New Antec Earthwatts 650Watt $99

[daveybrat]

Nice looking power supply and finally has a 120MM fan.

Three 12V rails with 22a, 22a, 24a.

Newegg doesn't have them in yet, but Fry's does:

Fry's.com

Seems pretty good for $99

 

[RallyMaster]

So what's the combined amperage on the +12V?

 

[ther00kie16]

Combined 12V is 45A, kinda low for a quality 650w if you ask me seeing as Corsair's 620w model has 50A.
But that's not the best deal.
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All 3 of those are less than $100. Fry's also has shipping and/or tax.
Seems like none of those 3 stores have more than a handful in stock. I wonder if these are still made by Seasonic
Anyway, this isn't the greatest of deals, however if they come out with discounts and rebates for these to make them $30-$50 after rebate, then it'd be a different story. As of right now, for ~$100 you can get the better Corsair 620w or 650w (50A and 52A on 12V rail) at many places. With a measely 45A, you might be able to do sli or crossfire with the lower power draw cards. If you are going to buy an Earthwatts, you might as well go with a 380w or 500w (whichever is cheaper) because even the 380w is enough for an oc'ed cpu and a single power hog gpu like the 8800 gtx.

 

[VinDSL]

I owned an Antec EA - bought it for benchbuilds and emergency backup - but my sister-in-law needed it more than I did.

These are good PSUs, but they're butt fugly by design - something to do with 'Green Marketing'.

You can get them @ Provantage for $82.78 and @ CostCentral for $80.81

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: daveybrat
Three 12V rails with 22a, 22a, 24a.

It's 22A, 22A, 25A*.

Originally posted by: ther00kie16
Combined 12V is 45A...

The combined +12V output on the EW650 is actually 47A*.


* SOURCE

 

[ther00kie16]

Where does it say 47A? In the flyer it says the combined output of the 3 12V rails cannot exceed 540W, which translates to 45A.
I see, you just added 22 and 25. Well, at load, the psu cannot output max on all rails. So you have to search deeper.
Anyway, the Corsair 750W at $100 before $35 rebate at provantage is a much better deal because it's higher quality and has 60A on 12V rail.

 

[I4AT]

If you got the 2nd run through of the Buy.com $25 GCO coupon, or haven't used it yet, this PSU is $58.24 shipped.
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