I Need HELP on what PSU to buy! =[

Ok ive decided on not to go for that build i said ive sort of added some last minuite modfications to it ive added a Floppy Drive and i know need a 800W PSU and i need help choosing one because i have no clue with what im looking at anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance!
 
Seems like overkill for 800w.

I mean look @ Omega's Rig

Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz
Asus Rampage Formula X48
ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900)
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 960
750GB SATAII w/32MB
Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty
SilverStone 750W +12V@60A

To top it off he is running water too so does a I7 really require more then his current rig? I doubt it not even a floppy kicks the scale ^-^

Just my thoughts on it. You might wanna ask him since he seems to know what to do for his rig. Send him a PM and ask what he thinks ^-^
 
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I am saying send a PM to [-0MEGA-] and ask for his thoughts since he obviously knows what he is doing.

I personally don't have enough experience to tell you what to buy when it comes to power supplies. But adding his Rig vs Your new build it would seem he is pulling more juice on a 750 then you are build 4 build.
 
I found 2 that appear to be excellent power supplies:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009

Both have very similar specs and cost the same after MIR (If you bought them from Newegg), not sure what they cost for you though. I looked at the PCI-E connectors, as it's important to have a power supply that has at least one 8-pin PCI-E connector for higher end video cards (the Corsair has 4 of these). These should last you a while, and will be able to handle Crossfire if you decided to go that route.
 
[-0MEGA-];1150015 said:
I found 2 that appear to be excellent power supplies:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009

Both have very similar specs and cost the same after MIR (If you bought them from Newegg), not sure what they cost for you though. I looked at the PCI-E connectors, as it's important to have a power supply that has at least one 8-pin PCI-E connector for higher end video cards (the Corsair has 4 of these). These should last you a while, and will be able to handle Crossfire if you decided to go that route.
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Arr just the help i needed THANKS! =]
 
You need a PSU with:

50A or greater on the sum of the 12V rail (as long as it has EPS12 rating) or
At least a futher 3 rails with 12A each on them (Under ATX design, 12V1 is CPU dedicated)

With the amperage sorted also look for:

Active PFC 99%
Solid capacitors
MTBF at 100,000hrs @ 50oC (e.g. the real operating temp of a computer rather than 25oC)
Both over and undervoltage protection
5 year warranty is good
Efficiency of at least 85% (especially if you live in a 115V country)
Dual ball bearing fan(s) (120mm+)


This PSU is more than sufficient for your purposes: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002

Both the above are good too.
 
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