need a new power supply tomorrow, what should i get?

[goldboyd]

well 20 minutes after installing my new creative geforce 2, my power supply died on me and i'm looking for suggestions on what to get and where to get it from. my system config is as follows:

2xcelly 366@550 (2.1v) these would like to become dual athlons when available..
bp6
256
18gig atlas 10k (10krpm scsi)
couple of plextor drives
geforce2 agp
tnt1 pci
sb live value
a couple of nics
and so on.

how much power do i need. i plan on adding a second 10k hard drive or possibly 15k in the not to distant future and plan on upgrading the mobo/processors in the next few months as well.

any suggests on what to get and where to get it?

thanks

 

[cdrakejr]

Check out Anand's power supply review here:

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1128

300W would be minimum for what you are talking about, 400W would leave plenty of safety margin but they are $$$.

Good search sites:
http://www.ibuyer.net
http://www.pricegrabber.com
http://www.pricescan.com

 

[Max Power]

Enermax would be my choice.

Russ sells them:
http://www.compucheap.com/cgibin/shopcart/shopper.cgi?defaction=search&keywords=misc

 

[TechieZero]

Sounds like you should consider getting a 400W, especially if you got decent cooling in that case w/ several fans etc. It is better to overkill than to underkill and if 300W doesn't do ya, then you have to purchase ANOTHER power supply.