Advice on PSU

[thefiddler]

Hey people,

I'll be buying a new PSU in a few days probably, and would like to have some advice about that. I own a Seasonic S12+ 550w PSU for now. I plan on buying a new video card soon, that may require more power than my actual overclocked 8800GTX.

Here's what I have:
- INTEL Xeon X3350 (same as Q9450) @3.4GHz
- ASUS Rampage Formula
- 2x OCZ 2GB DDR2 sticks
- eVGA 8800GTX KO ACS³ (factory overclocked)
- 3x WD SATA harddrives
- CREATIVE X-Fi Titanium Fatality
- ASUS DVD Reader
- PLEXTOR DVD burner
- 4x 120mm fans

And here's what will be upgraded:
- I'll add a CoolIT Freezone Elite (Water+TEC cooler kit)
- a new graphics card (probably a GTX280 or a GTX290 if it ever comes out)


I want the new PSU to be ready for an upgrade to Core i7 in a the next few months, and I want it to be modular.

Any advice on which brand and model?

Thanks

[Tonucci]

You current PSU is sufficient, but since you want mudular and future proof a bit, I recomment Corsair 620HX.

Modular, quiet, efficient, affordable and did very very well in every review. Great output quality for 620W at 50c sustained

[OCX600RR]

The Corsair 620W is definitely a good choice. Another worthy contender I'd say would be the Antec TPQ-850W.

[burebista]

If it fits in budget go for Antec Signature.

[Anemone]

Corsair 620 would be plenty

[thefiddler]

Thanks people!

Unfortunately, the ANTEC Signature series aren't easy to find around here, dunno why.

The CORSAIR HX620 modular seems to be a good choice.
However, I'm concerned about two things:
- does it have 8-pin *and* 6-pin PCI-Express connectors (for my future GTX2x0 videocard)
- is it powerful enough to handle my rig, including the CoolIT Water+TEC cooler?

[burebista]

2 x 6+2 PCI-E connectors.
It has 50A on 12V, so it's look like it can handle with easy your config.