PSU for a Crossfire system

[EvilBDGamer00]

I just bought my crosssfire X1800XT master card and already have the normal card.

How much power do i need to run the cards.

A shop keeper told me i need more than 600 watt.

I have no choice but to buy a Thermaltake PSU as nothing else is available for sale.

My specification are

Intel P4 2.8 Ghz (Dual Core)
MB: Sapphire PURE Crossfire II PC-I7RD400
RAM: 2gig
HD: 250 GB
DVD-ROM
DVD-Writter
Integrated sound card
and some PCI devices
Golden Orb II CPU fan from Thermaltake
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream casing.

I can either buy PSU from 520 watt to 680 watt from Thermaltake. (different models)
Which one will be best suited for me???????????

 

[ribbon13]

A Seasonic S12-600 will handle that without doubt. If you absolutely have to buy a PSU from your local shop, get the 680w one to make up for the ThermalTake PSU suckage.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
A Seasonic S12-600 will handle that without doubt. If you absolutely have to buy a PSU from your local shop, get the 680w one to make up for the ThermalTake PSU suckage.

:thumbsup:

 

[McPudd]

 

[McPudd]

Oops
Enermax Liberty EL620AWT 620W Modular PSU ATX12V v2.2 Model# ELT620AWT
http://www.enermaxusa.com/catalog/produ...sCsid=080b20f7b751dd29e280544f2c6caf77

Reviews:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=301&num=1
http://www.pro-clockers.com/article.php?id=38&page=1
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/enermax_liberty/index.shtml
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cases/enermax/psu/elt620awt/
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/v2/index.php?x=reviews&id=278
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article279-page1.html

 

[EvilBDGamer00]

I absolutly have to stick with Thermaltake or go for generic cause there are no other brands present in the local shop. And havent yet found a shop that would deliver any product to my country. At best i could buy the stuff get it delivered to a place in Florida and then get it by courier.
But the prob is it will take loads of time and it will cost me a small fortune just to courier the heavy PSU from USA to Bandladesh.
I did read a few review that it is quite a good PSU on some tech sites.

What do i do.
Go for the Thermaltake. (Cheaper more available and can get it tmr)
GO for ENERMAX. (Cost me almost the double price cause of courier and will take a long time to arrive)

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: EvilBDGamer00
I absolutly have to stick with Thermaltake or go for generic cause there are no other brands present in the local shop. And havent yet found a shop that would deliver any product to my country. At best i could buy the stuff get it delivered to a place in Florida and then get it by courier.
But the prob is it will take loads of time and it will cost me a small fortune just to courier the heavy PSU from USA to Bandladesh.
I did read a few review that it is quite a good PSU on some tech sites.

What do i do.
Go for the Thermaltake. (Cheaper more available and can get it tmr)
GO for ENERMAX. (Cost me almost the double price cause of courier and will take a long time to arrive)

With your system i would say take no chances and get the Enermax
Because even 5 years from now, that Enermax will still be useable, so you dont have to worry about upgrading it for a while