Nice quiet PSU.

[Benfish]

Hi,

I'm looking for a nice quiet 500-600w PSU for my new build (all from aria, of course :P).

Aria stock several different options, but I don't want to go buying one that won't work right/will be overly noisy. I was wondering if anyone had experience with any of them or could suggest one? (Im willing to spend £50 or so, not a tight budget)

One other thing, i'm planning to get a second graphics card in the future, and use CrossFire, will I need a special PSU for that?

Cheers :)

[GM8]

look at the corsair range . read some reviews on the net about corsair psus , you will be very happy with one

[Mul.]

As far as crossfire is concerned, this will depend on the graphics cards you go for and the rest of your system specs.

At £50, your best bets are the Corsair VX 550W and OCZ StealthXstream 600W.

[Benfish]

As far as crossfire is concerned, this will depend on the graphics cards you go for and the rest of your system specs.

I did the system spec part of my profile http://forums.aria.co.uk/member.php?u=2441

I'm planning to run two Radeon 2600 XT's (512 version of this, I think. http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+2000+Series/Sapphire+ATi+Radeon+HD+2600+XT+256MB+PCI-E+?productId=27838 )

[mlb07165]

As far as crossfire is concerned, this will depend on the graphics cards you go for and the rest of your system specs.

At £50, your best bets are the Corsair VX 550W and OCZ StealthXstream 600W.

Yeah you should defo check those two out. There was a review of the OCZ last week. Click Here (http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4836)

[Mul.]

I did the system spec part of my profile http://forums.aria.co.uk/member.php?u=2441

I'm planning to run two Radeon 2600 XT's (512 version of this, I think. http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+2000+Series/Sapphire+ATi+Radeon+HD+2600+XT+256MB+PCI-E+?productId=27838 )


If I may, I'd like to discourage you from such a setup. No Multi GPU config will mean 2x the performance and often in some games the difference maybe very small. Also bare in mind that just because it's two 256mb graphics cards doesn't mean you effectively have a 512mb card. Just two 256mb cards of which one of the two might not be entirely utilised. The £100 spent on two 2600XT's is better spent buying a single HD 3850 512mb that will be considerably quicker in most situations and generally more consistent.

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Sapphire+Radeon+HD+3850+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29828

[mac124]

If I may, I'd like to discourage you from such a setup. No Multi GPU config will mean 2x the performance and often in some games the difference maybe very small. Also bare in mind that just because it's two 256mb graphics cards doesn't mean you effectively have a 512mb card. Just two 256mb cards of which one of the two might not be entirely utilised. The £100 spent on two 2600XT's is better spent buying a single HD 3850 512mb that will be considerably quicker in most situations and generally more consistent.

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Sapphire+Radeon+HD+3850+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29828

Agreed multi GPU's just aren't worth it unless there is no upgrade path, ie you are running the single most powerful graphics card money can buy so getting a second is the only way to upgrade.

[Benfish]

Thanks guys, just ordered the 600W OCZ ;)

I already have one Radeon 2600 XT which I am pretty happy with, would I notice much difference with a second, or should I stick with the one?

[Mul.]

You'll notice it but you'd observe a more consistent performance boost if you were to sell the 2600XT and put that money as well as whatever you had available to buy a second 2600 to buy something like a GeForce 8800GT 512mb or Radeon HD 3850 512mb