Overclocker's PSU under $70?

[suszterpatt]

Friend of mine's building an to-be-OC'd rig for gaming on a budget, similar to my box (same mobo, CPU and vid card for starters). Got all the parts picked out, except the PSU.


I own a CoolerMaster Real Power 450W APFC, and while I don't have first hand experience about how it OC's yet, I've read a bunch of excellent reviews on it. Only problem I can see with it is that it only has 22A on the two 12V rails combined.


Anyone know of a PSU that provides stable enough power, with more amps, at around the same price (~$65-70), or will he do fine with this one?

 

[KoolDrew]

Fortron AX500-A

 

[feelingshorter]

coolmaster is a bad idea...FSP (forton), antec, zippy/emacs such such, im sure you herd of these brands before. Is it just me or does the coolmaster one looks just like the ocz modstream but toned down a bit. In that case..dont get it...

 

[John]

Xclio 450w @ $59.49 shipped

+3.3V@32A
+5V@30A
-5V@0.5A
+12V1@15A
+12V2@17A
-12V@0.3A
+5VSB@2A

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189003

 

[Cheesetogo]

Enermax 300watt w/22amps for 26.50

 

[suszterpatt]

Hmmm, how's the Fortron BlueStorm 500W? 2x15A, goes pretty cheap 'round here.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
Hmmm, how's the Fortron BlueStorm 500W? 2x15A, goes pretty cheap 'round here.

That is the one I recommended above.

 

[suszterpatt]

Right. Sorry. Guess my reading comprehension skills start to diminish at 3 AM

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
Hmmm, how's the Fortron BlueStorm 500W? 2x15A, goes pretty cheap 'round here.

Its pretty good, but beware, the 5V line dipped really low when it was being overclocked in a review
(i think it went down 5% from 5V, which is the absolute lowest it can go while still being within ATX standards)

 

[suszterpatt]

What does the 5V rail power again?

 

[KoolDrew]

It's 8:44 PM here. Also the Fortron PSU is great. Even though it is only rated 15A on both +12v rails it is a much more capable PSU then the Xclio above. Fortron is very conservative when it comes to specs.

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
What does the 5V rail power again?

almost everything, its not as "important" as the 12V, but thiers a 5V wire on every component (hdd, dvd drives, video card, etc)

 

[suszterpatt]

Good point.

 

[feelingshorter]

Originally posted by: BigCoolJesus

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
What does the 5V rail power again?

almost everything, its not as "important" as the 12V, but thiers a 5V wire on every component (hdd, dvd drives, video card, etc)

USB..so if you have a usb keyboard/mouse/light...etc