What powersupply is going to be needed for the next year or two?

Well, I have a nice Antec case, but my Athena PSU just has 4 normally aligned holes, so it doesn't match up. When I was assembling this PC a few days before Christmas, I was like NO WAY am I going to let a PSU stop me from playing my games during Christmas with my relatives (this was before I found out Circuit City sales Antec PSUs ) so I used a little peg board hanger, some zipties, and some more zipties, to secure it to the case

It has been working like a charm for almost 4 months now.

However, I do want to get a PSU that is more "well known" among the overclocking crowd. I haven't really done much overclocking, just done the video card with Coolbits.

Now the question is, if I do buy another PSU, which one should I go for? I saw a 700watt PSU from (I think) OCZ on newegg for about $190.

Also, if I do replace the PSU soon, I'm going to get another case as well, as mine is a little too small for my liking.

So, what PSU would you advise me to get? I currently have a 550 watt PSU with connectors for SLI, but will this be enough for a while, even if I have a SLI setup and 3 HDDs?

Depends on what SLI setup you are going with.

HDD's don't really draw that much power, only on startup.

I mean like two 7900gtx 512s

I have a 350 Watt Antec Fanless PSU with SLI connectors. It says: ATX12V v2.0 compliant compatible with current and newest generation of motherboards.

I see there is ATX12V v2.2 will this PSU work on that ATX standard? And what is ATX by the way?

nicoliani said:

I have a 350 Watt Antec Fanless PSU with SLI connectors. It says: ATX12V v2.0 compliant compatible with current and newest generation of motherboards.

I see there is ATX12V v2.2 will this PSU work on that ATX standard? And what is ATX by the way?

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ATX is the standard motherboard format. There is BTX (which has its pros) but no one really uses it.