Spec me a PSU

Danfoss2011 · 30 Mar 2011 at 17:59

My OCZ 600W Stealth X Stream, has bitten the dust. It was only 3 months old so I got a refund at least.

My case is a Lian Li A05 giving me 197mm for the PSU, this all the way up to the motherboards edge.

I'm running 2 ATI 5870's possibly a 3rd, AMD X4 OC'd to 4.4Ghz, 1 SSD might be a 2nd, 1 Optical drive, 2 Laing DDc's and some very high powered Yate Loon 140mm fans. Not a lot really.

Would love a modular PSU so i have less case clutter, cables to hide.

Silent would be ideal, the YL 140's are on an external setup and unless benching will be running @ 5v/7v.

What size PSU should I get and whats a good one?

Thanks

olivier renault · 30 Mar 2011 at 18:19

XFX 650 XXX modular.

review here.

hmm maybe 850W with 5870s.

review here. That's a lot of watts on the 12 rail, and comes with 4 6+2 PCIe connectors (two modular).

hybrid572 · 30 Mar 2011 at 19:13

Yeah, get the 850W if you're considering 2-3 5870s, you'll need the extra power. The XFX is a cracking unit.

Danfoss2011 · 30 Mar 2011 at 19:35

The XFX is not that nice looking and is not fully modular. Doesn't seam very silent ether

hybrid572 · 30 Mar 2011 at 21:32

If you're going to brush away and ignore great suggestions, then fine. Go with the unit you've obviously decided on already, then come back to us when it blows up.

wildman · 30 Mar 2011 at 21:51

I juat built a 2500K rig using an XFX 750W. I don't thinks its noisy. Also XFX PSU's have at least 4 PCie connectors which is handy meaning you dont have to use molex convertors hence making your cable management a lot better.

Danfoss2011 · 31 Mar 2011 at 11:44

Im saying it doesn't fit what I am after and it looks really cheap!

pv123 · 31 Mar 2011 at 12:02

Danfoss2011 said:
Im saying it doesn't fit what I am after and it looks really cheap!

Take a look at modular corsair and antec PSU's, will set you back quiet a lot for a decent powered one though, around the £120+ mark.