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Antec Earthwatts 430 or OCZ StealthXStream 400-watt

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rogue1979

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I have two of each, gonna run a 3.2GHz C2D, 2GB of ram, one SATA hdd, one SATA DVD-RW, and a single HD 4870 1GB on two different systems.

It would save me a significant amount of money if either of these power supplies could handle the above systems.

I think the OCZ is more robust, but looking for opinions or someone that is running something similar with no problems.

I have already had one EA430 go bad running one of the above systems with only an HD 4830, luckily replaced by rma. Just bad luck I assume, but certainly not confidence inspiring.

The StealthXStream 400-watt is not an Epsilon platform, it is built by Channel Well Technology.

I have another thread with a link to a review, the OCZ 400-watt pulled 453-watts and was still 80% efficient. I don't think the EA430 would go much over the rated 430 watts. The OCZ also has a nice 140mm fan which helps cool the entire case,
the EA430 only has one 80mm.

If I didn't already of two of each of these power supplies, I would invest a few more bucks on something a little more powerful. But like I said, if I can get these to work safely it would save a nice chunk of change.
 
Yes it should run it, no problem.

For reference, my old Q6600 @ 3.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 4870, 3 HDs, DVD-RW, water pump, pulled 360W from the wall under full load. Assuming around 80% efficiency, that is about 290W load on the PSU. Your systems won't pull as much, so you'll be just fine.
 
OK, that sounds like I should be fine then.

Kinda makes me wonder why alot of people feel like they need to run 650-watt + power supplies when they are not even running a crossfire or sli rig?
 
I'm running an Earthwatts 650W in two of my rigs, but one of them has FOUR 9600GSO cards in it, and another one has a Q6600 @ 3.6, and (planned) two HD4850s.
 
Well, this is the second EA430 that couldn't do the job. HD 4870 failed to run 3DMark06 and was real slow and glitchy in several games. Popped in the OCZ StealthXStream 400 and everything ran perfectly.

Wish I still had my old EA380's, they were made by Seasonic. I think the EA430 is made by Delta.

Well, I learned something from this. Channel Well Technology is better than Delta, period.
 
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