Toughpower 850W W0131, any good?

[FlyingDutchman]

I'm about to go out and buy the parts for my new computer. I'm only putting in 1 GTX at the moment, with the intention of adding a second one later. Originally I was going to go for the 620HX Corsair PSU, but I just realised that it doesn't have 4 PCI-E connectors. After some searching I found this one:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?tt-w0131&P=1

Can anyone tell me is this is any good???

Thanks

 

[emp]

Thermaltake is good, but I prefer either of these two:

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad PCI-E 750W Power Supply

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-PP&gro upid=701&catid=123&subcat=928

Antec Quattro 850W PSU

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-084-AN&groupi d=701&catid=123&subcat=103

The Antec TruePower Quattro brings 2x PCI-E 8-pin connectors and 2x PCI-E 6-pin connectors, the 6pin connectors are the ones currently being used, but the 8-pin connectors will be used by future graphics cards (Currently the only graphics card using that connector is the HD2900XT). But both of these solutions offer insane power for those dual 8800GTX/HD2900XT setups. (And I prefer Antec and PC Power & Cooling over Thermaltake)

 

[FlyingDutchman]

Emp,

Thanks for your reply. However, I cannot use the Antec one as it only has 2 6-pin PCI-E connectors and for 2 GTX cards you need 4.......

 

[SuicideSilence]

i like thermaltank and that PSU looks good
but like the PC power and cooling that EMP recomended is in my opinion better
wich ever one will work

 

[emp]

It brings 2 2+6 pins and 6pin PCI-E connectors, there's no problem there

 

[sailer]

Can anyone tell me is this is any good???

Thanks

Its a very good psu. So are the PC Power and Cooling and the Antec psus. I'd look to see which cost least and go from there. I have a Thermaltake Toughpower 700wt and it has worked just fine and I intend to get a toughpower 750wt for my next computer.

 

[HPCE_Larry]

In summary: Yes its good, but the ones emp recommended are better.

 

[baddad]

I'm using the TT 750W in my machine with no problems, the 850 should work great for you.

 

[aevm]

I'm about to go out and buy the parts for my new computer. I'm only putting in 1 GTX at the moment, with the intention of adding a second one later. Originally I was going to go for the 620HX Corsair PSU, but I just realised that it doesn't have 4 PCI-E connectors. After some searching I found this one:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?tt-w0131&P=1

Can anyone tell me is this is any good???

Thanks

I second the PC P&C suggestion.

Do you really need two GTX cards? What's your screen resolution?

Does your motherboard support two GTX cards? What kind is it?

 

[FlyingDutchman]

I'm going with the MSI P6N Diamond motherboard (nVidia 680i chipset) and a BenQ FP241WZ screen (1920x1200). I don't think I'll need the second GTX right away, but things go quickly in the computerworld and I like having the option of adding a second one in a little while....

 

[aevm]

Perfect, that mobo does support SLI at 16x+16x and I read good reviews about it. 1920x1200 is big, yeah, SLI makes sense for you. Pick a big full tower case, it will help with the cooling. I read about the Silverstone TJ09 for example, it's specially designed to handle two hot cards well with a fan right between them.