Help Plz

[drago]

Ok,

 

Its time for me to buy the next part to my rig and thats the power supply. It will be going into the thermaltake armor case blah blah, now to the point.. my motherboard is DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI-DR, I dont plan to overclock cause i want to use cool 'n' quiet technology *i read on a review if u overclock and enable cool n quiet it can cause a system cra. I plan to play games and be using either ATI x800XL, x850,x800 OR Nvidia 6800Ultra. The CPU im buying *when they come out* is either a AMD 64 3200 Venice core OR 3500 venice. 2 SATA 200gig Drives *dont ask why so big i guess u can never have enough space*. And the RAM will be that OCZ stuff for DFI NF4 boards only PC5000.

 

Now to make it easier for you:

 

 

CPU - AMD 64 3200 OR 3500 venice core

MOBO - DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI-DR

RAM - New OCZ PC5000 for DFI NF4 boards

CASE - Thermaltake armor

HDD - 2x SATA 200GB

VIDEO - I plan to play games and be using either ATI x800XL, x850,x800 OR Nvidia 6800Ultra. *i am lazy* but tell me which is the best.

 

Ok now your proberly like "whats the point in all of that high tech gear if ur not gonna OC:

 

1. I will OC later on.

2. Dont need to OC as yet

3. =D

 

Main question = Which is best PSU that can run all of that?

 

thx!

 

p.s sry for long post ;(

[Byron]

I would check out any of the OCZ powerstreams they all are excellent power suppllies. I've got an enermax 495w with dual 12v rails, and its rails are perfect. Another good psu brand is forton if you dont have a lot of money to blow. And lastly pc power and cooling has one of the best psu's out on the market today, but they will run $230 for a 510w pci-e ready 24pin psu.

[drago]

Thanks for the reply , ive been looking at OCZ psu's and pcpc, but i dont understand the sli ready cables, why the hell do u need those cables if the power comes through the board? :s anyway im also wondering if anyone has bought the pc 5000 from ocz for dfi nf4 boards id like to hear some feed back on that .

[crash]

I have both the Fortron and OCZ modstream power supplies. The OCZ is the best I've ever owned! I've had Thermaltake, Ultra, Antec, and others and the OCZ is the best. (I paid $89 from www.ncix.com for my 480 modstream, that's in CAD funds!)

 

The OCZ weighs a ton and it looks sweet and it is super quiet.

 

The Fortron is VERY heavy, (also bought from ncix for $29 - 300W) for it's price and it's rails are all rock steady even with an oc'd system.)

 

I'd buy another OCZ PSU in a heartbeat. Go with that.

 

BTW SLI uses special power adaptors and it's nice not to have to use a dongle for them.

[Wayway]

yea go with a OCZ powerstream 520 its great psu

[drago]

whats the different between mod stream and powersteam?

[Kash]

The Modstream is a modular PSU whereas the Powerstream is just like every other PSU and has all the wires coming out one hole.

 

Here's a look at the Modstream.

 

 

Here's a look at the Powerstream.

 

[drago]

Hmm i like the looks of the modstream think this could handle what my system will have? modstream 580 watt