What type of PSU would you recommend?

[Gorgonzola]

What is the recommended power of a PSU for an athlon64 3200+ system?

Will be running ~1gb ram, 2 hdds, 9800xt (probably), dvd burner, etc.

cheers,

Gorg

 

[Lonyo]

I would get a good quality 400w or so PSU.
Make sure you get at least 20~25A on the 12v line. Apart from that you don't need to be too concerned.
Antec Truepower would be nice.

 

[SigmaB]

i just got a Fortron 530watt. I really like it. It's rock hard stable and very very quiet.

 

[Ryoga]

Antec Truepower would be nice.

 

[ohiopcgamer]

Check out the Enermax products, and definitely get one that is 430 or above as any future video card updates you might do will demand at least that much power.

Also be sure the power supply has 2 fans... one on the bottom and one for exhaust. That helps draw the heat directly away from the processor.

 

[Blain]

400W Zalman... Nice clean, quiet power.

 

[Gorgonzola]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll go do some reading up on the ones suggested.

 

[Gorgonzola]

This may be a ridiculous question (as I've never bought a PSU seperately before), but all PSUs designed to fit an ATX case will fit in any ATX case, right? There's no way I could get one and then realise it wont fit into my current case?

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: Gorgonzola
This may be a ridiculous question (as I've never bought a PSU seperately before), but all PSUs designed to fit an ATX case will fit in any ATX case, right? There's no way I could get one and then realise it wont fit into my current case?

ATX is a standard, so unless your case does not follow the ATX standard (which I have never seen), it will fit.

 

[Gorgonzola]

hehe, thanks

 

[Blain]

MANY PS reviews HERE!

 

[zodder]

Aerocool Aeropower II+ 550W Power Supply . I've had mine for about 6 months and it's been super stable and holds voltages very well. I highly recommend it.

 

[PizzaDude]

Antec 380 or 400

 

[carni]

Neon lights and sleeved cables

I put on of these in about 2 months ago. It is a great pwoer supply. Has gotten wonderful reviews, and run my 64 just dandy. It is an awesome value to. They now sleeve all teh cables (in early reviews all weren't sleeved) and this makes it so much easier to work with.

 

[Jiggz]

I'll say get the Frotron 530W. It'll last you a good upgrade times in the future. If you're going to upgrade might as well get the biggest and Best!

 

[Blain]

"Neon lights and sleeved cables"

You linked up the wrong version. That one is lit by LEDs.

 

[CraigRT]

I have a Vantec ION 400W PS... with a 500W peak, this supply kicks ass... it has an external outlet (120V), fan speed control, and SATA power cords included.. it's also quiet. and it's very low in price.

 

[carni]

Originally posted by: Blain
"Neon lights and sleeved cables"

You linked up the wrong version. That one is lit by LEDs.

Pfft...neon....LED hehe.....I forgot that I got two neon fans to light the UV reactive stuff up. I guess UV reactive would have been a better description.

 

[Oyeve]

I have a wintech 450w PSU running 6 HDs, dvd burner, dvd-rom-cdrw drive, diskette drive, 5 fans, a flouresant bar, SCSI card, 9800 pro, TV tuner card, ATA/133 card and have no power problems.

 

[bjc112]

Any Antec, Sparkle or Enermax 350 will run that system NO problem..

1700+ @ 2.4
6800 GT ( Ultra Speeds )
1GB
2 HDD
2 Optical Drives
2 Cold Cathodes
3 Case Fans

 

[anthrax]

A decent 300W to 400W PSU will. Any thing larger and you are just wasting money.