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Aspire AS-500W

I would not buy from those guys. I have an Aspire 420W one and the PSU voltages are all over the place. The 12V undervolts and the 3 and 5V lines overvolts by about 0.15V. Consider an Antec or a better brand.
 
Sure thing. Dunno, my friend said the 500W is their only good psu. I'll take a look at antec as well, can you recommend something in that price range?
The reason I'm buying this PSU is becuase my old one is too weak for my 9800Pro... I get BSODs, "CPU Failed System Test" ...etc. Eveything works when I plug in, say, a 9200. If I plug in a 6800 (tried my friends) it doesn't work. So it's defiantely a power shortage from the PSU.

That's the main reason I'm looking for a powerful PSU - in that price range I can only find Antec 350Ws :S
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-The Pentium Guy
 
One of my rigs is a P4 3.0C overclocked with a 9800Pro, 2HDs, 2 optical drives.

Powered by a Seasonic Super Tornado 300. No problems whatsoever. $49 at Directron.

Such a config doesn't need anything more than 14 amps. If your current PSU can't handle that, it must be a pretty pathetic unit. :laugh:
 
Yeah it is 😛. Some generic 'Orion' thing that came with my case lol. Awesome - we got similar specs, I just have 1 less hard drive. That PSU, even though it's rated at 300W, has 18A on the +12V rail - pretty good.

Alright, after looking around, I found some of these

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151017
SEASONIC SUPER TORNADO-350W ATX12V 350W Power Supply (+12V@19A)
$70 - a bit over my budget.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103455
ENERMAX EG365P-VE FMA 1.3 ATX 350W Power Supply (+12V@26A)
$59.99 - price is't too shabby, great 12V rail as well.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103921
Antec SL350BLUE ATX 350W Power Supply (+12V@16A)
$53.00 - Fits my budget perfectly. Not too sure about the power though - I read up on this and heard it was kind of skimpy.

Any other recommendations?

-The Pentium Guy

 
You can get the Seasonic for $59 Here.

Though I would spend a little more and go for either the 400 or one of the S12s (Tornado 350 has only a 20-pin harness).

A big side benefit of these Seasonics is that they are THE quietest fan-cooled PSUs you can buy, and they are some of the most efficient (i.e. generates less waste heat) PSUs out there.

HTH!
 
Took the cover off to quiet the fan. The case flexed while I plugged in the AC coord. Shorted against the heatsink right there. BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hmm... You don't happen to have an older revision, do you? My Super Tornado is a rev A3 and I can't hear the Yate Loon fan in the unit unless I put my ear against it.

Ah well, I guess you can't even RMA it since you opened the cover..
 
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