PC Power Supply

I'm in need of a new power supply for the Dual core PC in my sig.
Shopping around on my own, but I thought I'd throw the question out here.
Anyone have any favorites for PSU's?
Requirments:
-730-800w
-modular cabling
-2 PCI-e connections (6 pin graphics card connectors...6+2's are not currently needed and not really looking for an upgrade path)
-20+4 main mobo
-ATX12v (or ATX12v/EPS12v)
-Under $120...prefferably under $100 (that's seeming to be the hard part)
...can't think of anything else off the top of my head. Forget anything?

Just curious...maybe someone will suggest a diamond that I've overlooked.

Tigerdirect.com, do a guided search for a power supply between 700-800 watts for less than $100. I found 22 power supplies, many of which fit your criteria. Further, the very first power supply listed, a Thermaltake XT, meets all your criteria.

Personally I wouldn't touch a sub $100 PSU that claims to have 7-800w with a ten foot insulated pole. I know it sounds dull but a good PSU is one of the most important things to consider in a new PC build. It's pretty much the workhorse of your PC and it not only has to be of superior build quality, it needs to be efficient and it has to have lots of amperage on the rails to power all of your hungry hardware. The last thing you want is a faulty PSU to blow up on you and take out 3 or 4 other expensive components with it.

The good thing about a high quality PSU is that you can go "low" with the watt rating and still be totally fine.

I think this is exactly what you're looking for. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...air%20hx%20650

$120

This was the PSU I put into my new comp. It was about $134 when I got it, but had a coupon for $40 off. The only thing I'd say that wouldn't fit your criteria was that it isn't modular for the cables, but damn if it doesn't have a lot of 'em. Almost too many. The cables do have a sheathing around them for a bit extra protection.

(Dunno what "ATX12v (or ATX12v/EPS12v)" means. Are you talking form factor? Sorry, I are kinda newbish on that.)

ATX12v = These PSU's have a 20+4pin (or just a 24pin) main mobo connector and a 4pin 12v connector that ussually connects to the mobo close to the CPU socket.

EPS12v = These PSU's have a 20+4pin (or just a 24pin) main mobo connector and an 8pin connector (placement same as above). Mostly a server spec PSU. Supposedly they are backwards compatable...but not really, since the true ones come with the 8pin being one piece, not speratable into 2x4pin connections, so they don't actually fit the mobo because somethings ussually in the way...hence the "ATX12v/EPS12v".

"ATX12v/EPS12v" = Many PSU's come like this now so they're compatable with a wider range.
These have:
-20+4
-8pin (that seperates into 2x4pin)
OR
-20+4pin
-8pin
-4pin
*those are all mobo connections. The other cables from the PSU are the same: SATA, molex, peripheral (sp?), PCI-e (those differ sometimes between 6pin, 6+2pin, 8pin, though).

....or something like that...I think...*please* correct me if I'm wrong...best I can remember off the top of my head.

...I guess even mentioning it to begin with is'nt really needed...not sure what *doesn't* use on or the other of these two standars anymore (except maybe some proprietary [sp?] Dell mobos maybe)...but I'm slightly out of touch with the most recent standards going around.

...that was a little more longwinded than I intended, sorry.

Any of this latest generation of power supplies have both 4 and 8 pin CPU power connectors.

IIRC that box also has a boatload of fans and a TEC to cool the CPU? Then I can understand the wattage requirement. Otherwise I think 730-800 watts is serious overkill.

Corsair's TX750 V2 is $105 after rebate. Can crank out the entire wattage at 12 volts if need be. Should be plenty.

Hey FX...I might be a little late to the party but I just got a Black Widow by Thermaltake. Thing is modular so it comes with plug in octopi for what ever connections you might need. I paid a little over $100 for it but this things has jingle bells.