Power Supply Recomendations

[razbus]

I am going to be building a new computer with a Abit mobo and an AMD Tbird CPU. I am going to be ordering the Addtronics 7896 case from Jim at CoolCases. The new system will have a couple of SCSI drives. I do plan to overclock the chip.

Any recomendations on power supplies?

 

[eugovector]

Antec 300W. Have one in my 1030, nice and quiet. They have a 400W also, which would give you more headroom, but I cant attest to the noise level, sould be similar.

 

[hagbard]

I'll get flamed for this by all the Antec drones, but they have questionable support for their products. There's nothing about them that make them any better than the generic supplies currently manufacturered (most now come with smart fans anyway, even if they don't call them that).

 

[shiznut123]

enermax 400watts🙂

 

[scdavis0]

Don't let hagbard sway you. He had a bad experience with Antec. 99% of people love their Antec stuff.

 

[NOS440]

Antec is the only way to go in my opinion

 

[pdo]

If you're poor get Antec
If you're rich get Enermax

 

[razbus]

How good are the Enermax 430 PSU

 

[SuperSix]

I must be a drone. So is Anand I guess.



<< You have to keep in mind that not everyone will be running as stressful as a setup as the one we put together here, but in an attempt to separate the best power supplies from the rest we had to go to those extremes. If you stick with the Antec PP-303X or the Delta Electronics DPS-338AB C rev.00 then you won't have to worry about your power supply causing any instability with your Athlon system. >>



Mercilessly ripped from the fine article, AMD Athlon Buyer's Guide - Part 4: Power Supplies, by Da Boss, Anand..

Interesting reading. What do you have to support your theory and choices?

 

[BW]

Yea a while back Anand did a review of ps and they had an Antek 250 watt beat out a generic 400 watt ps.

 

[Renob]

I have a Enermax 430 and it rocks...............Best PSU I have ever had.............

 

[CocaCola5]

I also have an Enermax 430W and fully would recommend it regardless of the premium price. Great attention to detail, nice fluorescent fan blade(only on 1 of 2), protective sheath for the motherboard pwr connector cable.

 

[Jhhnn]

The Antec units are at the high end of standard lightweight PSU's. Perfectly OK for most uses.

The Fortron/Source-Sparkle and Enermax brands are generally considered a step up. I can't say enough nice things about my own experience with Enermax, obviously a cut above.

PCPower&amp;Cooling has offered rebadged Fortron/Source, Magtech and Zippy-Emacs. Good stuff, exorbitantly overpriced thru them. Great service, though.

The Zippy-Emacs might be the very best available, but you will pay dearly. Check this link for those prices and some very good general info.

Netex