New PSU/Mobo/Case

[LegendFury]

I'm upgrading my PSU, Mobo, and case, so I can do 2x 8800GT in SLI.

Will this work well?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3970616&sku=TC3J-2356

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3642074&sku=M452-6006

The total comes to: $327.11, including taxes and shipping.

Do you guys think this is a good deal?

 

[auscanzukus]

Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 22 Amp Amps.)
Minimum 450 Watt for SLI mode system.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 24 Amp Amps.)

That NZXT psu should be fine. Not a bad deal.

 

[LegendFury]

Is the mobo good? It was the cheapest SLI one, but it had decent reviews and the specs look good.

 

[Onus]

Look for reviews of that NZXT PSU. On the old list at http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiered+PSU+Listings?t=anon, NZXT is on tier-5, "Do not buy." This one may be newer than the list, but in the absence of properly-done reviews, I would NOT trust it. Good sources for PSU reviews include jonnyguru.com and hardocp.com; I think pcpers.com may also test PSUs properly. Some sites just stick a multimeter on them, which provides useless information as to quality. The ones I linked do load tests (cheap ones croak, sometimes at 50% of their rated load), and check electrical noise with an oscilloscope. They also take them apart, offering relevant observations as to the capacity and quality of the parts used in them.

 

[LegendFury]

How about this?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3092557&sku=O261-2008

And the case still ok? Will it have good circulation and the mobo will fit?

 

[LegendFury]

Bump

 

[auscanzukus]

OCZ is better. If you can, buy only the case w/o psu. The mobo is not bad.

 

[chookman]

Before i start personally i dont like NZXT or MSI so your getting advice thats a little bias.

NZXT make some ugly cases, the only one ive seen that looks ok is the Tempest (seems like a copy of the Antec900) in any case you should be looking at a Tier 1 or 2 PSU for your system as jtt283 linked. Something like PCP&P, Corsair, Antec.

I assume you already have the 8800GT and the AMD cpu, so the mobo should be ok, but ive had MSI's die on me in the past so i look to Gigabyte and ASUS these days.