21.11.2008, 22:36
BigSilverHotdog Wrote:Power supply should be a good brand but don't feel the need to get a huge wattage rating, they're expensive to buy and run every month if you care about electric bill, and totally unnecessary unless you run a mammoth rig. I run my own rig on a 600w and it has 5 hard drives, 8800GT, quad core OC @ 3.2ghz, and tons of other stuff, 7 USB devices, etc. 600w is plenty for this. I had another gaming PC dual core 3ghz with SLI and 2 hard drives and it ran on a 500w no problem at all (I sold it). Just buy a good brand like Thermaltake, Rosewill, BFG, etc. OCZ is good but they don't honor rebates. I got burned on 5 out of 6 purchases last year.Rosewill? BFG?
Good luck!
Seasonic, Enermax, Antec, Zalman, BeQuiet and a few other brands are good. Seasonic might be too expensive, but you pay for quality. Corsair sells good PSUs, but that's because they are mostly Seasonic ones. Get a Corsair, it's a Seasonic for less money. But get a good quality PSU. They will improve stability, live longer and actually higher value for money.