Which PSU ?

[Dicehunter]

I have bought the following but im unsure as to which PSU to get.

AMD Phenom II 965 (will overclock)

Coolermaster V10 TEC Hybrid CPU Cooler

Asus Crosshair III AM3

4GB Corsair Dominator

2 x XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 XXX in Crossfire

Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty

Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive -


Ok so thats the items i have bought already but im unsure as to which wattage PSU to get, if anyone could give me some advice i would be most thankfull

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This PSU should do the job:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ca-117-an&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

the hd5870 has lower power consumption than an hd4890:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ati/radeon_hd_5870/28.html

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/09/30/ati-radeon-hd-5870-architecture-analysis/17

If you want to go for a better PSU I would look at the Seasonic X750 as it runs passively at low loads and has very high efficiency:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/09/25/seasonic_x_series_x750_power_supply_review/

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2470

 

[Frozennova]

You get a lot with your money with the similar specced OCZ units as well, and you cant beat the corsairs for reliability

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Seasonic actually make most of the high end Corsair units and together with Delta Electronics and PC Power and Cooling are among the best OEMs.

 

[Dicehunter]

thanks for the help peeps

 

[Essexraptor]

I was reading about this the other day. Apparently most of the PSU's are actually manufactured by a few big firms like Seasonic to specs and badged to Corsair etc. This what you mean CAT?