Which power supply?

jpd1977uk · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:03

Im building a new system, just need to find a decent power supply.

I have a max budget of £72 for the PSU (Inc VAT).

(I'm not intrested in hardware changes to my current spec)

Plec · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:20

Cosair - 550w or 650w.

Additional: you only need a DDR3 dual channel kit for an AM3 build - e.g. link.

EDIT: Also you may want to pre-order Win 7 for ~£60 and use the RC version until it's release - far cheaper and far superior to Vista.

jpd1977uk · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:29

not intrested in windos 7 untill sp1 comes out.

jpd1977uk · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:33

Plec said:
Additional: you only need a DDR3 dual channel kit for an AM3 build - e.g. link.

"Out of Stock"

dustofnations · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:33

Win7 has been pretty extensively tested due to the open beta - in fact it is an evolution of Vista so all views I have read thusfar (and experienced myself), suggest it is more stable.

Plec · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:35

jpd1977uk said:
"Out of Stock"

It was an example just to point out that you can get dual channel kits for the AM3 MB. Kingston/Corsair would be fine.

dustofnations said:
Win7 has been pretty extensively tested due to the open beta - in fact it is an evolution of Vista so all views I have read thusfar (and experienced myself), suggest it is more stable.

And the above.

reflux · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:37

You don't need dual channel, triple will work fine.

Plec · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:39

reflux said:
You don't need dual channel, triple will work fine.

True (i could have worded that better) - i was more advising him that a dual channel kit is the norm for an AM3 setup.

paininlife · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:48

for PSU my suggestion is
OCZ

y nt this ram
and yes i hav seen ppl using triple channel ram in AM3 mobo,and it wrks fine,
but is ther any perfomance differece???,bcuz we wil b using both rams in dual channel, is that triple channel ram better?

dustofnations · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:56

It'll work (but i assume it'd have to work in single channel mode as you'd have 3 sticks instead of 4?)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-176-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

^^not sure why dual channel kits are that expensive at the moment

Walter Sobchak · 29 Aug 2009 at 17:39

Corsair

DavyBoy · 29 Aug 2009 at 17:44

If you try running that tri channel kit on AM3 platform, it will only run in single channel mode.

You should find a dual channel kit instead like these.

This OCZ PSU should be just fine for that system