Power supply recommendations?

[Engine]

Heya boys.

I've received my 6600 GT, and it would work great, except my Athlon 1900+ (1.6 GHz) seems to be a big bottleneck. After much research, I ordered a K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard (nforce3 AGP), and an Athlon64 3200+ Winchester core.

Problem is, I need a power supply that can handle all this hardware and leave some room for increased voltages in case I decides to overclock at some point in the future.  I also heard on the 12v rail you'd need at least 24A to overclock, can't say I know much about it all though.

Does anyone know of any decent power supplies running under $100, which have a good amount of lead-outs?  Even a link to a recent PS roundup would be helpful. The latest I can find are from 2003.

[Furious]

I like the Antec TruPower PS's

[eagl]

I got a thermaltake silent purepower 480 from newegg.  It was on sale for about $70 if I recall correctly.  They have the 420 watt version on sale for about $50 all the time, and either one would be sufficient, although the 480 would give you some excess capacity in case you need it.  It's reasonably quiet and comes with both a front panel and rear panel rheostat so you can adjust the fan speed to whatever you like.  At low speeds it's pretty quiet and still does a good job keeping things cool, and at high speeds it gets noisier but sucks a lot more hot air out of the case.

[ebgb]

I second the Antec's
Smart fans, Sata connectors, everything you need.

[whels]

Originally posted by Engine
Heya boys.

I've received my 6600 GT, and it would work great, except my Athlon 1900+ (1.6 GHz) seems to be a big bottleneck. After much research, I ordered a K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard (nforce3 AGP), and an Athlon64 3200+ Winchester core.

Problem is, I need a power supply that can handle all this hardware and leave some room for increased voltages in case I decides to overclock at some point in the future.  I also heard on the 12v rail you'd need at least 24A to overclock, can't say I know much about it all though.

Does anyone know of any decent power supplies running under $100, which have a good amount of lead-outs?  Even a link to a recent PS roundup would be helpful. The latest I can find are from 2003.

Engine,

if u want room to grow, i would not get less then a 500W  PSU. Video cards are requiring more n more power. i got this 1 and am very pleased with it and have plenty room to grow.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-021&depa=1

be sure the 1 u get is 20/24  pin able, and SLI capable.

whels

[whels]

Originally posted by Engine
Heya boys.

I've received my 6600 GT, and it would work great, except my Athlon 1900+ (1.6 GHz) seems to be a big bottleneck. After much research, I ordered a K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard (nforce3 AGP), and an Athlon64 3200+ Winchester core.

Problem is, I need a power supply that can handle all this hardware and leave some room for increased voltages in case I decides to overclock at some point in the future.  I also heard on the 12v rail you'd need at least 24A to overclock, can't say I know much about it all though.

Does anyone know of any decent power supplies running under $100, which have a good amount of lead-outs?  Even a link to a recent PS roundup would be helpful. The latest I can find are from 2003.

articles
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20041223/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040122/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20050228/index.html
http://hi-techreviews.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=18

[Grits]

I got this Rosewill 500W for $49 a couple months ago and have had no problems with it so far.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-182-004&depa=0

[Engine]

Thanks for all the recommendations, guys.  In the end I didn't have enough money for a high-quality supply, certainly not an Antec.  It was very tempting to pick up a Rosewill 500W for $50, but I was just too leery of anything that cheap saying it can put out 30A on the 12V line with quality and stability.

In the end, went with a one-day sale for $56, free shipping on a Thermaltake 480W.  18A on the 12V, but gets good marks on Anandtech, and newegg reader reviews are %90 5-stars.  Not to mention a slew of connectors.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=17-153-007&DEPA=0

[RELIC]

Engine,

I have the exact same PSU and it has worked fine for me.  In addition, the Winchester (90 nm) core processors seem to overclock well without adding much extra voltage.  I have seen alot of folks bumping the voltage more than they need to get these to OC - plus the lower volts mean they run very cool.  I have my 3000 running at 2.5 and it has settled in at max temps of 44c while running AH and idles at 32.  
I wish I had the money to get the 3200 since it has the 10X cpu multiplier - the 3000 is limited to 9X.  You should be fine for a few years to come with that setup.

RELIC

[Schutt]

I would go for Griffon, much better than Merlin.

[Engine]

Wow RELIC, that's quite cool for a 2.5 GHz! I'm guessing you're not using the stock heatsink/fan that came with the CPU? I'm seeing 38-41c at idle at 2GHz with the stock sink/fan and that generic sticky pad that comes with the sink (heard it's much improved since the good ol' days). I'm tempted to pump it up to 2.2 or 2.4, but worry that it will likely require a more advanced sink/fan and don't want to take such a risk with my new baby so soon.

[crd]

Your 480 should be plenty.  My system ran just fine on an Enermax 435w, including the watercooling setup, with no issues.  Now running an OCZ 520W (which has dual 12v rails) as I mis-diagnosed a reboot problem as being due to insufficient power when in fact I didn't have the memory DIMMS properly split across both channels.  Doh!  got a nice PS now though.

amd 3500+
Koolance Exos (cpu only)
Evga 6800 GT (stock hs/fan)
MSI K8N
2x512 PC 3200
160 GB Samsung SATA

[RELIC]

Engine,

Yes I am using the stock heatsink/fan BUT I've been running it in a very cold house in Nebraska (I keep it at 60-65) and the case is fully open with additional fans blowing on the cpu.  Today we finally had some warm weather and the house warmed up to 75 (whew heat wave) and I noticed the cpu got up to 48c.  
I did clean off the factory thermal paste and replaced it with some Arctic Silver but that is the only change.  Of course it is always possible my readings are off and I'm running at 70c  

[IronDog]

Engine,I just built a +3500 AMD puter,and for the longest time I was going to go with the MB you have.I found out it is very fussy about PS,so I opted for the Asus A8n SLI board.What I would recommend is prolly a  Antec Pure Power,as they seem to work well with SLI boards.Dumb me I bought PS before I got the other goodies,and  a Coolermaster 450 wouldn't do well with MSI.What the other gents are saying is very true.Get a lot of wattage,as these new puters need a lot of juice.The 24 pin power hookup is also very important,as a lot of board makers don't recommend using a 20-24 pin adapter,Hope this was helpful for you.
IronDog
AMD +3500 Thermaltake 1838 fan-heat sink
Asus A8N SLI MB
MSI GT6600 PCI Express card
1 gig Corsair ram,the xl stuff,dual channel
SoundBlaster Audigy PZ 2
WD 80 gig SATA HD
Thermaltake Tsunami case
my first AMD puter,and am I ever glad I switched from Intel. this thing rocks,and not OC'ed.I will put in another GT6600,when I can afford it.