PSU decision

[frofan]

Will the Antec NEOHE 500 be big enough to run my rig? I'm concerned with the 17A 12v line!

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
AMD X2 4400+
EVGA 7800 GT CO
2 36 GB Raptors in raid
1 WD 120 GB
1 DVD+-R
1 CD+-R

 

[frofan]

I also have a stupid question, is this PSU 20 or 24 pin? Anyone?

 

[TraumaRN]

It looks to be a 24 pin....and I have no experience with Antec PSU's but I've heard they are usually good....that one is out of stock right now tho....

ANother good power supply at a similar price is the one I've got in my system....the Tagan U22 480W....quite nice looking unit, VERY quiet and very powerful

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817101516

 

[frofan]

I was able to order it before they went out of stock every place. Will this be enough to power 2 7800's if I ever went SLI?

 

[teezee3000]

Well I just picked up the Antec 480w TP II last week, I only used for a day so far but it seems to much quiter than the stock PSU I replaced it with.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: frofan
Will the Antec NEOHE 500 be big enough to run my rig? I'm concerned with the 17A 12v line!

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
AMD X2 4400+
EVGA 7800 GT CO
2 36 GB Raptors in raid
1 WD 120 GB
1 DVD+-R
1 CD+-R

480w should be good. i've got a thermaltake 480w that works great. it powers 3 hard drives, 2 dvd drives, a bfg 6800 oc.

 

[frofan]

Anyone else?

 

[Jiggz]

You might want to review this. Better yet read on each one of them. PSU

 

[paulw86]

Teh PSU in my sig!!

 

[Cook1]

Originally posted by: frofan
I'm concerned with the 17A 12v line!

It has triple 12v rails of 17A each...you'll be fine!

 

[Cheesetogo]

Originally posted by: Cook1

Originally posted by: frofan
I'm concerned with the 17A 12v line!

It has triple 12v rails of 17A each...you'll be fine!

Actually, it has three 17 amp 12v rails, which is amazing! You'd be able to use that for pretty much anything. It's a very nice psu as well, being modular and having the very high efficency.

 

[Zepper]

depending on the way the rails are configured and what connectors are available, you still might run up against a limitation even with 3 x 17A rails. A single rail PSU would likely still be more flexible. And kindly tell me how one gets over 600 Watts from a 500W PSU - meaning that those rails are substantially over-rated.

See the mess Intel has gotten us into with this split rail crap... :roll:

.bh.

 

[orangat]

Modular cables is a gimmick. Contact resistance will degrade performance and over time build up and cause major problems. Get a non-modular psu.
http://www.pcpowercooling.com/about/interview.php