Looking for PSU advice

[Raider1284]

I going to be upgrading soon to a whole new system, since my ddr and agp card are basically going extinct and i seriously doubt my 350W enermax PSU is going to cut it with the new power hungry agp cards. The PSUs I was looking at are below(from lowest price to highest):

Super Flower 550W

The super flower has awesome amperage and wattage and a really nice price, but I havent heard of the company before. Anyone know anything about this PSU? Reviews? Personal advice?

Enermax 500W liberty

Saw people recommending this one from other posts. Looks like it has nice amperage but is 500W enought to power: x900xt, 2 gigs 6400 ram, e6400 and a few fans?

OCZ powerstream 520W

The most expensive one but it has the adjustable rails which seem pretty nice to me. The amps on the different rails is lower then the super flower one though. Does the amperage matter alot?

 

[stu1811]

Enermax FTW!

 

[Raider1284]

Will 500W be enough power?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Adjustable rails *smirk* is kind of a gimik.

Just get the Enermax!


...Galvanized

 

[Raider1284]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
Adjustable rails *smirk* is kind of a gimik.
...Galvanized

Really? I would have thought it would be really helpful when overclocking or if something was being stressed... or will a good PSU automatically give it more juice?

 

[SparkyJJO]

get the enermax. I'm running a system that I'm guessing uses roughly the same amount of power (assuming you meant X1900XT not X900XT since there is no such thing) and I'm on a 550W antec with power to spare. And yes amps are important - a cheapo 500W PSU with only 20A on 12V is worthless and would be outperformed by a good 400W PSU with 30A on 12V. Little extreme comparison but you get the idea.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Raider1284

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
Adjustable rails *smirk* is kind of a gimik.
...Galvanized

Really? I would have thought it would be really helpful when overclocking or if something was being stressed... or will a good PSU automatically give it more juice?

adjustable rails is purely a gimmick!
A top quality PSU`s should not need to have the rails adjusted ever!

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Raider1284

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
Adjustable rails *smirk* is kind of a gimik.
...Galvanized

Really? I would have thought it would be really helpful when overclocking or if something was being stressed... or will a good PSU automatically give it more juice?

adjustable rails is purely a gimmick!
A top quality PSU`s should not need to have the rails adjusted ever!

Agreed, and yes a 500W Enermax liberty is going to laugh at that system.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Of the three, the Enermax Liberty by far.

The Super Flower crossloads too easily, I'm afraid. Super Flower reviews are hard to find, but it's also sold under the Kingwin Absolute Power brand.

 

[Raider1284]

What do you mean by crossloads jonny? I haven't heard that term before. Ill try looking up kingwin. Thanx for the advice everyone!

 

[Bobthelost]

Kingwin are crap.

Crossloading means putting large loads on one or two rails and low loads on others. Some PSUs do not like this and start throwing electronic tantrums if you try it. Check his site out for more information on it. (google JonnyGURU).

 

[Raider1284]

enermax liberty it is then. Thanks guys. Unless you can think of a comparable PSU for cheaper!