What Wattage PSU

Xionic · 20 Sep 2006 at 00:23

ok my friend is building a PC around a 4600+ (AM2) 2GB DDR800 RAM and a 7950gx2 what sort of wattage PSU should he be looking at?

thanks

Xionic

OpenToSuggestions · 20 Sep 2006 at 01:21

depending how many hard drives, cd drives etc etc he has, but I would say 450w should be ok. Go for 500w or 550w so the system is expandable in the future

semi-pro waster · 20 Sep 2006 at 02:44

What is the budget and what else would the system be powering? Given the lack of information mglover070588 gives a decent suggestion of 450w+, as long as it is a decent brand.

hp7909 · 20 Sep 2006 at 06:11

Agree with above, you can't go wrong with Tagan, Enermax, FSP (Sparkle) or Seasonic. Considering the 7950gx2 go for 500W+

-Ad- · 20 Sep 2006 at 09:53

Seasonic and the new corsair HX series are very highly regarded.

My corsair HX 520 has just arrived and i must say... it's very very nice, well made, and has three 12V rails.

Massive Attack · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:06

defo get a corsair HX over the seasonic, ive just got mine and they absoloutly amazing, solid rails and pure silence and modular, very highly recomeneded

Xionic · 20 Sep 2006 at 17:16

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