I would like a 500watt or more PSU that is high quality but not to expensive. Have been looking at this Antec one for 70$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103937

other suggestions/recommendations?

thats a pretty good one, but it depends on ur system specs, so please list them.

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131013

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819103751

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145015

XFX PVT71PUDP3 GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150202

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106070

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148142

I'll tell you now - you do NOT need a 500W PSU. Not even a 400W PSU.

The SeaSonic S12 380W would be plenty of power for your system, and it's a rock solid PSU.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page4.html

Everyone building their own system should read that article. It's really really really rediculous to see these 1KW PSUs, because we're never really going to use them!

i wouldnt worry about psu wattage but it seems higher end video cards require the higher watt psu. for me i am looking at the 7900gs. what do you suggest in this area?

The X1950XTX used in that test draws FAR more power than the 7900GS ever will. The S12 380W PSU will deliver plenty of power, while keeping quiet and delivering great stability.

I suggest you listen to those who do the research, who know the facts, who filter out the bulls*** and can take the time to tell it to you straight. There are two people on this forum who I personally take hardware advice from and Zxian is one of them. Cheers.

Antec power supplies have gone to the s***ter.

Right now I'd recommend a Seasonic power supply or a Thermaltake Toughpower.

Thanks for the input everyone i have never heard of SeaSonic drives. They look pretty nice. The one thing the disappoints me is the fact that this model SeaSonic S12-380 ATX12V 380W does not support modular or SLI. I would really like both of these features. Do you know of any Seasonic Drives around $70 that support these features? I looked at newegg and could not find any...

Sorry to come back to the Antec Smartpower 500w but that one has both SLi and modular support and is acctually cheaper. However i would go for the Seasonic despite modular i just hate haveing so many extra cables laying around in my case...

Thanks again for the great input

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817151029

There's the M12 version - Modular and SLI compatible. It's a bit more pricey, but with some things you get what you pay for.

its definetly worth it! but at that price range, so is this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139001

i spent much time comparing these 2 psu's for my friends comp and in the end i picked the corsair. both are great psu's tho.
also when it comes to psu's, i always say to future proof yourself. what if you want a good vid card or two later on? a quad proc? lots of hdds?

Corsair PSUs are OEMed by Seasonic.

well i guess thats why they're so good then
thx for letting me know that.