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{NG}Fidel

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I am upgrading soon to a nicer setup and I recently purchased a new PSU.
The PSU in question is the SeaSonic S12-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply.
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Sea Sonic PSU

The System has 2 HDDs 2 Optical Drives a AMD 64 4000 a X1800XT, ATI Theatrix 550Pro, Sound Blaster Audigy, 2 Gigs of Gskill DDR 3200, and another Sound Blaster for a unique sound setup I use.
Ive heard great things about the Sea Sonic PSU Line and this was the only choice under the SLi PSU. Oh yeah my Mobo is an Asus A8N-E
 
instead of cheaping on the most important part of the system, get a 500 and be safe. it is like 40 bucks, and could quite possibly save you ALOT of worries with a system like that.
 
DaCoOlNeSs said:
instead of cheaping on the most important part of the system, get a 500 and be safe. it is like 40 bucks, and could quite possibly save you ALOT of worries with a system like that.
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so you are telling him to get a cheapo 500W psu instead of a psu from a known quality manufacturer? not such wise advice imho. please name a quality 500W you can get for $40.

to OP, i wouldnt get the seasonic from new egg. price seems kinda high on that unit. xpcgear and case-mod.com have it for cheaper. but i would recommend an enhance unit from ewiz.com
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-E5150GH
the same unit as the silverstone st50ef-plus which goes for $100+ under the silverstone badge. ewiz has it for around $80 shipped for the oem version.
 
I agree.

Newegg is awesome most of the time... but they suck for PSU's (price AND selection.)
 
{NG}Fidel said:
I am upgrading soon to a nicer setup and I recently purchased a new PSU.
The PSU in question is the SeaSonic S12-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply.
Link!
Sea Sonic PSU

The System has 2 HDDs 2 Optical Drives a AMD 64 4000 a X1800XT, ATI Theatrix 550Pro, Sound Blaster Audigy, 2 Gigs of Gskill DDR 3200, and another Sound Blaster for a unique sound setup I use.
Ive heard great things about the Sea Sonic PSU Line and this was the only choice under the SLi PSU. Oh yeah my Mobo is an Asus A8N-E
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The Seasonic S12-430 will just be good enough by specs - the 12V rails can supply 14A and 15A.
The X1800XT takes between 10 and 13 amps with default clocks.
One 12V power rail for the graphics card should work out ok.

You'd be wise to get something a little better, especially if overclocking.
 
Im not ocing so that isnt an issue. Cheaping out? Ive got other things to spend money on jesus Im sorry I cant just get a 1k watt PSU and call it a day. I would love to get the SLi Certified PSU but my budget wont allow. Thanks to all that gave some real advice from what Ive seen and heard this would be just enough but I wanted to know what you PSU Pros thought.
 
sn_85 said:
so you are telling him to get a cheapo 500W psu instead of a psu from a known quality manufacturer? not such wise advice imho. please name a quality 500W you can get for $40.

to OP, i wouldnt get the seasonic from new egg. price seems kinda high on that unit. xpcgear and case-mod.com have it for cheaper. but i would recommend an enhance unit from ewiz.com
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-E5150GH
the same unit as the silverstone st50ef-plus which goes for $100+ under the silverstone badge. ewiz has it for around $80 shipped for the oem version.
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no, I was telling him to get a 500Watt Seasonic.
 
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