ExtremeAlien

Right now I'm running on a 300 watt or 350 PSU. I am running a 3.0 ghz prescott p4 1 gb ddr2 dont know the mhz I think 533. 7600 GT. 1 ide hd and 1 sata. 24 bit sound card. I am planning on getting a 2.4 conroe. With a Nvidia 680i sli se tr edition motherboard since its made for the conroe (1066 fsb). Also I was going to upgrade video card later maybe until I save up more after the mobo and cpu. But I was wondering if the 300 watt can handle all this. Also going to upgrade to 2 gb 800 mhz. So I was going to get this psu if I need to http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...071&CatId=1483. Its cheap considering the SLI ready and 600 watt.

holdenssx

You definitely should upgrade in my opinion

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The 300W is barely strong enough for your current system. Theres no way it can handle a 680i SLI board and a newer video card.

If you are even thinking about getting an SLI system, look for a power supply thats at least 700W, and has quad-rails at 15A or better each. You might be able to go a bit lower, but then you would need to upgrade again later on. Besides, the 680i motherboard uses an 8-pin CPU connector, which I doubt your current PSU has.

Plan on spending around $130-$150 for a decent PSU.

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holdenssx

This power supply gets great reviews http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104015

ExtremeAlien

Thanks for the help, if you find anymore maybe cheaper can you let me know? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817148022 is this good? I like the blue cords matches my lighting lol . Well this one seems a better price on tiger http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9444&CatId=106.

ceewi1

That's a really poor quality PSU. I would strongly recommend against it.

The Ultra you linked to earlier represents reasonably good value. Ultra are clearing out the old units (such as this one) to make way for new stock.
If you jump on this before the rebate expires, it's great value: http://shop2.outpost.com/product/473...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

As for your requirements, it really depends on which video card(s) you go for. The PSU I've linked to, or the X-Finity you originally posted will be fine for SLI'd 7600GTs. If you're talking about 8800 series cards, for example, you'll need something bigger.

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ExtremeAlien

The apevia is poor quality? Also that one you posted looks great except for the rebate, wish it wasn't mail in. Ill probably get that one if they still have it when I'm ready to buy.

Grimulus

Down with Apevia.

Get a Corsair HX620. They are made by Seasonic and are amazing PSUs. A little pricey but you get what you pay for in them.

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ceewi1

Afraid so. Take a look at http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/Beast/ (Apevia/Aspire is the same company).

Take particular note of the ratings on the +12V rails. 310W total = 25.83A. There are 400W units that will do better than that.

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ExtremeAlien

Thanks for the info now I'm definately not going with aspire/apevia lol. Ill check out that corsair tho . I found some others that are good what do you think? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817190012 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...5424&CatId=106 also about that ultra is that fine too?