First Build - PSU Question

[Jumpman2315]

Hi all, long time reader but first time poster. My wife and I are planning on buildin a computer soon. We got most of the parts figured out but am a bit confused as to how much watts we need in a PSU and what are good, inexpensive brands to look into.

Our specs for the pc are:
-Q6600
-2 GB of Corsair RAM
-Geforce 8800GT
-1 DVD drive
-1 DVD-RW drive

Any help with the PSU would be great. Thanks in advance!

[dmethoxibit]

Corporate Logic Series X-9000 SE 52 million watt psu w/ 27 12v rails, 17 mobo connectors, 70 molex connectors, quadrupole croosfire/sli ready, 4 cpu 8 pin cables, 30 S-ATA power connectors, uncompletely unmodular, cloacking, -99 decibels(only bats can hear it), built in liquid and thermoelectric cooling, invincibility, optional NO_CLIP mode, 4 dual quantom vader capacitors, 20 zillion transistors, gravity defiance, built in chip and speaker, 256% effiency, nVidia octonogan deathstar thrustor design, Dimensions: 1 cm. x 2.3 mm x 6 miles. that thing is a beast.

[The Wise Monkey]

^ and the point of this was?

For that setup, you should be looking at around 600W. Jamie always recommends the Corsair HX520, which is a very good PSU, but I have always bought Antec, and they are very good. Just avoid the Earthwatts range, and you should be fine.

Be prepared to spend some money on a good PSU, as it is the most important thing in your computer. :)

[Jamie Nixx]

Corsair all the way.

[Jumpman2315]

Thanks guys. I'll be on the lookout for deals on Antec or Corsair PSUs.

[Rob]

The reviews I've seen of EarthWatts seem favorable, such as this one, and by no means one to avoid.

http://www.sysopt.com/features/cases/article.php/12024_3660031_1

It may not look sexy, but really, could you care less about that?

[Jamie Nixx]

Good PSU when/if they work.

Look out for Hiper as well, newegg have some good deals on them, go for the 580w version.

[Jumpman2315]

After all that I actually went with the OCZ GameXStream 700W. Found some good reviews of it and Newegg had a good deal on it.

[Rob]

Where exactly are people getting information that there are problems with the Earthwatts? I'd really like to know.

[The Wise Monkey]

I've just had a few bad experiences with them in the past, they may have sorted it out now. :)

[Jamie Nixx]

Same here, i have had three of the buggers, one took down my whole system!!

Oh and btw, the OCZ isn't as good as the Corsair HX520 and it costs the same XD.