help choosing PSU for my current system+8800GTX.

this is my current computer:

INTEL CORE 2 DUO 1.86GHz(E6300) 1066MHz/FSB 2MB - BOX

GIGABYTE GA-945P-S3-RH

PALIT PCI-E GeForce 7300GT 256MB DDR3

WD 160GB 8MB SATA2 7200 RPM

LG DVDRW GSA-H10A DOUBLE LAYERED X16

TWINMOS 2048MB (1024X2) DDR2 667MHz CL5

SONY DVD-ROM 16X48- BLACK- BULK
capture card:
LEADTEK WINFAST PVR2000 TV CAPTURE CARD
case:
FOXCONN TLA397 F400A FSP PSU+ CPU V-TUBE

I wanted to know which PSU will be good if I'll buy 8800GTX instead of 7300GT.
would enermax liberty 400W enough?

thanks

and if I'll do Raid0 with another (same) hard driver it would be enough too?

thanks for the detailed answer

And yet a another topic of someone spending $650 + dollars on a GPU and trying to just get by with a so so psu Why oh why do so many people do this?!

so which psu would you recommand for me for this system+raid0+880gtx. maybe LIBERTY 500W?
I think something about 100$ would be acceptable.
*I'm not planing OC

Corsair 520W
Review

One hell of a good price IMO.
I ended up getting the Corsair 620 for my rig, no availability of the M12 at my place back home, so I figured that the Corsair would look good thru that window of the Tj09 =)

Otherwise a ToughPower 550 for the same price, I think you would be fine with either one and both are quality parts!

thanks about the links. anyway corsair 520w seems to much for me

because we want to play DX10 GAMES!
just to let you know I'm not going to buy it in the next days, I don't have the money yet but I just planned to do so.

I hope that the prices would be much cheaper in the next few months

You missed my entire point bro.

I assume you mean too much money. Do not underestimate the value of a good PSU. As noted above and in other PSU reviews on Xbitlabs you should look to have 20-30% more power in the PSU then you plan to use. The PSU is usually not stressed then and tend to preform well and not run load (Fan is not on full blast).

Do not mean to scare you but I had a PSU that was not up to the load I gave it and did not realize it until one day my OS was gone as the drives were not powered enough at shutdown time and I lost data on 2 drives. Could have been worse as I could have fired my drives and other components all because I did not spend $$ to upgrade the PSU after I got a better vid card. I got lucky but once the power is not enough the system will be unstable and you may lose valuable data and hardware. I would spend the extra $$ on the PSU and reduce the $$ on the Vid card.

Just my 2 cents. Good luck.

Gotta love it : +12V @ 60A.

Sign of a good PSU: 95% + available on the 12V =)

yeah!

Pretty funy how far away we are from the 240VA limit intel use to dictate!

I meant about the watt, not the money.

I think you convinced me

PSU really important, but I don't wanna spend too much money on it. I allmost sure that 100$ is really enough and even that too much then I expected. I'm not going to do a SLI for sure.
Corsair 520W costs 120$ and liberty 500w costs 105$ and liberty 400w costs only 75$ (in my country it costs much more expensive but leave it).
It seems like Liberty 400W is really enough in that case and good reward.
I don't need anymore things more then my system+raid0+880gtx.

http://www.enermax.com.tw/english/ [...] asp?PrID=7

GOD! I just discovered that my motherboard doesn't support RAID!
so liberty 400W is enough for sure

I just pointed out the links to show what the price difference was. Also if he goes integrated chipset then the 400w psu would be enough. Mine is only a 420 (450 peak) and I run 4 harddrives, 6600GT (AGP), and my mainboard without a problem.
I had problems when I used a 350w PSU.

Sorry was confused there

Given the desire to go to or add in 8800 GTX then 400w is not enough. This card draws close to 200+ watts all alone. You need to look at 600+ if I were you.

They both mean some thing. The amps on the 12volt rail need to be high. The 8800 GTX requires 30 amps min (which means that with a normal board plus drives and this card you should have 30 amps. Note that you also have the extra 7300 card are you planning to keep it or toss it? If you keep it you need to account for the amps it pulls as well. The other recommendation is 400w minimum. You also need to connect two PCIe power connectors (6pins) so you should opt for a SLI certified PSU.

The reviewer at Xbitlabs recommends that you have 25-30% more power then you need. It will run the fan slower but it will also not stress the PSU as much.

I would look at the Enermax 485 Noisetaker II (has 32A on 12v and 485 watts total. Is SLI certified (I know you are not going SLI but this card is like you did). It only gives you 2amps clearance but it is not bad. $89.99 in USA.
You can try the coolmax CTI 500W as well. $80.00 in US. It too is SLI certified. Not sure what the total amps are on the 12V as it is marked split with no total information. 18A and 16A could = 34A or not.
Last I have to recommend this guy very much Silverstone SST - ST50EF Combined 12V is 35A (Peak 38A) total watts is 500w. $100.00 US. If you can find this one in your country then take it. Silverstone makes good PSUs.