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Which power supply products fit into a socket 775?

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Hmm think it would be easier to elaborate to us what set up u running so we can better advise on which PSU according to your $$/needs

Reply to batuchka

It's very temping to screenshot this question and add a 'fail' stamp onto it.

Power supplies don't only work for a single socket. The variables that make the difference are the components used.

If you've got a 8 year old motherboard, you only need a 20 pin power lead to your motherboard, if you're board is only a few years old you'll need a 20+4 pin connection. One or two years old would normally need a 20+4 and 4 pin connection and some of the latest boards need 20+4 and 8pin connection.

If you plan on having a SLI setup, you need a power supply that will produce enough power and also have the right amount of leads needed to plug into your GPUs.

For an average system, 500W is fine.
For a gamer system, around 750W is fine.
For an enthusiast or anyone who has too much money a nice 1000+W supply will be fine.

Just remember to get a PSU that will cover your computers power needs, as well as cable needs. That's all there is to it.

------------------------------ XFX 750a SLI | PHENOM II X3 720BE (@2.91GHz) | 2x GTX260 core 216 896MB | 8GB 800MHz DDR2 | Creative Audigy SE | 1100W PSU | 640GB Boot | 1.2TB Backup
Reply to acer0169
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The Corsair HX520W will always be enough if you stick to one single gpu graphics card and it is modular and has all the cables you need.

------------------------------ 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
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The PSU really depends on the hardware setup around it (specially the video card). What is your video card? How many optical drives do you have? Are they SATA or IDE? Is your hard drive SATA or IDE?

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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