Yo. I need some suggestions on a power supply for my computer. Computer specs are: 5 Hard drives: 1 250 gig 2 160 gig 1 120 gig 1 60 gig ASUS A8V DELUXE Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 1 gig (4x256) Kingston Hyperx Memory Geforce 6800 128mb (Pipe lines and shaders opened up) Sound Blaster Audagy Platinum DVD Dual Layer RW I am currently running an El Cheapo 550 watt power supply ( old on burnt out, had to get a new one FAST, friend had it at the time) and it seems to be underpowering the system. Hard drives would continually shut off then boot back up. Became so bad my C drive becam corrupt, but thatnks to a BartPE disk (Windows Live CD) I was able to recover. So, my question is, will this http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817148008 520 watt power supply from Newegg be able to handle my system, or should I look into a 680 watt power supply? I just recived it today, but if I need a bigger one, I can reject it and get my money back and go for a bigger one.
I'd go 600+ ... check this PSU calculator out and try it. Let me know what you come up with. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
You can also try the new SinTek 600W PSU. I know they're new, but they've been getting great reviews. They also have a lot of cool features you can use on their site to determine what you need. PSU: http://www.sin-tek.com/sintek-main-pg.html Tools: http://www.sin-tek.com/sintek-support.htm Where to buy: http://www.sin-tek.com/sintek-where-to-buy.htm
I went a head and got an Aspire 680 watt PS. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148019 Looks like it will power every thing with out having to use spilters on my power cables. Thnax again guys for all your input!
Good choice..very good. Dual 12 volt rails so the cpu and drives have a seperate rail. Plus 22 amps or higher on each. Very good. Ya shall not have no probs. :>
