how big of a power supply...

[thujone]

will be upgrading soon and thinking about throwing in a new PSU while i'm at it.

currently using a (i think) 350w antec psu.

my set up will be...

DFI Lanparty Ultra B nf2
XP-M 2600+ w/slk800 + 80mm sunon
1x512mb stick Twinmos Twister PC3700
Radeon 9800 Pro w/zalman passive cooler
Benq 1620 dvd burner
1x 160gb Seagate 7200.7 IDE drive
1x floppy drive
ps2 keyboard
usb mx510 mouse
2x UV Cold Cathodes
1x 120mm fan

all fans and lights are controlled through a PWM fan controller in a front bay

in the immediate future i plan on putting at least another 512mb of ram in (possibly 1gb) and will also probably upgrade my video card sometime in the next 3-6 months or so.


not running a ton of hard drives or anything. planning on overclocking this system a decent ammount... as the dfi board is a new upgrade and previously i'd been held back by my asus a7n8x deluxe as far as overclocking went.

so... given all that. how big of a PSU would i need to run this system safe and stable at say... 2.3-2.4ghz with 230-250fsb?

 

[imported_Kensai]

I'd suggest a 400W PSU from a quality manufacturer like XClio, Enermax, Antec, Seasonic, etc. etc.

 

[thujone]

yeah... i learned my lesson on skimping on a psu on my last system.

had a cheapo 500w aspire blow up a good deal of my last PC lol

 

[imported_Kensai]

Also, in case you don't know. You want a strong 12V rail.. At least 22A.

 

[thujone]

how are ocz's psu's? decent?

i stopped paying attention to hardware for a while due to lack of job/money lol

just looking for an xconnect style psu to help clean up the cable mess in my case.

 

[imported_Kensai]

OCZ's are pretty good.
Take a look at Antec's NeoPower 480W. Pretty nice PSU. Very stable.

X-Connect's suck. They fail and blow.

 

[NINaudio]

OCZ's are usually reported as being very good. You could also look at the Antec Neopower as well for modular, or the smartpower 2 500w.

 

[thujone]

yeah i meant to say the modular cable type power supplies.

i figured teh xconnects sucked just by looking at them lol

 

[imported_Kensai]

OCZ ModStream, Antec NeoPower.

Performance PC modular PC P & C 510W.

 

[thujone]

thanx for getting me up to date on psu's guys

and HOLY CRAP that's one expensive ass power supply