skysea76 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I'm planning on buying a PNY XLR8 VCG98GTEE1XEB GeForce 9800 GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814133304) and getting a better card in a year or two (say a 5870, since I suppose they will work by then). And maybe a year after that, do crossfire with 2x5870. So I have three GPU levels: a cheap one with no PCIe connector with about 450-550W, a medium one (for the 5870) with 2x6pin PCIe and 550-650W and a high end one with 4x6pin PCIe (or 2x6, 2x6+2, etc) and 950W or more. I haven't been into building for long (this would be my first build, which I have been trying to purchase for some time now , ~3 months...) so I don't know how PSU prices vary with time. I'm looking at the following PSUs: Crappy PSU: LOGISYS PS480D 10 $ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817170014) 5870 PSU: Sunbeam PSU-ECO750-US-BL 40 US$ (after rebate): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817709021 5870x2 PSU: COOLMAX RM-1000B 100 US$ (w/ rebate): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817159101 So do you think I can save any money upgrading them correspondingly? Should I just get the COOLMAX? Should I do Sunbeam>COOLMAX? I obviously will need the 1000W in the end (three or four years from now) since I will be upgrading the CPU (LGA 1366), RAM (probably will end up with 6x2GB), HDD (maybe 2x7200RPM, 1 or 2 TB +SSD) and I'm planning on adding a Blu-Ray burner. Thanks in advance for your response, which I need ASAP since the chain is: you>me>dad>mom in US returning the 16th. So it's pretty much now or never for me, stuff here in Argentina costs a real fortune, and I don't want a P4 (my aunt -US resident, of course- gave me the one she was trashing, and once I got Leopard working on it the PSU burnt out; it was {censored} anyways) ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205801-good-psu-now-or-upgrade-later-with-the-gpu/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
skysea76 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Well, I bought the COOLMAX. I'll probably be banging my head against a wall in about a year or so, but at least I'll know for next time. Good thing is, I won't have to worry about my components not getting enough power Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205801-good-psu-now-or-upgrade-later-with-the-gpu/#findComment-1378589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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