Power Supply...what to get?

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mrand01

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I'm not sure what power supply to get for my new build, not sure how much power I'll need...so here's whats going in it, maybe people here can gimme a hand? Btw, i will be overclocking, and at some point I may do water cooling, so keep this in mind.

DFI LP X48 Mobo
Intel E8400
4gb (2x2gb) DDR-1066 RAM
Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX
3ware 9650-8lp raid card
8x 500gb Seagate drives
1x 250gb Seagate drive
1x Standard Lite-On DVDR

this is all going into a Silverstone TJ07

How should i power all this? Thats a lot of hard drives...
 
8 500GB drives? Any chance this is a typo? While drives don't consume a lot while working, I've heard they take as much as 25W during startup. This means you'll need at least 225W for your nine drives. A quality 750W should be enough.
 
I'm running:
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD 4200 x2
2 gigs ram
2600xt
2x RocketRaid 2300
VistaView 2020
Auzentech X-Plosion
8x500g WD SATA2
2x250g WD IDE
LG dvd-burner
7 80mm case fans

I think that about covers everything. That's on a Corsair 620HX, and it's been running now for almost 2 years and have had no problems at all.
 
maddude0025 said:
<snip>I think that about covers everything. That's on a Corsair 620HX, and it's been running now for almost 2 years and have had no problems at all.
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I had a similar Athlon 64 X2 setup to yours (no RAID card and only four hard drives, but a more power-hungry video card and two optical drives), and it ran just fine for two years on a OCZ ModStream 520W, which is generally considered to be a mediocre-quality PSU build. :p (Actually, most of the guts of the old build are still running just fine on that same power supply now with a friend.)

To the OP: Any of Danny Bui's suggestions would be good. I like my Thermaltake Toughpower 750W, especially as it's modular, but the others suggested are all high-quality too. Get the one with the features you want, and use price as a tie-breaker. (And the Provantage price is a killer deal on the Corsair 750W if you don't care about modularity.)
 
i see that none of these have enough sata power adapters...but i doubt any PSU will...is it OK to use splitters? I would assume that with nice 750-1000 watt, that woudl be fine...

btw, thanks for all the suggestinos...i was looking at the PCP&C 750, but maybe i'll go the ultra route...but i've never heard of them before, are they really good?
 
mrand01 said:
btw, thanks for all the suggestinos...i was looking at the PCP&C 750, but maybe i'll go the ultra route...but i've never heard of them before, are they really good?
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Ultra PSU's tend to suck, and suck badly. Avoid the X2's at all costs for example. That said, there are exceptions, and the X3 that was suggested is an awesome PSU. IMHO though, I'd stick with one of the 750W power supplies.
 
Farfromhome is right. If you are running an X2, I would worry about burning your house down. The X3's however are very good PSU, the 1kW one in particular. That said, I don't think I would run one if it cost me $200. IMO, thats simply to much money for what you get.

I figured you'd have to use splitters/adapters. I don't think I've ever seen a PSU with 9 SATA power plugs.
 
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