jikim78

1. NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply
2. Apevia SuperAlien 500 Watt See Through Power Supply w/ Fan Speed Control
3. Apevia 600W DARK SIDE POWER ATX Power Supply
4. Apevia 680W BEAST POWER ATX Power Supply
5. Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply
6. Apevia 680W BEAST POWER W/ PFC ATX Power Supply
7. ULTRA ATX Power Supply(700 Watts XVS Modular)
8. Enermax EG565P 535 Watt Power Supply (SLI-Ready)
9. Thermaltake ToughPower 600 Watt Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
10. Thermaltake Toughpower 700 Watt Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
11. Thermaltake ToughPower 750 Watt Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
12. Thermaltake ToughPower 850 Watt Power Supply
13. Tagan TG500-U25 Dual Engine Series 500Watt Power Supply (SLI-Ready)
14. Tagan EasyCon XL Series 700Watt Power Supply (SLI-Ready)
15. Tagan 1100W TG1100-U95 TurboJet Quad Quiet SLI Ready Power Supply
16. Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX-VE(W) SFMA 24P (ALL IN ONE) SLI Supports 600Watt Power Supply
17. Enermax EGA1000EWL Galaxy 1000 Watt Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready

Trying to get a PSU for a single 8800GTX with intent to upgrade it when I get another 8800GTX. So for the time being, I need a PSU adequate enough to power a single 8800GTX and my system.

System Spec:
CAS: CoolerMaster Stacker 830 Tower 420W Case W/ Side-panel Window
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 CPU @ 2.13GHz 1066FSB 2x1MB L2 Cache EM64T
CD: 16X DVD ROM
FAN: INTEL LGA775 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
HDD: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
MOTHERBOARD: EVGA nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
SOUND: Creative Labs X-FI XtremeGamer 24-BIT PCI Sound Card
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

Any inputs or help is appreciated.

Impr3ssiv3

prob the thermaltake 700

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ceewi1

Well, you've got units ranging from $39 to $349. Any particular budget? It would also help to know the prices for these units.

In any case, I'd discount the Apevia units, their quality is quite low, and the NZXT is a little underpowered for an 8800GTX. That leaves the Ultra XVS as about the cheapest that I'd use for a single 8800GTX, but if you spend a little more on something like the Toughpower 750W you'll be able to handle that second 8800GTX without upgrading.

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liquidshadow

You should also consider the Corsair power supplies as they're quite good.

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jikim78

First of all, thx to those who replied. =)
Well, I would like to spend least $ for adequate PSU.
So Ultra ATX PSU is about $100 less than Thermaltake 750W, but I don't know how reliable Ultra ATX PSU is... I certainly don't want a PSU that's gonna last only couple of months. In addition, the Ultra ATX PSU has a single 12V rail with 40A. I dunno if that's good or bad, but from what I have read in other threads, it seems like having multiple 12V rails adding up to high A is better than single high 12V rail A. So I dunno if this PSU is really for me.

Seems like Thermaltake PSU is the best bet for me from the list I have. The Thermaltake 600W ($117), 700W ($146), and 750W($180) all have four 12V rails with 16 A on each. I'm tempted to get the 600W one just because it's the least expensive, but if what Ceewi1 says is correct, I guess I can spend $60 more for 750W and not worry about upgrading PSU when I do get a second 8800GTX.

I know there are alot better and cheaper PSUs out in the market, but unfortunately, the PSUs I have enlisted are the only ones I can choose as of now, and that's why I didn't want to spend too much as of now because I wanted to upgrade it with more reliable PSU in the future.