Hello all,
I am after a new power supply for my system before I go for a new motherboard cause I know I will choke this old Antec 380W I saved out of the bin from a dead system. Anyway, I'll give you my PCs specs (This is when its finished. At the moment its a mix of old and new parts but I'll give you the finished cause it will obviously draw more power).
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB, LGA775, Going to be overclocked to 4.0GHz if possible but around that [can get 3.66GHz on stock fansink]
GPU: GIGABYTE GV-N98XPZL-1GH (NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+, 1GB GDDR3, PCI-Ex16)
RAM: 4x 2GB DDR2 1066MHz Blocks (Unsure of brand as of yet but heard good of Corsair)
HDD: 2x 160GB Seagate SATAII to be put in RAID0
ODD: Pioneer SATA 4x BluRay Burner
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R (Intel P45 and ICH10R chipset)
EXTRAS: 2x Mini UV Neons, Looking into Thermaltake BigWater water cooling
Also, because of the water cooling I want to keep noise as low as I can. I've done a bit of research and think that the Antec Earthwatts 500W would be good but apparently it is a bit noisy. The Antec TruePower 550W is apparently a lot quieter and sounds like it would handle overclocking better. The price is whats keeping me back on the TruePower. But I'm confused on what to buy. I think maybe Antec cause the 380W I'm running on is doing really well pulling my GeForce considering the cards manual said it needs a minimum of 450W system power. I have also done some stupid things with the power supplies I've had and this one's defiantly a goody. I've ruined capacitors and melted cables (lol) and Antec seems the go for me but I need to know which one...
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thankyou,
dglad4.
I am after a new power supply for my system before I go for a new motherboard cause I know I will choke this old Antec 380W I saved out of the bin from a dead system. Anyway, I'll give you my PCs specs (This is when its finished. At the moment its a mix of old and new parts but I'll give you the finished cause it will obviously draw more power).
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB, LGA775, Going to be overclocked to 4.0GHz if possible but around that [can get 3.66GHz on stock fansink]
GPU: GIGABYTE GV-N98XPZL-1GH (NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+, 1GB GDDR3, PCI-Ex16)
RAM: 4x 2GB DDR2 1066MHz Blocks (Unsure of brand as of yet but heard good of Corsair)
HDD: 2x 160GB Seagate SATAII to be put in RAID0
ODD: Pioneer SATA 4x BluRay Burner
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R (Intel P45 and ICH10R chipset)
EXTRAS: 2x Mini UV Neons, Looking into Thermaltake BigWater water cooling
Also, because of the water cooling I want to keep noise as low as I can. I've done a bit of research and think that the Antec Earthwatts 500W would be good but apparently it is a bit noisy. The Antec TruePower 550W is apparently a lot quieter and sounds like it would handle overclocking better. The price is whats keeping me back on the TruePower. But I'm confused on what to buy. I think maybe Antec cause the 380W I'm running on is doing really well pulling my GeForce considering the cards manual said it needs a minimum of 450W system power. I have also done some stupid things with the power supplies I've had and this one's defiantly a goody. I've ruined capacitors and melted cables (lol) and Antec seems the go for me but I need to know which one...
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thankyou,
dglad4.