which psu ?

notorious19 · 24 Aug 2010 at 17:06

just started buying parts for my first pc build.ordered a Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case..... gonna be using it mostly for gaming, so getting a phenom 2 x4 955 black edition cpu. so was just wondering what is a good psu to get. dont want to go to mad on price

notorious19 · 24 Aug 2010 at 17:31

havent made choice on the card yet..but at some point i will be upgrading whatever i get first to a 5870 so want a psu that will be able to handle that when the time comes

notorious19 · 24 Aug 2010 at 17:36

thanks for the replies i will check them both out, have i made a good choice on the case ? like i said its my first build so

notorious19 · 24 Aug 2010 at 17:46

so really i shouldnt go for any psu under 650 is what your both saying right ?

notorious19 · 24 Aug 2010 at 17:57

for motherboards i have beenn looking at the

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard [GA-MA770-UD3] and the

Asus M4A87TD Evo AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBCK0-G0EAY0WZ]

notorious19 · 25 Aug 2010 at 20:29

thanks for the replies so far. was just wondering if this motherboard is better than the other two i mentioned

Asus M4A89GTD pro/usb3 ?

notorious19 · 29 Aug 2010 at 18:36

ok i have decided to go with this mobo that stulid recomended

the Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard