New PSU - hralp? [Archive]

Aerothas

10-23-2006, 11:47 PM

I need a new power supply and I don't have any experience in this 'sector' other than the useless A+ Cert. I'm looking for something that can supply power to 2x nVidia 6800GT (SLI) video cards along with 2gb ram and 3.2ghz p4 cpu. My guess was looking at power supplies with SLI support (2x PCI-e connectors) with 550W+. If someone could find and link a decent PSU on NewEgg.com or anything else- that'd be great.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much,
Aero

Eomer

10-24-2006, 07:54 AM

OCZ, Silverstone, and Enermax are all good brands.

jabowa

10-24-2006, 10:58 AM

Eomer has it right, OCZ are nice to have :)

stay away from Ultra..ugg...

and go for 600 if possible...video cards are getting power hungry, esspecially with SLI

Vinen

10-24-2006, 01:54 PM

I need a new power supply and I don't have any experience in this 'sector' other than the useless A+ Cert. I'm looking for something that can supply power to 2x nVidia 6800GT (SLI) video cards along with 2gb ram and 3.2ghz p4 cpu. My guess was looking at power supplies with SLI support (2x PCI-e connectors) with 550W+. If someone could find and link a decent PSU on NewEgg.com or anything else- that'd be great.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much,
Aero
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341001

I use this.

Polegi

10-24-2006, 02:43 PM

Fortron is the name you might be looking. Never had a bad PSU from them. They are workhorses and actually give you the numbers they advertise.

Kalim

10-24-2006, 02:52 PM

Yah that's one more thing to think about. Lots of no name or low name companies advertise a certain wattage and never even come close to it because of electrical current and mechanics inside their power supply.

Big names also have this issue but they get it pretty close to their advertised wattage (535-540 watt from a 550 watt power supply for example).

Just be vigilant and take advantage of the return policy till you find one that will handle your computer at full load (One way of testing a power supply and its limits =P)

jabowa

10-24-2006, 03:02 PM

no name psu's you will end up having to change once every 6 months. They have a tendency of breaking down, and normally takes friends with it, mainly the CPU, Vid card or Mobo, sometimes RAM, and hard drives too...

Get one with a good warrentee on it too, 1year+ is fair.

deezy

10-24-2006, 08:20 PM

I use Seasonic. Never have had a problem with them.

Aerothas

10-24-2006, 08:59 PM

Thanks for the help guys. :)