Thanks for the much helpful input 04dcarraher, so do you recommend I buy the Thermaltake 700W PSU with my eyes closed? So there's plenty of juice it can provide...
Actually I got a very good price on that Thermaltake PSU. The thing is, each pin from the latter provides 18A. So when I plug the 6-and 8-pin connectors, wouldn't I be providing my VGA with only 36A? So we would be a bit short on the juice, no?
So I got an EVGA GTX 280 (Superclocked Edition), and it requires at least a 550W PSU. I had my eye on a 700W Thermaltake Toughpower PSU.
While doing some further research, I found out that my card needs at least a minimum output of 40 Amps from the +12V rails. In the feature section in the above link, it says that the PSU has a combined loading of 56A. But if you go to the specification section, you will see a table showing that at the +12V we have an Output Current Max of 18A.
Will this be enough for my VGA? And what should I look at? The combined or the single output?
About future-proofing, I don't think that I will be upgrading from a GTX280 any time soon (or even get another one for SLI). All I need is a good one now. My friends recommended a 600W power supply and said that it would be enough to run the card without bottlenecking. All I'm doing here is to ask if you guys share the same opinion and if Epsilon is a good brand for a power supply.
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