Corsair or Coolermaster...

I know it's near impossible to beat the quality of Corsair, I only buy their RAM, but in my case right now, I'm looking at saving around $40-60 on my new build using a Cooler Master over a Corsair. Is Cooler Master a good brand for power supplies? I've heard some mixed thoughts from articles I've read, so I'd like everyone else's opinion.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817171036

This one had mostly good reviews, and it's modular. Do you know anything about it?

I'm buying this today, no exceptions. I can't save anymore because I need to build this before school.

It would help if you listed your pc components. Right now it is impossible to determine anything without any additional information.

You pretty much answered your own question when you posted that reviews of the CoolerMaster power supplies are mixed.

A high quality 500 - 500 watt power supply can easily handle a system with a single video card. In some configurations it may be even be sufficient to handle two video cards.

The 4870 cards are not very power hungry. A system with two of them will use about 295 watts at load. Some charts show lower power consumption. A discrepancy of 40 watts is seems to be normal due to differences in test and measurement criteria.

Check to see if the video card you want comes with a power cable adapter. Most new cards come with them. I just bought a new XFX video card today and it came with a cable adapter, DVI to HDMI adapter, DVI to VGA adapter, S video to Component video adapter, and a Crossfire ribbon bridge. No need to purchase any adapters.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, I already ordered it anyway, gets here on the 27th. Can't wait! :]

Johnny, It comes with come adapters, like the Crossfirex stuff, but no no 6 pin power adapters. I'll look around my room for some cable lying around, but if not, I'll either buy some, or wait til I upgrade to get a new power supply. Who knows, one card might be enough!