Power supply suggestions

[Guest]

I'm putting together a gaming system and I've settled on most of my components but one thing I know little about is power supplies. I was hoping some of you could give me some suggestions and point me in the right direction.
Right now I've got:

Q9450
DFI LP LT X48-T2R motherboard
EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000AAKS 400GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE
Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS

 

[blacksci]

Antec, corsair, ocz, those are the only 3 i recomment, your system will run fine on anything above 500 watts with a 80 % efficency raiting. I would suggest you go with the q6600 quad if you overclock, youll be much happier with it.

 

[KyleSTL]

I would say Corsair 520HX, Seasonic S12/M12 500+, or PC P&C S610. Even an Earthwatts 500 would do for much less.

Tiers -
http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiered+PSU+Listings?t=anon
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088

Rail Ratings -
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=205763

Those are the PSU resources to live by. Get a Tier 2 and you won't regret it.

I would not get the 4000AAKS, it is not PMR. The 3200AAKS or 6400AAKS would be much faster. Everything else looks good.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much for the replies and advice. I'll be going with the seasonic S12 550. I'll swap out the 400gb western with a 320gb drive as well. If I do OC it won't be alot, maybe just up to 3 ghz.

 

[dirtmountain]

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/page/power
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Review_Cat&recatnum=13

Good places to check reviews. The Corsair PSUs are getting recommended a lot because of high quality (i've never seen a negative review) and reasonable prices. PC Power and Cooling = high quality and usually high prices. OCZ good quality and lower prices. Some of the Antec models (Basiq) don't get good reviews, but the Earthwatt series do.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341012 if budget is a huge concern
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 for top quality (right now the 650w is the same price as the 550w after rebate)