PSU for new PC

[rainerf]

Hi all!

I really hope you're not too bothered with all the "is this PSU enough for my PC" threads, 'cause here goes one more .

The PC I'm going to buy:
[*] Core 2 Duo E6750 (stock cooler)
[*] MSI Gefore 7600GT (cooled passively; MSI NX7600GT-T2D256EZ)
[*] Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P
[*] 2x1024 Corsair RAM
[*] 2x Samsung 500GB SATA (HD501LJ)
[*] some DVD-RW

I'm not too much into overclocking, but considering the performace one can obviously get out of the C2D and the mainboard I'm considering giving it a go.

This leads me to the question about which PSU this PC will need. These are some of the ones both avaiable at my reseller and within my budget:
[*] be quiet! E5-400W-2.2 Straight Power BQT
[*] 330W Tagan TG330-U01 330
[*] 350W Chieftec GPS-350EB-101A
[*] 400W NorthQ NQ-4001AL PCI-Express
I suppose that less than 400W will be too little power? Therefore, I'm considering getting the be quiet! 400W, is this one any good?

Thank you very much for any input!

Best regards,
Rainer.

 

[MarcVenice]

How much are you willing to spend ? 400w should be enough for you, depending on the amps the psu can deliver, something like the 400w enermax liberty should be a good buy. Don't really know how 'good' the psu's you mentioned are, so can't say wether to buy one of those or not.

 

[rainerf]

Thanks very much for your quick answer!

The Enermax Liberty 400W is ? 25 (~USD 30) more than the be quiet! PSU.

Comparing the Amps:
be quiet!: +3,3V: 30A, +5V: 28A, +12V1: 14A, +12V2: 16A, -12V: 0,5A, +5VSB: 2,5A
Enermax: +3,3V: 26A, +5V: 26A, +12V1: 20A, +12V2: 20A, -12V: 0,6A, +5VSB: 3A

Will the be quiet! be enough for my system? Seems that it lacks quite a bit power on the 12V rails?

As an alternative, the be quiet! 450W is still a bit cheaper than the Enermax, but also still weaker on the 12V rails:
be quiet! 450W: +3,3V: 30A, +5V: 30A, +12V1: 25A, +12V2: 18A, -12V: 0,5A, +5VSB: 2,5A

I don't really care if the PSU has cable management such as provided by the Enermax Liberty, I just want to make sure that the system is stable, as quiet as possible, and cheap .

Thanks again!

 

[JEDIYoda]

personally I would the BE QUIET brand is made by Top Power and I would think you could do alot better than almost anything made by Top Power!!

Peace!!

 

[Zepper]

I think the Antec PSU I'm selling in the ForSale/Trade section here (link in the sig, below) would be enough for the listed system (for output, you may need a connector it lacks, I'm not sure). People way overbuy PSUs these days without a lot of care paid to quality.

.bh.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Fry's had the Antec Earthwatts 380 earlier this week for $20 AR. Looks great from the outside (United Chemicon main filter caps @ primary side). I would have bought one just for fun but they were OOS.

 

[Zepper]

Yup, they can mark them any price they want as long as they don't have any to sell at that price...

.bh.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

And those guys never issue rain-checks! These deals usually last for the first 1 hour around here.