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Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

CrAsHnBuRnXp — 2008-01-15T07:24:19-05:00

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Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

CrAsHnBuRnXp — 2007-06-14T04:40:47-05:00

Shadow_Ops_Airman1 said:

here is an alternate list of power supplies here http://www.diy-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854

I think that is tested with the DFI boards. Not just PSU's in general.

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

ian elliott — 2007-06-13T13:25:07-05:00

McFly said:

I was looking at the Enermax Galaxy line, but I couldn't find one that I liked.

How about this one.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-EN...subcat=111

Or this one

Featured the cool guard, the unique patented feature, running not only PSU fan after shutdown, but all system fans to get the heat out of the system and increasing system lifetime by up to 20%.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-031-EN...subcat=111

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

ian elliott — 2007-06-13T13:15:16-05:00

152 Americans can't be wrong.

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

DublinGunner — 2007-05-13T13:40:50-05:00

The lists I provided are created by the authors that I credited, and the supplies have been tested by them.

I would stick to it if at all possible.

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

Shadow_Ops_Airman1 — 2007-05-13T02:33:03-05:00

so how are epower Tigerseries? Ive noticed most power supplies with Higher Wattages only produce like 1 amp more on the rails. Example a 620 watt PSU only having 18 AMPs on the 12V line where a 550 Watt has same amperage. My 500 has 17Amps on the rails, Holds its own with Top Tier video cards. I noticed the Mushkin HPs not being in a good Tier, but has anyone tried one currently, possible they have changed it up a little. http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/power_supply/hp-550.asp

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

Shadow_Ops_Airman1 — 2007-05-06T11:30:31-05:00

here is an alternate list of power supplies here http://www.diy-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

McFly — 2007-04-26T18:19:57-05:00

Well I wouldn't go for a dodgy PSU, modular or otherwise ... I've never owned a Silverstone, but the reviews are glowing.

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

Beavis Khan — 2007-04-26T16:08:43-05:00

Brandon R. said:

ya but not enough to affect overall performance of a product, otherwise it wouldnt be sold if it doesnt meet or exceed standards

If that were remotely true, a list like this would not be needed at all. PSU standards are a joke, and there are lots of tricks that unscrupulous companies use to bend those standards. Then there are supposedly "good" companies like PCP&C that spew FUD about things like modular plugs one day, while releasing a modular PSU the next.

I'm sure the real truth of the modular plug matter is somewhere between the "2 feet" quoted by PCP&C and the "no effect at all" claimed by some manufacturers. In a high quality, robustly designed power supply, I have no doubt that modular plugs have a very small effect on overall performance. On the other hand, I am sure that dodgy PSUs that are also modular are extra-dodgy because of it. Additional points of failure are never a good thing in cheap gear.

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

McFly — 2007-04-26T11:53:58-05:00

Hmm, I see that the Silverstone DA750 is rated as 'Tier 1' in the second list that Dublin posted (http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/66076/?o=0#483977) - Silverstone OP/DA >700W. That's good news. I think that's a shoe-in for me.

This is a good post too ... interesting:
"How Much Power is Enough?" - by Legion Hardware - G. G.
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/66512/

Re: Need Help In Choosing A PSU??? Read This

McFly — 2007-04-26T09:40:47-05:00

Brandon R. Apr 26, 2007, 01:55am PDT
Also if im not mistaken your PSU is in Tier 2, which mine is aswell.

Ah, so it is. I was looking at the Enermax Galaxy line, but I couldn't find one that I liked. I was also looking at the OCZ GameXStream line, which look like great PSUs, but the problem I noticed was that in the case I want (Antec 900), the PSU is mounted upside-down on the bottom, and the cables from the PSU would ugly up my windows view. Any other unit I found with a blue LED fan like the OCZ turns up to be a crappy unit.

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Shadow_Ops_Airman1 — 2007-04-26T09:05:40-05:00

my next Major build i may go with a Seasonic PSU, hopefully by then power requirements will have dropped again.

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DublinGunner — 2007-04-26T08:57:36-05:00

Appears to be a quality unit

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Shadow_Ops_Airman1 — 2007-04-26T08:55:40-05:00

ya but not enough to affect overall performance of a product, otherwise it wouldnt be sold if it doesnt meet or exceed standards. Im running a Neo HE 500, on a HIS X1950 Pro 512 AGP (Not an overclocker), CPU is overclocked slightly to bump up performance (2.36GHz 214x11) that slight boost helped it majorly, eventually i will move it again, then probably top it off at 2.4 (got to remember this is a XP CPU). Also if im not mistaken your PSU is in Tier 2, which mine is aswell.

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McFly — 2007-04-26T08:36:11-05:00

Haha that's kinda what I figured. I'm sure there is some resistance generated though.

This is the PSU I've been looking at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256017

All the reviews I've seen say it's a gem.