Need power supply help

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ritzblitz

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Hi everyone, you might have seen my other post which explains the new computer I plan to build.

I still need advice on the PSU. I really have no idea what I need. I plan to run SLI soon so I assume I will need a pretty beefy power supply.

Heres the setup as of now:
Here are the parts listed in no particular order:

-AMD Athlon 64 FX60 Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

-NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner

-Thermaltake XASER, Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

-Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

-DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

-eVGA 256-P2-N517-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

-FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX600-GLN ATX12V/ EPS12V 600Watts Power Supply (Really need help on this one)

-Thermaltake CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan/Heatsink

-Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

-G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory

-Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

All help is greatly appreciated.
 
For me, PSU is prob the most complicated part to pick out. Seasonic is supposed to be really good, but I have read many reviews that make me question their reliablility. The best power supplies are pc power & cooling although they tend to cost a lot. Like this guy said: Enermax, Antec, and Fortron make good reliable power supplies. OCZ is also supposed to be pretty good. The psu you have listed looks very capable.
 
Just stick to Fortron, Antec, or Enermax, and you'll get a quality psu. PC Power & Cooling is great if you have the dough.

edit: 003 is selling a Silverstone 520W for $95. I assume it's well-built. Talk to him if you're interested...
 
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