can somebody recommend a psu for me

rodders790

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hello i was wondering if somebody could recommend a psu for me. my budget is around £100 and would prefer a modular psu

my specs are:

m4ab9gtd pro mobo
amd athlon x4 3.00mhz (eventually wanting 8 core)
4 gig ddr3 ram (wanting to max out ram to 16 gig)
gtx 460 (hoping to sli soon)
1tb hdd
1 bd drive
lots of usb ports
my computer is running 24/7 and is used for gaming,3d modeling,video editing etc.
im probably asking alot for this price, but maybe some of you experts would know better.

thanks in advance for any replies.
 
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Seasonic 750W M12II Bronze Series Modular Power Supply (Ample +12V Outputs, Smart and Silent Fan Control, Multi-GPU Technologies Supported)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seasonic-Modular-Multi-GPU-Technologies-Supported/dp/B00607JN1E/ref=sr_1_12?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1375023583&sr=1-12

Excellent Power Supply, more then enough power for your current system (or future build) with enough amperage and wattage to handle the SLI you are planning on (BTW two 460's in SLI work reaaaalllllyyy well) as it has 4 6+2pin PCI-E connectors.
Seasonic 750W M12II Bronze Series Modular Power Supply (Ample +12V Outputs, Smart and Silent Fan Control, Multi-GPU Technologies Supported)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seasonic-Modular-Multi-GPU-Technologies-Supported/dp/B00607JN1E/ref=sr_1_12?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1375023583&sr=1-12

Excellent Power Supply, more then enough power for your current system (or future build) with enough amperage and wattage to handle the SLI you are planning on (BTW two 460's in SLI work reaaaalllllyyy well) as it has 4 6+2pin PCI-E connectors.
 
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rodders790

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thanks for the speedy reply! this psu looks great.

i tried a psu calculator earlier and it said that for my specs with 2x gtx460`s that i would need an 850w. (it may have been me not entering the right info...)
i have been using a cheap 750w (until now) and that lasted me about 3 years!! so yeah this could be perfect for me :)
 
Glad to help. I have used those calculators also and for my current configuration I have received recommendations from 430Watt up to 850. I don't trust them much other than a general guideline.
Remember it is NOT the total wattage of the powersupply that is most important but how much current it can supply especially on the +12Volt rail.
Per Nvidia: The minimum power needed to run two GTX460's in SLI is 650Watts with a minimum current of 42amps. on the +12V rail.
That Seasonic provides 62Amps on the 12V and will provide more then enough for your system.
 

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Power Supply: OCZ ZT 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£90.49 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £90.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-29 01:51 BST+0100)


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Power Supply: XFX 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £79.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-29 01:53 BST+0100)

Made by Seasonic ^
 

badboyrog

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maybe is better for you to replace the gpu by an amd hd 7970? because of your motherboard

is this motherboard support SLI???

''So today, we are pleased to announce that SLI has been licensed to the world’s leading motherboard companies for integration onto their upcoming motherboards featuring AMD’s 990FX, 990X and 970 chipsets. ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock, and MSI are among the first motherboard manufacturers to offer this new capability, with more coming on board shortly.''

''This implementation is only going to come on AMD based new motherboards? or is it going to come on old chipsets (like 890GX,FX) as well?
I Hope you can clear this up.''

'' it will only be on the boards in the article. it will not be supported on older generation boards even though the AMD chipset can still run SLI using a hacked chipset driver but the performance is lacking since theres only so much they can do with the hack. may change though if some one can figure out how to hack the new 990 chipset code to get it to work on the 800 series and older boards but i doubt it will happen.''

see here
http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2011/04/28/you-asked-for-it-you-got-it-sli-for-amd/
 

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i know the question its about psu and somebody already answer for me 'seasonic'
but now i saw he wanted to do a SLI pc with is gtx gpu , but i am not sure if he can because of his motherboard

but ok in the futur i will take care about my answer
thanks!
 

rodders790

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there are two graphics cards slots on the mobo, so i am assuming the board is sli capable, im hoping that i dont need to change to amd gpu, i think those cards run extremely hot and don't seem as reliable as nvidia (i could be way wrong but, that is my experience).
 


Your board supports dual SLI (2 cards) and 8x speed, or one card at 16X speed. You will not notice any slowdown in gaming etc. when using two cards at 8X; quite the contrary you will pick up considerable frames-per-second in games.
Two 460s will be really good.
 

rodders790

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COOL :), Thank you all very much for the help......cant wait to get the other 460!