My Spec

[vinayb]

heres my rig

amd 64 3800+
A8N-Sli DLX
Corsair 3200XL 512x2
1 CDROM, 1 DVD/CD-RW Drive
2 HDD(80+120)= 200GB
Asus N6800GT
Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
2 FDD

How much wattage do I need?

 

[SrGuapo]

Any quality PSU over 400W should be sufficient. If you plan on going SLI or OCing any, I would think 450-500W should be a safe number. Make sure you get a quality PSU (Look at Antec, OCZ, Fortron, Enermax, Seasonic, PCP&C).

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Wattage doesn't matter much. Look on the PSU for the +12V rail, and make sure it's at least 14A. So long as you've got a decent +12V rail, the PSU itself can be as low as 300W.

 

[mOeeOm]

Don't get the 3800+ venice(or even worst newcastle), get the 3700+ san diego, because it has 1MB cache over the 3800+'s 512kb, also cheaper.

 

[vinayb]

is the antec smartpower 2.0 400W enough?

 

[vinayb]

is the antec smartpower 2.0 400W enough?

 

[Promethply]

I'd get the Antec Truepower2 430W instead of the Antec Smartpower2 400W, since the Truepower2 have better voltage regulation.

 

[SrGuapo]

Originally posted by: vinayb
is the antec smartpower 2.0 400W enough?

Plenty, especially if you are not OCing or planning on adding another video card. You may want to look for a PSU with better rails however (10 and 15 may not cut it...), let me look around...

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: vinayb
heres my rig

amd 64 3800+
A8N-Sli DLX
Corsair 3200XL 512x2
1 CDROM, 1 DVD/CD-RW Drive
2 HDD(80+120)= 200GB
Asus N6800GT
Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
2 FDD

How much wattage do I need?

haha, 2fdds

how much $$$ do you want to spend?