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Drowz
02-19-2008, 10:03 PM
I was wondering if Corsairs 520watt PSU would be ok to power the following hardware.

AMD 2.6ghz Black Edition
3gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer
EVGA 8800GT 512mb
Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 Nforce 570
Zalman 9500A
WD 160gb Sata 3.0gb HD


Or should I go with something bigger?

Ragenrok
02-19-2008, 10:06 PM
you should be fine with that PSU

8igdave
02-20-2008, 08:45 AM
The 520w corsair will power 2x GTXs with an oveclocked q6600 so yeah it will be fine.The tracer ram isn't any better then the normal ram. its just better looking.i also personaly wouldn't advice amd as the intel offerings are better and faster clock for clock.

Nerror
02-20-2008, 02:57 PM
Yep should be plenty of power.

generalharlan
02-20-2008, 03:27 PM
The corsair vx550 is a great psu as well. You might be able to find it at some retailers for less money than the hx520

8igdave
02-21-2008, 06:51 AM
The corsair vx550 is a great psu as well. You might be able to find it at some retailers for less money than the hx520

Why would they do that? seems like a good deal :p

Heresy
02-21-2008, 07:26 AM
Why would they do that? seems like a good deal :p
Probably because the 520w is modular.

8igdave
02-21-2008, 10:24 AM
Yeha but thats why it should be more expensive not cheaper then the 550w.

:EDIT:

O silly me i thought he was saying the 520w could be found cheaper then the 550w. :)

The 550w shouldn't be more expensive then the 520w as the 520w is the better psu.