How do you select the right power supply?

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What power supply would you suggest for this set-up?

1 Thermaltake SHARK VA7000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail $169.00

1 DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $199.00

1 eVGA 256-P2-N518 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $379.00

1 AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model - Retail $322.00

1 CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail $76.25

1 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 300 MB/s Hard Drive -OEM $107.00

1 ViewSonic VA1912wb Black 19" 8ms LCD Widescreen Monitor - Retail $325.99

1 NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A -OEM $39.75
 
UPDATE!!

Update...not Corsair....OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System
 
Check out this linky. Its a thread off of dfis forum with their recommended psus. I got the OCZ powerstream 520W which is the one they recommended as the best all around psu and i havent had any troubles so far.
 
what about a OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System
or a
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System...are 2-packs good or not because ive heard bad things about them
 
2-packs are perfectly ok, and for the psu, please refer to the psu selector link in my previous post.
 
I have the same motherboard and would suggest you look at the DFI forums. It's a touchy board and needs TLC and some help from the experts. They also list known PSU's that work with the NF4 boards:
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/
I tried a Enermax 620 watt and it wouldn't work and backed it down to their 535 watt model (forums said it would work) and it did! The DFI Guy's are knowledgable, but stick to their rules if you post...
 
caveman4810 said:
I have the same motherboard and would suggest you look at the DFI forums. It's a touchy board and needs TLC and some help from the experts. They also list known PSU's that work with the NF4 boards:
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/
I tried a Enermax 620 watt and it wouldn't work and backed it down to their 535 watt model (forums said it would work) and it did! The DFI Guy's are knowledgable, but stick to their rules if you post...

thanks alot...im registered under sw_freak64 if ur ever on...thanks again
 
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