Modular PSU
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spanky
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Acbel Polytec
Akasa
Antec
Astec
Asus
Channelwell
Corsair
Delta
Enermax
Enhance
Etasis
FSP
Gigabyte
Impervio
Lite-On
Masscool
OCZ
PC Power and Cooling
Seasonic
Seventeam
Silverstone
Sparkle
Thermaltake Toughpowers
Ultra
Wintact
Wintec
XClio
Zalman
Zippy
I'm not sure which of these companies offer PSU's in that watt range but just take a look wherever you like to buy your stuff. This list is straight from ceewi1's psu good/bad list
Akasa
Antec
Astec
Asus
Channelwell
Corsair
Delta
Enermax
Enhance
Etasis
FSP
Gigabyte
Impervio
Lite-On
Masscool
OCZ
PC Power and Cooling
Seasonic
Seventeam
Silverstone
Sparkle
Thermaltake Toughpowers
Ultra
Wintact
Wintec
XClio
Zalman
Zippy
I'm not sure which of these companies offer PSU's in that watt range but just take a look wherever you like to buy your stuff. This list is straight from ceewi1's psu good/bad list
ceewi1
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The Antec Quattro 850W would be at the top of my list of considerations. It's semi modular (some fixed cables, some removable) and a great quality unit at a very attractive price.
Ultra's X3 800W is another very good unit, but also significantly more expensive.
Seasonic's M12 700W is superb, but also very expensive for a 700W unit. Ditto for Enermax's semi-modular offerings in this range. The Infinity 720W is a very high quality unit, but with the high price and abnormal rail distribution issues I wouldn't really recommend it.
Silverstone's Decathlon series is good and reasonably priced, although 850W is pushing the platform a little, it still performs well. These days I'd avoid the Striders, though.
XClio's and Thermaltake's modular PSUs are solid platforms as well (actually the same platform, I believe). Good value, well performing PSUs.
Those would be the main ones I feel are worth considering. I'd pass over the OCZ/FSP/Kingwin/NZXT/Xion/Topower units at this size.
Do you have a budget in mind? What will it be powering?
Ultra's X3 800W is another very good unit, but also significantly more expensive.
Seasonic's M12 700W is superb, but also very expensive for a 700W unit. Ditto for Enermax's semi-modular offerings in this range. The Infinity 720W is a very high quality unit, but with the high price and abnormal rail distribution issues I wouldn't really recommend it.
Silverstone's Decathlon series is good and reasonably priced, although 850W is pushing the platform a little, it still performs well. These days I'd avoid the Striders, though.
XClio's and Thermaltake's modular PSUs are solid platforms as well (actually the same platform, I believe). Good value, well performing PSUs.
Those would be the main ones I feel are worth considering. I'd pass over the OCZ/FSP/Kingwin/NZXT/Xion/Topower units at this size.
Do you have a budget in mind? What will it be powering?
colt1911
New Member
At this time I don't have a budget , I 'm just looking to get something of good quality and that will be reliable. I have a 800watt ultra at the moment but it is not modular. My friend is going to buy it when I get a new one. The modular design will help me to clean up my case and improve my air flow alot. Thanks for the advice. My setup is below except for the two video cards I just ordered which are the XFX 8600GTS what PSU wattage would you recommend? I figure between 700 and 800 but I could be wrong?
ceewi1
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8600GTSs really don't draw that much power. The official recommendation for SLI is only 450W with +12V@24A: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130084, although it wouldn't hurt to go a little higher than that. A Corsair HX520, or other high quality 500-600W PSU would do the job.
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w-sli-certified-modular-atx-power-supply/q/loc/101/203270716.html - this is a good PSU as ceewi1 said.