help me getting a new rig

[woopypooky]

Hi guys, nice to meet ya all,
i cant figure out how much power i need for my new rig:-
AMD64 3500+
Geforce 256mb 7800GT or 6800 Ultra
ASUS A8N SLI DELUXE
2 optical drives, DVD & CDWR
Thermaltake Bigwater SE (liquid cooling)
200Gb SATA 2 hdd
1Gb DDR ram 400Mhz (and will add 1 more in future)

thanks for helping me out

 

[Harvey]

Unless you intend to copy CD's from one drive to another, you don't need two optical drives. A DVD burner will burn CD's, too, and you can put the extra money into a better DVD burner.

Double HD's are good. I like to buy drives in pairs, put one in a moble rack (removable tray) and Ghost my drive after every virus scan. If you do that, almost nothing can screw up your system more than you can unscrew it.

 

[woopypooky]

ops i am afraid u may got me wrong.
sorry for uncomplete question.
What i mean is how much watt the psu i need to hav

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

well, i hope i don't get bannished for this but check other review sights for this. there aren't too many psu reviews but there out there

 

[woopypooky]

i wanna know if 400W would be enuff? or 500 or 600W since there's a water cooling thing as its my first time using 1.
I am not looking for psu brands.

 

[Lasthitlarry]

Should be fine with an Xclio 450W or Fortron 450W

 

[pacostacos]

There are several sites that have wattage calculators on on them.
Just do a web search for power supply calculator and you will find several. With these you can enter what you are using and they will give you an approximate minimum wattage (which I would reccomend adding a bit of a buffer to)
If you want i can find one for you but i am sure you can find one

 

[Finns14]

Did you buy your components yet if not I would recomend against the 3500+

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

who is this intended to? the reason why i am asking is because i have a 3500+ still un-opened from Xmas 04 and i'm in limbo about a solid future upgrade....

thanks

 

[imported_rod]

400W+ should be enough.

Check with this site here though: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp

BtW: Go with the 7800GT (NOT the 6800Ultra). They cost basically the same, but the 7800GT pwns the 6800Ultra.

RoD