BFG 550watt powersupply?

[drpootums]

I saw on chumbo that they had a deal with a copy of Doom 3, the BFG 6800GT oc, and a BFG 550watt powersupply for $450. Link to combo. It says it has dual 12 volt rails and is silent with good airflow, but i cant seem to find out any details about it other than that. Maybe u guys can help me out!

 

[cyberknight]

I dunno, it should be powerful enough to power a 6800GT, cuz they would just be asking for PR problems if it didn't.

http://www.bfgtech.com/power_supply.html

there's the official link to it, details are kinda wishy washy.

>> Input Current
12.0A for 115 VAC; 7.0A for 230 VAC

not sure how to interpret that.

 

[Mrvile]

Looks like a pretty good deal considering the video card alone is 400 bucks.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: cyberknight
I dunno, it should be powerful enough to power a 6800GT, cuz they would just be asking for PR problems if it didn't.

http://www.bfgtech.com/power_supply.html

there's the official link to it, details are kinda wishy washy.

>> Input Current
12.0A for 115 VAC; 7.0A for 230 VAC

not sure how to interpret that.

There are no details, which most likely means its piece of crap.

 

[AristoV300]

"There are no details, which most likely means its piece of crap."

Very good advice.

 

[Jeff7]

It doesn't even list the rails' outputs. Check out Antec's specsheets. They list everything. Heck, they'll even list the vibration tolerances of their PSU's - frequency, G-forces, axes, and time.
I didn't find any reviews of the power supply either.
It might work - it just probably won't come close to putting out 550W. And the lines might not be too stable. I can't say for sure of course, as I've read nothing about it. But I'll go along with the common wisdom here - BFG seems fairly privy about the specs. So what's the big secret then?

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: AristoV300
"There are no details, which most likely means its piece of crap."

Very good advice.

For some reason, I LOL'd.

 

[drpootums]

yes, but they are $100 by themselves on chumbo, which can still mean they're bad i guess. I sent BFG an email for more specs., and we'll see how that turns out.

 

[MDE]

I sent BFG an email for specs and this is what I got back: pic
EDIT: It does have dual 12V rails. It looks like there's a typo in the pic calling the 12V CPU rail negative when it should be positive.

 

[Thermalrock]

seasonic > bfg.

 

[drpootums]

Hmmm...i send BFG an email a couple days ago and got nothing myself...

O well, doesnt look too good, so i'm going with a Coolermaster Realpower 450w, unless anyone knows of one that's better and cheaper (the coolermaster one costs $75, but used the 12V version 2).

Thanks!