Check out this power supply!

[GRagland]

I am thinking of getting this powersupply for my rig in my sig.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...+400W+Power+Su&searchdepa=0&order=Description
Its cheap and the newegg comments are all really good. Should i get this?

 

[Need4Speed]

linked

 

[tm37]

Pics!

Seems ok.

 

[GRagland]

anyone here had any experience with this brand?

 

[nick1985]

they are a cheapo brand. id rather have a 300 watt antec

 

[TD77077]

I've used two of them, one for about 6 months now. They seem OK and are not excessively noisy or hot.

 

[GRagland]

ok, what psu do you guys recommend for a overclocked 2100+ tbred b, 9700pro, cd drive, dvd drive, 40gb ibm deckstar....

 

[Bovinicus]

I would recommend going with a lower wattage, but higher quality PSU. High wattage cheapies are almost never good. HEC is really good for the price.

 

[Jhhnn]

I'm with bovinicus- the 350w HEC (Heroichi/Compucase) is a very good value, quality unit, as is the 350w Sparkle (Fortron/Source).

Allied is a marketing company similar to Antec, except that their market segment is more towards the low end. Both have stuff made to their specs, or just have existing stuff made with their labels. Dunno about that 400w, but Allied commonly sourced psu's from Deer in the past....

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: GRagland
ok, what psu do you guys recommend for a overclocked 2100+ tbred b, 9700pro, cd drive, dvd drive, 40gb ibm deckstar....

Not that Allied PSU, that's for sure. I like Enermax a lot, some prefer Antec, and Sparkle. Pick one of them. If you're overclocking your proc, then you're crazy to skimp on the PSU. That thing just barely meets AMD specs @ 30A on the +5V line. I wouldn't use it if I were you.

 

[knighttraveler]

I also agree HEC are the way to go. I have a 400W and it's quieter and more stable than my previous enermax 430W, for $25 cheaper

 

[308nato]

Buy this unit from NewEggFor the money you can do no wrong here. I bought a couple of these locally and am very impressed. The voltages never drop below spec and stay rock solid. Until one of these do something that scares me I will not be spending big bucks on an Antec again.

 

[GRagland]

what psu is that? you just linked to the picture.

 

[308nato]

OOps.

Enlight 420 watt

I'm on one of the kids pc's with that unit now. 1800+ Tbred A 12.0 multiplier @ 145 fsb. Led fans, cold cathodes, yada yada.

+12 = 12.646
+5 = 5.10
+3.3 = 3.456

Under the heaviest load I can throw at it they barely drop.

 

[GRagland]

How do I find out if my current psu is giving me enough power, i have motherboard monitor, but i know nothing about psu's. lmk.

 

[308nato]

Post your voltages from MBM **and** your hardware monitoring in bios.

 

[GRagland]

Motherboard Monitor:

core 0 = 1.76v
core 1 = 1.55v
+3.3 = 3.4v
+5 = 4.95v
+12 = 12.25v

So, is my 300w psu supplying enough power?

 

[308nato]

Looks good to me. You don't want your =5 to drop much more than that. Double check the numbers you posted with your bios just to double check accuracy.

The real test now is to run something like Prime95 and have MBM up as well. Watch you numbers for fluctuation over a 1/2 hour or so. record your high and low. As long as they don't drop/fluctuate a lot you seem to be in good shape to me anyway.

Although I would say from the hardware you have posted for your rig that if you add anything else I would get a higher wattage unit.


But, what the hell do I know ?

 

[GRagland]

running prime95, +5 drops down to 4.83v and stays around there. +12 is at 12.37v. +3.3 at 3.39v. yes, i did check my bios and it is same as mbm. 5v drops down to 4.81 after 3dmark2001 nature test. does this look alright?

 

[McCarthy]

Another 'hell yeah' for Enlights.

Ran my AMD 1600+/GF2/3HD/1CD/etc machine off a 235 watt Enlight without trouble. But everyone said you need 300 so I bought an Enermax to be safe. Damn thing was noisy and the 5v kept dropping until it junked. Didn't have the 235 anymore so got an Enlight 300 - been perfect. Quiet, stable, never have to think about it.

Enlight, yup, great experience here.

 

[GRagland]

well, what i have now is the 300w enlight psu that came in my enlight case, so is that good?

 

[McCarthy]

That's what I'd use. Unless there's instability that looked to be related to low/fluctuating voltages.

If it's working why change it? If you haven't tried it yet, try it.