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chosenken

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12. October 2005 @ 10:11

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Yo. I need some suggestions on a power supply for my computer. Computer specs are:

5 Hard drives:
1 250 gig
2 160 gig
1 120 gig
1 60 gig

ASUS A8V DELUXE Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1 gig (4x256) Kingston Hyperx Memory
Geforce 6800 128mb (Pipe lines and shaders opened up)
Sound Blaster Audagy Platinum
DVD Dual Layer RW

I am currently running an El Cheapo 550 watt power supply ( old on burnt out, had to get a new one FAST, friend had it at the time) and it seems to be underpowering the system. Hard drives would continually shut off then boot back up. Became so bad my C drive becam corrupt, but thatnks to a BartPE disk (Windows Live CD) I was able to recover. So, my question is, will this http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817148008 520 watt power supply from Newegg be able to handle my system, or should I look into a 680 watt power supply?

I just recived it today, but if I need a bigger one, I can reject it and get my money back and go for a bigger one.

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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. October 2005 @ 10:13

Starbuck1

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12. October 2005 @ 10:59

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I'd go 600+ ... check this PSU calculator out and try it. Let me know what you come up with.

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

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ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe I875P
3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood
1 GB Kingston
Plextor 716A Dvd-Rw
74 GB WD Raptor SATA HD@10000rpm
200 GB Maxtor HD@7200rpm
GeForce 6800 GT

slimnutty

Newbie

12. October 2005 @ 13:23

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You can also try the new SinTek 600W PSU. I know they're new, but they've been getting great reviews. They also have a lot of cool features you can use on their site to determine what you need.

PSU: http://www.sin-tek.com/sintek-main-pg.html
Tools: http://www.sin-tek.com/sintek-support.htm
Where to buy: http://www.sin-tek.com/sintek-where-to-buy.htm

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jonni3

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13. October 2005 @ 07:44

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Seasonic S12-600 or FSP FX600-80GLN psu should see you right ;)

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chosenken

Newbie

13. October 2005 @ 10:41

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I went a head and got an Aspire 680 watt PS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148019

Looks like it will power every thing with out having to use spilters on my power cables. Thnax again guys for all your input!

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ozzy214

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13. October 2005 @ 11:56

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Good choice..very good. Dual 12 volt rails so the cpu and drives have a seperate rail. Plus 22 amps or higher on each. Very good. Ya shall not have no probs.

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epox mobo EP-9NPAJ
amd 3700+ san diego core oc to 2.50
antec true power 430 watt dual +12 volt rails @ 18 amps each
bfg geforce 6800 gt oc edition
dragon case
2 x 512 DUAL CHANNEL ELIXOR RAM
Ibm P260 dvi & vga 21 inch crt monitor 1600 x 1200 @ 85 htz Oh yeah!!

pcrepair

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13. October 2005 @ 14:17

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thanks for the links :)

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