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My PC despreatly needs a new PSU at the moment i am running a generic 350w which is getting more sick by the day im going to put 2 9600 GT's (XFX) in SLI what wattage do i need and if u know pls recomend a good quality one

at this point everyone would usually ask for my specs so here they are anyway

Prosessor: AMD Phenom x4 9950 black edition
MOBO: XFX 750a nFORCE SLI
RAM:2gb dynet DDR2 800(Will upgrade to patriot viper Or corsair dominator 1066MHz 4gig)
HDD:samsung HD200HJ 200gig
GPU:above^

thanx

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A Corsair 550W ATX PSU would be great for your system, or even 620TX even better.

Reply to Axeon

BFG GS 550 should do

Reply to zedx

Is raidmax any good?

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Reply to AdamDBurns

AdamDBurns wrote :

Is raidmax any good?

Absolutely not!

Corsair VX550 or BFG LS550.

Raidmax will choke, smoke, and croak at 75% of its claimed rating:
http://www.corsairmemory.com/cinem [...] ?id=622747

Reply to jtt283

^ +1 lol, like many members said Corsair is the way to go, try the 550W to 650W PSU's. Good Luck

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or get a seasonic/silverpower "green power" 500w.

pretty much exactly the same specs as the corsair 550vx but better efficiency hence the loss of 50w from the name.

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Reply to Helloworld_98

energy efficiency is the way to go! lol ofc when you pay 200-300 a month for electricity it tends to matter for those people.
http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_join.aspx

Message edited by IzzyCraft on 04-14-2009 at 09:03:46 PM

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or he could go nick one of those 99.9% effcient psu's from google and save a buck or two.

Reply to Helloworld_98

The 80plus.org site i linked is great because all the info about which psu has which eff. is on there with just a few click on manufacture then product it's how i measure where i want load i want to put on the psu to match up with my set up.
http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu [...] Report.pdf
the corsair 550vx

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Helloworld_98 wrote :

or get a seasonic/silverpower "green power" 500w.

pretty much exactly the same specs as the corsair 550vx but better efficiency hence the loss of 50w from the name.

The Corsair is essentially the same efficiency (both are 80 Plus regular) as well as better quality.

What does better efficiency have to do with lower power output?

In all regard Animal....i dont think Helloworld_98 has any clue as to what hes talking about when he talks about PSUs

@Helloworld: Do us all a favor and read a bit before u post mindless ramble...

Message edited by Silverion77 on 04-14-2009 at 10:25:34 PM

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