I´m building a new system but I´ve never done it from scratch and I´m not sure how strong a power supply I´ll need.
My system will be:
- Core 2 Quad Q 9300 2,5 Ghz
- Evga Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT 512 Mb
- Gigabyte EP45C Mobo
- 4 Gb Ram DDR 3 1333 Mhz
- 2 hard drives of 250 Gb each @ 7200 rpm using raid
I´m not in the US and a friend (who has a slightly less powerful Core 2 Duo machine) recommended a Zalman power supply. He uses a 460W, but I don´t think this would be enough for me.
Just one more thing: because of local support and warranty issues, it might be better for me to get a Zalman PSU. Is this not a recommended brand? If it is, what would be the equivalent to the Corsair VX 550?
I was looking at the specifications of 2 models you mentioned - Corsair VX550 and Zalman ZM600-HP - and a couple of doubts remained:
1) Specs of my graphics card (Evga Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT 512 Mb) recommends +12V with 26A. The Corsair PSU clearly supports that, as it has a single +12V@41A. The Zalman, however, has 4 of 12V @ 16A each. Question (hope it´s not extremely dumb): will the Zalman support my graphics card?
2) In case it does, which would be better: the single, dedicated rail of the Corsair or the 4 separate ones offered by Zalman?
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