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    Need PSU Advice

    What PSU Brand/Manufacturer is best with reliability and long lasting durability aswell as not too expensive, and work well with AMD 64 bit and my XFX GeForce 6800 PCI-E 4 pin (im looking for a 400w-500w PSU)
    Last edited by pete212; 12-10-2005 at 06:31 PM.

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    • arthurleung's system
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      • 4x1TB WD1000FYPS @ RAID5 3Ware 9500S-8 / 3x 1TB Samsung Ecogreen F2
      • Graphics card(s):
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      • Corsair VX450
      • Case:
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      • Operating System:
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    Hiper, Antec, Tagen and Seasonic
    Stay away from any sub 30 quids PSU (I would say even sub-40 is not good enough)
    Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
    Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
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    HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
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    I say, its a case.. with a powersupply

    Ive built 4/5 PCs recently with Tagan powersupplies in, I just can't get enough of their black shiny goodness!

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    Going by http://www.ocia.net/reviews/enermax3030/page2.shtml it's only got 20A on the +12V. I would recommend more.

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    look into an OCZ 520W model

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