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Im kinda confused on power supplies to choose from. The most important thing is which to Rail (single 12v,2 x 12v, 4x 12v rails), and what watt. I am building a new pc and this is what im running:

AMD Phenom II x4 3.2ghz BE
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
EVGA GTX 275 SC
Samsung Black DVD burner
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb HD
1 x 120mm Fan
1 x 80mm Fan
2 x 250mm Fans
Zalman CPU cooler
8gb Gskill DDR3 1333 ram

Any info would be appriciated since im lost on this subject.

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I've listed a few PSU I would recommend for your build in the below link. Anyone would work for your system.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] esult=True

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I've listed a few PSU I would recommend for your build in the below link. Anyone would work for your system.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] esult=True

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Mcisme,

you pretty much got a mirror image of my system (I have the Intel and ATI equivalents of your AMD cpu and Nvidia graphics card) and I'm running my system on a Corsair HX520W...

------------------------------ CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @3.2Ghz, MOBO: Asus P6T SE, RAM: 3x 2gb OCZ Platinum OCZ3P1600LV6GK, GPU: Sapphire HD 5870, PSU: Corsair HX520W, HDD: Seagate ST31000528AS 1Tb 32mb, COOLER: Scythe Mugen (S775 version), CASE: Coolermaster CM690
Reply to Gulli

Ok, is the number of +12v Rails a matter of choice or what?

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mcisme wrote :

Ok, is the number of +12v Rails a matter of choice or what?

Yes and no, having more rails makes the PSU a bit more reliable (less chance of spikes and all that nasty stuff), still a Corsair, Antec or OCZ PSU with 1 rail can be more reliable than a generic PSU with 2 or 3.

What matters is the maximum combined wattage on the 12V rails, sometimes that's equal to the sum of the wattages of the individual rails, usually it's less.

So after your help i found these 2. The modular one i like because im a neat freak and it has a 5 year warranty.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] =4&bop=And

Would these suite my needs since i wont be going sli?

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Forgot to thank temco for the choices since i was looking at the same ones but was questioning them.

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Get a Corsair. Newegg has some pretty awesome deals on them right now.

Reply to ShtBrix

Yeah, those PSU's will do, in fact they're overkill, just save yourself some money and get the Corsair HX520W instead.

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