Please recommend a PSU for these components

I would recommend a zalman 750w or an 850w (i prefer the 750w). Why are you getting a 8800GT? for that money you can get a 4850 that is alot better. Great motherboard;)

Get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

That is the best series of power supply on the market. You will NEVER use all of that. Also a single 12v rail is much better than multiple ones, so I have no idea where you got your information. That will power your setup with an extreme overclock on the processor and 2 of those videocards in SLI. Enjoy.

power and cooling are good and i used to have one but they are just to dahm loud, so I went to a corsair and that makes alout less noise, and a zalman makes even less noise. That said the power and cooling psu you will hear over the other components the corsair and the zalman you won't

Also:

Forget the X48 and get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Same thing just overclocks better, doesn't crossfire as well (but I assume you were not planing to with a nVidia video card), and costs much less.

Good pick on the processor.

Drop that video card and get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

that heavily outperforms the 8800 GT and costs less.

May I recommend this kit of RAM:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

The memory is simply amazing with great timings and an amazing price. It also overclocks to 900 MHz with a simple voltage tweak to 2.1v, no timings change!

If you had a PC Power and Cooling Silencer series PSU and you heard it at all, even with almost zero noise coming from the rest of the system, then your PSU was defective. I have sometimes heard about people complaining about the noise they produce. However, I have used 5 PSUs from the silencer series, 4 610ws and 1 750w, and I have NEVER heard a thing from any of them. I replaced an Antec power supply which had a 140mm fan with a Silencer series power supply and the noise the system produced noticeably declined. There is one major thing that makes me stick with PC Power and Cooling, (not just their industry standard quality) no other power supply company tests ALL of their power supplies and actually sends you the results. My old 750w was rated to be able to produce 820w continuous power and 970w peak output!

jive01,

Nobody asked. Are you on a budget? Are you a gamer? What kind of things are you going to do with your computer? Do you want to plan for future upgrades?

Hello,

thanks for the fantastic reponses!
@The_Blood_Raven: I chose the 8800GT primarily because it made this list: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/169937-33-short-list-... . However looks like the price has lowered for the 4850, so I think I might go this route.

I do like the Zalman PSU because I wanted at least a 800W, how does the psu you recommended compare with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ??
But if you are saying that the PCP&C Silencer is overall better, please elaborate. and I think down the line, I will crossfire, so I think I'll stick to the X48.

@JohnnyLucky, Yes, I play city of heroes, ddo stormreach, and plan on playing warcraft. I am a web designer / developer by trade, so I do heavy photoshoping, video editing, coding (only text editor though) and occasionaly on flash. If prices lower, I'd actually like to eventually do the Q9650. Will this configuration support the cpu upgrade? I'd like to keep the budget in and around 1200 - 1500...

I have a pc power 610 and it is totally silent. with the setup you list this psu will be more than adequate, and with the sale at newegg for 65 bucks ,one hell of a deal.