What PSU should i get?

schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">for this new system</div>Intel CORE 2 Q6600/2.4Ghz/2x4MB/1066FSB/LGA775/QUAD CORE

Asus P5K-SE S775 QuadCore P35 FSB1333 DDR2 SATA2 PCIEx16 GbLAN AT

Inno3D GF 8800GTS 640MB Overclocked DDR3 320-bit OC 570/1800MHz, Direc

DDR2 2048MB(2x1G)PC5300 667Mhz Kingston

Western Digital 320G SATAII 7200 rpm HDD(16Mb Cache)

Samsung 18xDVD -/+R/RW Dual Layer OEM Black

<u>+these from my old pc</u>
Dlink wireless nic 108mbps

Creative x-fi extreme music soundcard

Raptor 36Gb 10000rpm sata


Can anyone recommend how much wattage ill need for a beast like this ? i;ve got a 470watt(540max) psu, but worried it won't handle it - haven't got a clue how to work out voltrage and wattages etc....

what do you guys reckon ? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    What brand is your PSU? My 500 watt Antec PSU handles approximately the same hardware perfectly fine.
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    skyhawk or seahawk or something like that - its probably dodgy heh.
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  • UnderwhelmedUnderwhelmed DemoDetective #?&#33; Join Date: 2006-09-19 Member: 58026Members, Constellation
    <a href="http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp</a>

    Without any calculations, my feeling is that you'll be fine with 550W.
    Antec's quality has been slipping, avoid them. Thermaltake and Silverstone are two excellent brands.
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