[Discreet]

I have gathered a lot of useful information from the forum the past few months but it appears I am now at a small cross road.

I have a Windows 7 based machine sharing my media to my Apple TV as well as my iTunes to a few computers. The set up is this barebones kit plus a 2tb seagate.

This has been working awesome for all of my needs, however I am going to need an office computer for my photo editing and things of that nature. I am currently using my Macbook, however I use this for school and other tasks so I would like a dedicated computer for this photo hobby.

I am to get this case, unless their is a cheaper similar one out there, to replace the case I currently have. My question is what power supply should I get? I am not going to transfer the power supply from the old case to the new case.

thanks in advance.

[numb7rs]

For PSUs, if you're willing to spend the money, you can't go wrong with a Corsair.

That case is a little more ... flamboyant than I would choose. Personal preference though. I would advise against cheap cases, they make building a new rig more like a chore than something to be enjoyed.

[Discreet]

I agree with you on the case, i'm not a fan of the LED's, I just want something that can hold a lot of hard drives and has a lot of fans.

I'm fine spending some money since it is going to be powering a decent amount of drives, how many watts am I looking for? I am going to have a smaller 60-80gb hdd for the OS and then fill it with 2TB 7200rpm drives.

[numb7rs]

Depends how many hard drives you want. Up to 5 or 6 drives, you should be fine with something <500W. If you're wanting more drives, I would suggest a little more grunt; add around 30W per drive (20W if they're low power). It also depends on the other hardware in the system. Unfortunately speccing a PSU isn't an exact science; there are too many variables. Just don't try to save money by getting a 'value' PSU. You will pay for it in the long run!