holy overkill batman!
600W? seriously? My DUAL 2800+ with a voodoo 5 is on a 510W pcp&c. That includes a video tuner, nic, 2 hard drives, 3 floppys and a cd writer.
How much did you pay, may I ask? I have a dual 771 board that needs a power supply and I'm looking for a 600W ISH supply.
Here's the PSU I ordered:
Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W ATX12V v2.01
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16817182032
NewEgg currently has a promo for 15% off, so I got it for $51 with free shipping. The promo expires on December 12th.
No, I definitely don't need a 600W PSU for this system. Realistically, I only need about a 420W/430W PSU. However, this is quite literally the only brand-new PSU I can find with 55A on the 5V rail that gets decent reviews. The price was pretty good too.
Seriously though, check around. There are still a handful of other models with greater than 40A on the 5V rail, but this is the only one that looks to have some measure of quality behind it.
One of my other systems has an Enermax Whisper 420W unit that I like, but of course I can't find these anywhere anymore; not even used. I've also got a ThermalTake PurePower 420W in another system that is also rock solid. Again, I can't find a new unit like that anymore. There's a guy selling one on eBay used:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thermaltake-Purepower … =item2a26b6ca2a
That auction is ending in 18 hours though, so you better grab it quick if you like it. Here's the NewEgg reviews for it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16817153006
See what I mean though? 80% positive feedback for that ThermalTake PSU. I'm sure the Enermax Whisper PSU is even better. But you just can't find that kind of quality anymore. The Rosewill PSU that I ordered has a 73% feedback rating, and that looks to be about as good as things get nowadays. 😢
I really hope the Enermax Whisper lasts for awhile longer. I think I bought it back in 2001, so it's already almost 12 years old. I have no idea how long a PSU can realistically last though...