New PSU recommendation

[nasvemos671]

Ok the rig in my signature has been giving me some SERIOUS problems. I'm ending up having to replace the nickel battery in the mobo almost every 2 months because its not posting. I'm hoping that by replacing the PSU it will rectify this problem. Currently what is in there right now is a ABS Tagan 900watt modular. I just have a few questions.

1. For the hardware I am running; what type of wattage would I be needing? I've been told that 900 watts is overkill, but I wanted to be safe at the time of purchase. I'm going to be currently moving out of my gov't quarters, which means I'm going to have a power bill.

2. I've gotten some really good recommendations to purchase the Antec PSU's and currently this is what I am looking at purchasing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015

or for $40.00 more

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371009

What do you think?

Thanks in advance!

[RollingThunder]

Ok the rig in my signature has been giving me some SERIOUS problems. I'm ending up having to replace the nickel battery in the mobo almost every 2 months because its not posting. I'm hoping that by replacing the PSU it will rectify this problem. Currently what is in there right now is a ABS Tagan 900watt modular. I just have a few questions.

1. For the hardware I am running; what type of wattage would I be needing? I've been told that 900 watts is overkill, but I wanted to be safe at the time of purchase. I'm going to be currently moving out of my gov't quarters, which means I'm going to have a power bill.

2. I've gotten some really good recommendations to purchase the Antec PSU's and currently this is what I am looking at purchasing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015

or for $40.00 more

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371009

What do you think?

Thanks in advance!

This is a work-in-progress by Diaz, most have review URL's attached to them:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=589708

Both your Antecs are on the recommended list, look at others in your power range and shop for the best price. A good 650w supply would do easily, if you upgrade your vid cards in the future you may need more. If you see any on the list that are bigger and on sale for the same price as a lower power unit, that would work too.

[Tweaked!]

I've always had good experiences with the few Antecs I've owned in the past, but for the price, I would have to recommend either the Corsair TX650 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005) (which is actually cheaper than the Antec in price, but a very solid performer) or the PC P&C (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009) for the same price range as the Antec. I've got both PSUs and am very satisfied with them both.
Just food for thought, there's nothing wrong with Antec in general. They're not high performance, and yet they're not budget junk either.

[Super Nade]

Ok the rig in my signature has been giving me some SERIOUS problems. I'm ending up having to replace the nickel battery in the mobo almost every 2 months because its not posting.

Are you sure that is necessary? Does it measure about 2.6~3.0V? Did you check the voltage?

[nasvemos671]

The battery that I use says "3.0v" on it. I don't know how to check voltage but I don't think the several batteries I have gone through can ALL have the bad voltages.

[Super Nade]

I seriously doubt even a single battery you have replaced is bad. Your problem lies elsewhere. I would suggest investing in a decent multi-meter (about $30 for the super cheap ones) and check the voltage on the batteries. Set the display to "voltage/V-DC" on meter, place one of the test leads into the hole marked "COM (as in common) and the other lead in the hole marked V (usually red in color) on the meter. Next, take the opposite ends of both leads and touch them to the front and rear side respectively. Tell me what you see.

Here is a visual guide-->http://mechatronics.mech.northwestern.edu/design_ref/tools/multimeter.html

A youtube video explaining the process-->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzjMIcER4EU