Coolermaster Wavemaster + PS

[PVD]

I think I have decided to go with the silver wavemaster for my new system. What do you think would be a good 480+ watt PS to power my OC'd 3500+ system?? I was thinking about the Fortron 530W PS for only $75

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=17-104-968&depa=0

Anybody have any experience with this?? Is it better than the Antec True power 480??

http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=17-103-914&depa=0


Opinions??

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: PVD
I think I have decided to go with the silver wavemaster for my new system. What do you think would be a good 480+ watt PS to power my OC'd 3500+ system?? I was thinking about the Fortron 530W PS for only $75

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=17-104-968&depa=0

Anybody have any experience with this?? Is it better than the Antec True power 480??

http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=17-103-914&depa=0


Opinions??

Why do you need 480 watts+?

Those are both good PSU's, I would say Forton's are more built then your typical Antec.

I would take this Tagan over both however, its one of the best 480 watt PSU's you can get.

 

[PVD]

Well, My system will probably consist of

AMD 3500+ 90nm
Asus A8v 939
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 300GB
ATI x800 XT (or 6800 GT)
OCZ El Platinum rev2 1GB


I am hoping to OC mt 3500+ to 2.7 GHZ and will need alot of juice

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: PVD
Well, My system will probably consist of

AMD 3500+ 90nm
Asus A8v 939
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 300GB
ATI x800 XT (or 6800 GT)
OCZ El Platinum rev2 1GB


I am hoping to OC mt 3500+ to 2.7 GHZ and will need alot of juice

350 - 400 watts would be more then enough.

 

[PVD]

which PS would you recommend then??

 

[PVD]

the 400W fortron PS is only 9 dollars less. Why get this??

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=17-104-962&depa=0

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: PVD
the 400W fortron PS is only 9 dollars less. Why get this??

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=17-104-962&depa=0

I'm not sure why that Foront is $65, I agree that is's a bit over priced. This Tagan is better in every aspect and only $55.

 

[PVD]

I am not familiar with E-power and have not heard alot about them. I prefer to stick with a name brand company to be safe

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: PVD
I am not familiar with E-power and have not heard alot about them. I prefer to stick with a name brand company to be safe

I don't think E-power is the manufacture; perhaps just the distributer for them in the US, Tagan is a UK based company. Tagan is also made by the same company that builds OCZ's units, they are just as good as any Forton, I've used both.

Here are couple of reviews...

http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/tagan/tg480.htm
http://www.hexus.net/content/r...02OTQmdXJsX3BhZ2U9MQ==

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'll tell you what I think of the Coolermaster Wavemaster.

I bought one in September '03, when it was featured in Maximum PC's "Dream Machine of the Year".

By late spring, early summer 2004, it's ratings -- I believe it was in Maximum PC -- dropped from first place to about 11th.

I decided to get rid of it this summer because mid-tower cases have a higher ambient-temperature cooling profile and fewer places to put large, slow, high-throughput and low-noise fans.

But there are plenty of good midtower cases around. The problem with the CM Wavemaster is the stylish lower-front-panel. The existing holes are too small to facilitate a draw of fresh air by the two 80mm fans perched in front of the 3.5"-wide hard-disk cage. The shape of the lower-front-panel makes it difficult -- near impossible -- to modify in order to install a 120mm fan -- of any sort. And finally, the drive cage and two stock 80mm fans sit about an inch behind the front-panel inner surface. So instead of drawing in fresh, cool air from the front, the fans tend to recycle air that is already in the case.

You could make several possible mods to the case without altering the lower-front-panel -- for instance, you could add a blow-hole over the processor fan, and install a duct so that all air blown on the CPU comes directly from outside the case.

The other thing I don't like about the Wavemaster is the limited area in the case rear for installation of a fan that is larger than 80mm.

If I were to buy a case from CoolerMaster, I would choose the CM-Stacker.

I've made a deal to sell the CM Wavemaster to my dentist, who wants to build a Pentium 4 for his office. I understand where he's coming from -- he'll get a section 179b tax deduction for it, and the case adds prestige to the professional surroundings. He's going to use a 2.4C processor, without overclocking. For that, my guess is that at an air-conditioned 73F room temperature, his system should have an idle CPU temperature value of between 83F and 89F, so he'll be fine. And I was forthright in telling him why I don't like the case.

 

[PVD]

thanks bonzai. Hmm.. don't go ans confuse me now and make me change my mind for the one millionth time for my case!! The case has been the hardest component to select. I am also considring the ANtec Superlanboy and the Thermaltake Tsunami

 

[PVD]

I was doing some research on the TT Tsunami. It has the front fan with intake bevels which would alleviate the airflow problem you had with the Wavemaster bonzai duck. It also comes with a 400W PS, always a plus.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

A point to note that all three (lanboy, tsunami, and cm stacker) all have 120mm fan for intake and another 120mm for exhaust. Bigger = more air cfm = but quieter.

it all depends on how u will use it and how often you see opening the case for upgrades with lanboy (smallest) to stacker (largest space to work inside and tons of drive bays).

lanboy is good if you are going to be moving it a lot.