economical PSU with PCI-ex cable

[sokos]

Any ideas where prices start for a decent PSU ?
Machine has: AMD 3700+, GForce 7900GT, 1GB RAM, 1 HDD 250GB and that's it.
(no O/C, no DVD-Rs, no extra disks etc)

Will I need the PCI-Ex cable that the 7900GT asks for? Or with a simple Molex->PCIex converter i can do my gaming fine?

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

VG resource guide= http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSUInquisitor

There are some VG cheap Enhance units at http://www.ewiz.com/
A respected member here just bought two 360W Enhance units from ewiz. Upon opening
them, he was impressed with the build quality. He was going to mod them to fit Shuttle
cases but the build was such that even opened they would not fit.

Specs on the connectors can be found at http://www.enhanceusa.com/
Properly installed an adapter can be usefull for using a PSU that might lack what you need.


...Galvanized

 

[Operandi]

Economical is a relative term, knowing your budget would help.

I normally only use Forton-Source and Seasonic, depending on the budget. Enhance is good one also but I'm less familiar with them so I don't typically through them out as a recommendation.

As far as requirements go a Molex to to PCI-E adapter will work fine, I would look for something in the 350-400 watt class. Give the 380 watt Seasonic S12 a look.

 

[Oyeve]

I bought THIS a few months ago and it has been working great. Powers my 6 hard drives, 2 dvd burners, 2x 7800 GT sli, 2 pci cards and 8 fans without a hiccup. Comes with every connector you need including 2 SLI connectors one on each 12v rail.

 

[sokos]

that is $100 which is out of my budget.
You see ( http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=1851019]click[/url] ) I m opening a netcafe/LAN Gaming place, machines will work a lot at full load for lots of hours per day and I was thinking if I can get something decent for $50-$70. Unfortuntaly Seasonic are quite pricey in Greece, brands that I can find here are:
Antec, Enermax, Tagan, Fortron...

I have found an http://www.eshop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.700345]Enermax [/url] for 75e (that is $90) but if I buy 50 of these, it's quite a sum. What would you choose in my place?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

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...Galvanized

 

[eljaye925]

This meets your requirements

Fortron AX450