Power Supply Newbie Help

[mesy4567]

Hi I'm a high school student on a tight budget looking for a power supply. I just recently bought a GeForce 8600 GTS graphics card for my Dell Vostro 200 to find that the power supply is insufficient. My computer's specs are:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz Processor

A Foxconn G33M motherboard

SATA powered 16X DVD+/-RW Drive

SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)

8600 GTS Graphics card

I will most likely upgrade with another hard drive (SATA) at some point. I don't know much about power supplies, but my brother found some that he thought were good and I was wondering if you agreed with him that they were good for a high schooler on a tight budget. He said I should ask you about these. Or if you have any better suggestions. Thanks. :)

Seasonic ATX 12V / EPS 12V 500W Computer Power Supply SS-500ES, Active PFC, 80 Plus Certified, CrossFire and SLI Ready.

Enhance ENP-5150GH 500W ATX12V Rev.2.2 (24/20+8/4+6), 80+ RoHS

XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply 115/ 230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO

[Lemmy]

Out of those three that Enhance seems the best.
What about Corsair VX 450? It has about the same price.

[mesy4567]

Thanks for your suggestions Lemmy. I'm leaning towards the Enhance, but the Corsair looks great too.

[mp666]

I'd buy an ATI 3850 instead of a 8600 GTS. I know 8600 GTS cards are now cheaper but not much cheaper than these :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103051
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161216

All three PSU you cited will be able to power your system.

[spursindonesia]

Yeah, all those three units are more than decent for that particular system, but i must say my preference goes to the Seasonic one -as long it's similarly priced compared to the other two products.

Dang, price of RV670 family is falling rapidly there in USA, while i have to endure a fact that a HD 3850 512 MB price is higher than 9600 GT 512 MB, HD 3870 is more expensive compared to 8800 GT here in Indonesia. :(

[mesy4567]

I'd buy an ATI 3850 instead of a 8600 GTS. I know 8600 GTS cards are now cheaper but not much cheaper than these :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103051
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161216

All three PSU you cited will be able to power your system.
Haha thanks for your suggestions, but I got a really good deal on my card. I got the 8600 GTS for $77 so it was a little more in my budget, but thanks for alerting me to these other ones for the future.

[mp666]

Haha thanks for your suggestions, but I got a really good deal on my card. I got the 8600 GTS for $77 so it was a little more in my budget, but thanks for alerting me to these other ones for the future.

Well that's really cheap. Second hand ?

[mp666]

Yeah, all those three units are more than decent for that particular system, but i must say my preference goes to the Seasonic one -as long it's similarly priced compared to the other two products.

Dang, price of RV670 family is falling rapidly there in USA, while i have to endure a fact that a HD 3850 512 MB price is higher than 9600 GT 512 MB, HD 3870 is more expensive compared to 8800 GT here in Indonesia. :(

Same here. Basically even. Except EVGA cards which are very expensive.

[spursindonesia]

Yeah, from the latest price list, HD 3870 price has gone a bit more reasonable, if you compare from the same vendor & bundle, like Asus, MSI, & Gigabyte. But still nowhere near the level appeared in USA, ATi pricing policy in my country SUX big balls.

I've been a long time fanATic -Radeon 9100 LE, 9550, 9800 Pro, X800 XT, X1900 XT 256 MB and finally X1950 XTX, but had turned & been assimilated into a green nVdiot borg last December because of their unforgiving price scheme -how can a reference board Forsa 8800 GT 512 MB card be priced 10% cheaper than a comparatively HD 3870 unit from other vendors ? After all their promises/rumors in the web that RV670 will be a price vs performance champion. :mad:

[jiffnut]

The 8600GTS is actually available on buy.com for pretty cheap.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204450334

Looks like a good cheap graphics card for a high school student to me.

[mesy4567]

Well that's really cheap. Second hand ?Nope. New from www.buy.com as jiffnut posted.