Which psu to get for this rig?

[avik735]

I am a newbie, so plz help me out guys.

I am getting the x38 ds5,e8400,kingston 2x2gb ddr2, WD160gb+WD500gb, Sapphire hd4850 512mb, lg dvd-ram, lg dvd-rom, Antec Sonata 3 wth the EA500. I wl oc my cpu.Is the psu enough? I'll later add more ram & hdd,another hd4850. Will it suffice even then?

 

[mpilchfamily]

The included PSU in the case should be plenty for the system. But with an OC you'll want a bit more power then that. Something in the 550W range.

 

[avik735]

Will a coolermaster 600w do? I checkd in the net and found its 70% efficient compared to 85% of ea500.

 

[MarcVenice]

Probably a shitty coolermaster. If you plan on adding another HD4850 you should look at a good 650w unit, and perhaps even a 750w unit. Maybe the EA 650w or the corsair 650tx will do the trick. Depending on where you are buying from, you could grab a corsair 750tx for $100 from newegg.com

 

[HOOfan 1]

The Coolermaster Extreme Power 600W is just a rebadged Seventeam 500W unit, so in the end it is worse than the Earthwatts 500W.

 

[avik735]

Can't buy online,I live in Kolkata(India).
No one here buys hardware online,coz shipping is very troublesome,& after sales support is hard to find.
Coolermaster is the only well known brand here,with bits and pieces of antec.Corsair, Tagan, Thermaltake are unheard of here.
Very few people 'wastes' more than Rs.1500(~$35) on cabinet+psu.
So I have very few options.
Whats more,the Gigabyte x38-ds5 is still nt here yet,neither is the Maximus Formula( u can guess my ordeal from these).