What PSU would you suggest for all this Hardware

[Toolius]

hey everyone.
umm i just ordered a load of new parts for my pc and now im definately going to need to upgrade i think. My current Psu is the Antec True power 2.0 550 watt supply. now here is what my system will be like after i get all my parts..
Amd X2 4800 +
corsair Twinx 4 Gb ( 1GBx4 dimm) 3500 LL pro Ram
ati X1900 512 Crossfire Master Pci express Card
ati x1900XTX 512 MB Pci express card
4 segate 500 Gb SATA hard drives
2 WD rapter IDE 10,000 Rpm 150 GB hard ddrives
2 sony DVD DL writers
asus ageis Physix card with Ghost Recon
Asus A8N32 SLI delux Motherboard
2x500 GB My Book Pro WD external Hard drives
so now what would be the recommended supply for this system ?
Should i get the ThermalTake Toughpower 750W Power Supply or the Enermax galaxy 1000 watt supply ?
thanx in advnce everyone

 

[acegazda]

Ckeck out the corsiar 620w modular unit. Seems like a killer psu, made by seasonic, will probably be similar to the new m12 series. Sports 50amps combined on all 3 12v rails! wow! Don't waste money on anything else, this baby is $180 or something like that. All the power you need and more! Jsut a question, why did you go with s939 and not wait for c2d xfire or am2 xfire?

EDIT: Don't get 4gb of RAM. Get 2gb and upgrade later. It is a waste now. Welcome to the forums!

 

[Toolius]

hey .. thanx a lot.. that was a lot of help... i was thinking of the thermaltake 750 watt toughpower .. or the enermax galaxy 1000 watt supply.. but these numbers for the corsair are very good too... as for the c2d xfire i had the motherboard and 1 ati 1900xtx since a bit now. and wanted to just add a little zip to my gamming.but this machine is basically going to be used to make music.. and thats where the 4 gb kicks in i feel.. have 2 GB already installed .. just bought 2 more...hope this will let me run a few more VSTi's hehe but thank you very much for the suggestion

 

[acegazda]

Only use 4gb if you plan on vista

 

[Toolius]

thank you again
umm the ram is already ordered.. oh well.. hehehehh but umm what would you pick.. the corsair or the enermax galaxy ?

 

[acegazda]

no question that the corsiar is the better value.

EDIT: Hey, it's not like 4gb will hurt your performance!

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

This new guy is shotgun posting. He has the same thread over in General Hardware.

Toolius, we do not cross post/shotgun post at AnandTech...MmmKay.


...Galvanized

 

[Toolius]

hey sorry galvanised... didn mean to break any rules or offend anyone.. will post on this one froom now on..
any way the mods could mere the threads? im sorry about this....
ok on the psu note.. down t ojust 2 .. enermax galaxy 1kw or the pc power and cooling 1Kw
now im dead confused... but its definately going to one of thse 2.. thanks you guys... but please do keep the suggestions comming

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

I think 1000W is uber-overkill. Doubt you'll need over 700W max.

Figure it out honestly... http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp


...Galvanized

 

[Howard]

Look for something with a combined max of at least 38A on the +12V rails. Also

 

[Toolius]

enermax galaxy 1Kw. Ordered.. thank you everyone.. this was a huge huge help

 

[markymoo]

unlimited funds very nice

 

[LOUISSSSS]

lol he's getting a physics card

 

[acegazda]

dude no one recommended the 1kw galaxy. I recommended the corsiar 620w unit and you totally disregarded it. Way overkill.

 

[Rommel44]

Originally posted by: markymoo
unlimited funds very nice

Yeah I´d like that too.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Throwin' in another two-cents-worth today.

The "outervision" calculator is a marvel. At one time, I had to refer to listings of wattages for generic hardware choices and do the math.

You will only know for sure if you add up the wattages of your hardware choices or use the outervision calculator. All the hardware you mention is in the outervision database.

I'd pick a PSU wattage that provides for some reasonable "upgrade growth" without becoming unrealistic. So in my PSU choice, knowing I would have three HDD's in RAID5 and a hardware RAID controller, I threw in a fourth HDD. I also threw in a spare DVD-burner, a USB hub, and tweaked the "capacitor-degradation" and other settings as recommended.

I think the guideline is to go maybe 30 to 40 watts above your peak requirement. Very unlikely you are going to use all that hardware at once. And another thing to remember is that many power supplies become more efficient as usage increases toward PSU rated capacity.

 

[Zepper]

The 600W Enhance from eWiz would be more than plenty - under $100 via Froogle.. Oh, well AFAHM...

.bh.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Personally when it comes to PSU`s I throw price out the window.....
PC Power & Cooling or Zippy or Enhance is the only way to go.

If you have to do the PSU thingee on a budget Enermax is real fine as is Seasonic.
Fortron is good for the price but you can do bettr by spending an extra 20-40 dollars...

In the end what counts is 2 things....
#1-- Are you happy?
#2-- Are you willing to live with the consquences of your purchase if the PSU fries an takes other things besides the PSU wil it?

 

[acegazda]

but he doesn't need 1000w for that rig! What's AFAHM?

 

[Baked]

Who gives a fvck, he clearly isn't paying for all that hardware and neither are all you guys who tried to be cost conscious.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: acegazda
but he doesn't need 1000w for that rig! What's AFAHM?

Perhaps he wants to leave room for future upgradeability, and cost is of no concern.

In that case, the PC P&C 1kW is your best choice. PC P&C > Enermax by a long shot.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
lol he's getting a physics card

Yeah...Unless you live on city of villans it's worthless. And will remain worthless forever you can almost count on it.

Should I mention City of Villans and that whole MMO is garbage? I think I will mention that.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Personally when it comes to PSU`s I throw price out the window.....
PC Power & Cooling or Zippy or Enhance is the only way to go.

I see you've changed your ways.

 

[Zepper]

AFAHM... - a fool and his money...

.bh.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: Zepper
AFAHM... - a fool and his money...

.bh.

how true. You want upgradablity? The corsair 620w has fricken 50amps combined on the 12v rails! When are you going to need that? Seriously, that is like quad sli #'s with a pentium d EE oc'ed to 4.0ghz, with some room to spare.