What kind of PSU should I get?

[generalth3ta]

Hi everyone,

I am burrently building a desktop PC (my first) and would like to know what kind of PSU( how many watts) I need to power my rig.

Here are the specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 CPU
Nvidia 9800 GT Graphics card
MSI 890FXA-GD70 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
4GB RAM
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard drive

 

[mihir]

450w

 

[bomberboysk]

Budget?

 

[daisymtc]

450W.
600W if you planing to upgrade to high end video card in future.

 

[Aastii]

So long as it is a decent, reputable brand, 450W+

good brands are:

corsair, antec, bfg, silverstone, seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, CoolerMaster

 

[rawcomputers]

If u want to overclock, add fancy cooling, upgrade in future, go with 700W, buy the cheapest deal with atleast 3 year warranty

 

[bomberboysk]

If u want to overclock, add fancy cooling, upgrade in future, go with 700W, buy the cheapest deal with atleast 3 year warranty

700W is complete overkill.

 

[Aastii]

If u want to overclock, add fancy cooling, upgrade in future, go with 700W, buy the cheapest deal with atleast 3 year warranty

700W is complete overkill.

+1, you can run any card out now on a 700W PSU, you can SLI/crossfire most cards on a 700W PSU, with several hard drives, and an overclock and it will handle it just fine

 

[funkysnair]

i have had my [email protected] 4890's overclocked in crossfire and water cooling with 3 hard drives etc etc on a 700watt psu...

a nice 400watt-500watt would do

 

[fastdude]

600W if you want to be future-proof, but at the moment a 400W - 500 W Power supply unit should be OK:good:

 

[JareeB]

just go with this 600w
http://www.svc.com/ocz600gxssli-b.html

 

[bomberboysk]

just go with this 600w
http://www.svc.com/ocz600gxssli-b.html

I know you're ordering one of those soon, just bear in mind there is 1 left in stock, just checked.

There are 52 of the 700W units in stock though:
http://www.svc.com/ocz700gxssli-b.html

And 28 of the silencers:
http://www.svc.com/s75q-b.html

 

[JareeB]

I know you're ordering one of those soon, just bear in mind there is 1 left in stock, just checked.

There are 52 of the 700W units in stock though:
http://www.svc.com/ocz700gxssli-b.html

And 28 of the silencers:
http://www.svc.com/s75q-b.html

crap that sinks i still need to buy one of those lol