried the Antec Power Supply Calculator, it says I need a minimum 800w PSU but from what I've read on these forums that sounds a bit excessive.

What PSU would you recommend? I'm not able to decide between antec, Corsair or Seasonic.

Current rig

CoolerMaster HAF 932
Q6600 Go Stepping VID 1.2750v at 3.6ghz 1.35volts 60c after 10min prime95
Thermalight 120 Ultra Extreme + Noctua NF-S12B at 900 rpm
Asus P5Q Deluxe (latest Bios)
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
Radeon HD 4830 + Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 Pro at 7volts
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB
Samsung DVD Sata
Gigabyte Odin GT 800 PSU
 
Minion said:
My Gigabyte Odin GT PSU is sadly giving up after only 14 months, today it went fizz and shut down. It still works but I better get it swapped before anything else gets damaged.
I'm also going to replace the WD Caviar Black with a SSD, probably the OCZ Vertex Series 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G)

I've tried the Antec Power Supply Calculator, it says I need a minimum 800w PSU but from what I've read on these forums that sounds a bit excessive.

What PSU would you recommend? I'm not able to decide between antec, Corsair or Seasonic.

Current rig

CoolerMaster HAF 932
Q6600 Go Stepping VID 1.2750v at 3.6ghz 1.35volts 60c after 10min prime95
Thermalight 120 Ultra Extreme + Noctua NF-S12B at 900 rpm
Asus P5Q Deluxe (latest Bios)
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
Radeon HD 4830 + Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 Pro at 7volts
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB
Samsung DVD Sata
Gigabyte Odin GT 800 PSU
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i did it for you and got 353 watts
 
Thanks for the quick reply RJC

When I add the overclock settings on the calculator it says I need the higher watt PSU, is it talking rubbish?
 
It was me being silly, I had 4 cpu's (thinking Quad)

Low noise is premium to me, is there much difference between the 400 and the 650 and would the Corsair be best for low noise?

The TX650 is out of stock is the HX650 the same (recommended) plus modular?
 
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