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Which PSU should i get?

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Name: ian209
Date: April 18, 2006 at 18:44:20 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.63GHz
Product: Custom Built
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Ok, im planning on upgrading my PSU and I have no clue which one i should get... (BTW, im gonna try to OC my cpu to at least 2.9GHz and my GPU to 600/650. Also I plan on going crossfire with another X850XT)
Here are the ones im thinking about:
OCZ Modstream 520w
OCZ Powerstream 520w
OCZ Powerstream 600w (Is this worst than the 520w? its a dual rail PSU... are there any single rail versions of the 600w?)
PC P&C Turbo-Cool 510 ASL
PC P&C Turbo-Cool 850 SSI

The PC P&C Turbo-Cool 850 SSI obviously is the best PSU in the list, but I sure don't wanna save up $512.71CAD for a PSU... I was thinking about getting the OCZ modstream cause I love the looks and the decrease in useless wires; but it seems a little too weak. Oh and here are my sys specs:

PC-A9RD480Adv(PURE Crossfire advantage) mobo

AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.63GHz (Planning to oc to 2.9 or higher with new PSU)

Radeon X850 Crossfire Edition (588/610; planning to peltier cool and oc even higher)

1024MB (512X2) Kingston Value RAM

3 DVD drives

9 Fans

-Planning on switching to Water and Peltier Cooling

-Planning on adding an X850XT And go crossfire

-Planning on switching RAM to OCZ 2GB PC4000 Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Edition

-Depending on how AM2 goes, I might consider getting the new AM2 socket later.

Thats about it... Thanks for reading this!

Sapphire PC-A9RD480Adv
Sapphire Radeon X850CF
AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.63GHz
1024MB512x2DDR400 RAM
350W Acetech PSU 16A;12v
300w SPI PSU 18A;12v



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Name: Sabertooth
Date: April 18, 2006 at 19:17:02 Pacific
Reply:

PC P&C Turbo-Cool 510 ASL


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Response Number 2
Name: Janos
Date: April 18, 2006 at 21:03:03 Pacific
Reply:

The OCZ It has adjustable voltage rails....

And it was voted the best since slice bread !!! Only about 6 moths or so ago.....

IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT

A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD X64 3500+ Wnchst
Corsair 2x512 DDR400 Dual Channel
GV-NX6600128D PCIX Graphics Card
Ggbyte GT Pro CPU Cooler
Zalman VF700-CU VGA Cool


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Response Number 3
Name: jackbomb
Date: April 18, 2006 at 22:15:27 Pacific
Reply:

I've got the OCZ Powerstream 600 in my main rig. I highly recommend it. It's powering my insanely overclocked system without breaking a sweat.


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