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Corsair/BFG/???

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TehNomad

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I need a PSU for the following build:

C2D E8400
Asus P5Q P45 Mobo
4GB DDR2-800 RAM
Coolermaster Centurion 590
Hitachi 1TB 7K1000
Recycled DVD-RW drive from my old computer.
8600GT, which may be upgraded to an HD4850/4870/GTX260 in the future

I'm looking for bang for buck and reliability.

I'm thinking one of the following:
BFG Tech ES SERIES ES-800 800W
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
Or perhaps something even cheaper would be good enough?: COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR 500W

Opinions?
 
For the price the BFG ES-800 is going for after rebate, it really can't be beat. I'd go with that one.
 
TehNomad said:
I'm looking for bang for buck and reliability.

I'm thinking one of the following:
BFG Tech ES SERIES ES-800 800W
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
Or perhaps something even cheaper would be good enough?: COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR 500W
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Definitely the BFG ES-800 for best bang for the buck and reliability. Also, don't bother with the CM Extreme Power PSU since it's actually an overrated (in term of wattage) semi-decent Seventeem 450W PSU.
 
$69 brand new for a bfg ES800? That's a damn good price. I paid way more for mine :(

danny bui: I don't think the RP500 is the seventeam; that's the 650, though the 500 could be too.
 
Don't get a Corsair 'cause your video card will probably make it buzz and squeal like a pig. My GTX 260 makes my HX520 and HX620 buzz.

Actually my HX620 is always buzzing softly, but with a game running it's loud, and sometimes the buzzing turns into a squealing and stuff. It's weird (and really annoying).
 
The only thing I don't like about the BFG is the non-modular design, that is a lot of cables to hide. All in all though that price is killer but I would grab a modular 520hx, 800w is overkill for that rig.
 
JonGerow said:
There was never an "h" in my name. ;) Oddly enough, Jon isn't short for Jonathan. :)
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Doh! Sorry. I do that to my boss at work, too.:eek:

What IS the Jon short for? Jonas, Jonson, uh, I got nothing else off the top of my sleep-deprived head.
 
+1 for the BFG ES800, had mine for about 3 weeks now and its great! Modular PSU's are for sissys anyways, real men hide cables! ...but not in the silence of the lambs way! :eek:
 
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