Need Advice for a PSU that will Power my Upgrades

[airhendrix13]

Alright, so I need to power a Q6600, 8800GTS 640MB, Swiftech H20-120 PREMIUM CPU Liquid Cooling Kit, EVGA 680i mobo, dvd drive, floppy drive, multimedia card reader, 2 HDD's, Auzentech Xplosion, and a 240mm side fan.

Now, I want to hopefully spend less than $150 on this and would like it to be modular.

Thanks,

airhendrix13

 

[themisfit610]

Corsair 520. Get the 620 if you're paranoid

I just got a 520, and it's amazingly powerful. It's SO under-rated. My old 450W Antec had a single 20A 12V rail. This has THREE 18A rails. It's a lot more than you would think.

I'm planning (confidently) on running an overclocked Q6600, 4 hard drives, an 8800gts 640MB, and a P35 board, possibly with an Auzentech card as well.

How much juice does your watercooling system need?

~MiSfit

 

[airhendrix13]

It looks like it will need 100W. I've heard good things about that PSU, do you think it will be enough power for all of this and an extra 800 gts if I decide to SLI in the future?

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

The most I could get my machine to use was 342 watts from the wall. Check out the specs & power usage here if you wish.

Corsair HX620w PSU
Supermicro 5-in-3 SATA enclosure
Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
2gb (1gb x 2) OCZ PC2-7200 900MHz DDR2
BFG Tech 8800 GTS
Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer
Areca ARC-1220 PCIe 8-port RAID controller
4 x Western Digital 400gb RE2 (RAID 5)
2 x Western Digital 150gb Raptor
Western Digital 74gb Raptor
LiteOn 16X SATA DVD-R
3 x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm fans
1 x Delta Triple Blade 120x38mm fan
1 x Delta Triple Blade 120x25mm fan

 

[Zepper]

Our forums now have a Power section.

.bh.

 

[GenHoth]

Lol, I thought about mentioning that. But I thought it would be a little out of place for someone who just reached a double digit post count