Thermaltake Purepower 680W & Lian-Li PC-V1000 Case

[TantrumusMaximus]

I was all excited about my purchase of the Thermaltake Purepower 680W PS to power my SLI rig and lo and behold I find a review over at http://www.gruntville.com that happens to use the case I have for the review and I guess the PS is too long to fit without modding. Arghghg! I am not a power tool kind of guy. My wife is more likely to mod my case better than me! And I am trying to hide this purchase from "her" so I'm in deep crap if I don't get this installed quickly! Guess I'll have to sneak out for a phantom LAN party that for some reason SHE can't attend. heehehhehe This one is going to bite me in the A$$

Anyone have any tips on what I can expect for modding this to fit??? Sawsall? Chainsaw? No really I'm not that bad but any tips would be appreciated.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Why did you get the Tt PSU.

Nice choice on case, bad choice on PSU.

As for modding this case: If i understand everything right a dremel should do well also.

-Kevin

 

[McArra]

I own that PSU and is a great one, prepare yourself for lot's of TT is crap posts. It is 2,5 cm longer than usual, I have had little to no problems installing it in the two cases I have used with it. You should have little to no problems with it except in not to big cases.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Please dont misunderstand my post.

I merely am saying that you could have done much better for the money spend. The PSU isn't BAD however it isn't high quality either.

-Kevin

 

[McArra]

Kevin have a look at some reviews, is a high quality PSU, another thing is that you may not like it...

 

[Gamingphreek]

Its not that i dont like it. I have bought Tt many times. And each time there is a much better product out there for relatively the same price. Im not taking a bias or anything however this PSU is not high quality. It is a decent low to mid-range PSU for light to medium OCing. It is not in the same league as the Enermax Noisetakers, the Seasonic Super Tornados, S12's and a far cry from OCZ, PCP&C, and Zippy.

-Kevin

 

[TantrumusMaximus]

I do appreciate the concern and kind of expected that... but I rarely buy crap. Everything I read has nothing but positive to say other than the Thermaltake bashers here. TT could make the best of anything and it would be bashed blindly here just "because." I almost didn't buy this PS because of that. I have PM'd a couple users here that own it and they love it and have had NO issues.

However Newegg has found that it is in high demand because they have chosen to price gouge on it. LOL they have it for $199! When it was $159 a week ago.

It is perfect for SLI.

 

[Idleuser]

gamingphreek must you always post something negative when you got nothing nice to say? He posted about help on fitting the psu on to his case. This isn't a psu vs psu war.. anyways you'll have to probably modify it in some way if you can't fit it into the case...

 

[Gamingphreek]

I understand you rarely buy crap. However there were much better choices for PSU's out there.

Now having looked at the price. ARE YOU INSANE!!!! You just got ripped off BAD. You could have gotten Zippy, OCZ, or PCP&C, all of which are MUCH MUCH higher quality. You could have gotten a WAY WAY better deal on a high end PSU. I will garauntee that my 520 Watt OCZ is more powerful than that PSU as well as being higher quality, quieter etc.... Garauntee it.

Im sorry but really bad choice.

-Kevin

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: Idleuser
gamingphreek must you always post something negative when you got nothing nice to say? He posted about help on fitting the psu on to his case. This isn't a psu vs psu war.. anyways you'll have to probably modify it in some way if you can't fit it into the case...

I didn't make it a PSU vs PSU war. Did you post anything whatsoever to contribute to the thread....no. You simply came in here to tell me that.

Must i always post something negative? Ummm no, where did you get that idea. Last i checked all my posts look good.

-Kevin

 

[McArra]

Review

Review 2

Review 3: ME

I can't enter the other reviews, I'm going to PM you, today, I'll try tomorrow.

By the way. What is the case? Post a picture please.

 

[Idleuser]

Gamingphreek last I checked you were an apocalypse for ultra power supplies now you're coming here bashing TT power supplies. All you ever did was criticize his judgement in making a purcahse with his 680w TT powersupply. McArra his case is this I believe http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-112-051&depa=0 seems like a really tight fit without doing any modification

 

[McArra]

No only does it look tight, it seems like it doesn't have a rear hole for the PSU's rear fan... modding is almost sure needed unless you buy another case

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: Idleuser
Gamingphreek last I checked you were an apocalypse for ultra power supplies now you're coming here bashing TT power supplies. All you ever did was criticize his judgement in making a purcahse with his 680w TT powersupply. McArra his case is this I believe http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-112-051&depa=0 seems like a really tight fit without doing any modification

I have not bashed any PSU's. If you think i have please provide some links and i will happily interpret them for you. I have given reasons behind my statements, and i have presented both sides of the argument (basic journalism), you dont get any more neutral than that. I have a basis for my claims.

I have not criticized his judgement at all. I made that plain and clear in my post. I said i am not flaming. All i said was i think he could have done much better for the money spent. Go ahead an look at the poll i did a while back. 1. was PCP&C 2. was OCZ and 3. was Enermax IIRC. Once again i have a basis for my argument. The same goes for Ultra power supplies.

Need anymore information, ill be happy to provide my basis for my arguments.

-Kevin

 

[Tiamat]

hmm, taking a dremel to a LianLi is like willingly papercutting your eye.

Too bad you didnt grab the longer version of that case...

Good luck

 

[fireontheway]

Is the psu a new purchase?If so,why wont you RMA it?

 

[Gamingphreek]

No dont go through that trouble. If it gets done what you need to dont worry about what i or others think. However if you are every really going to put a load on that system then you may want to look into a higher quality PSU.

-Kevin

 

[Operandi]

Why not just get a different PSU 680watts is pretty pointless regardless of how good the PSU is.

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
No dont go through that trouble. If it gets done what you need to dont worry about what i or others think. However if you are every really going to put a load on that system then you may want to look into a higher quality PSU.

-Kevin

Kevin, have a look at reviews, I've posted 2 and stop saying what you don't know, you don't have that PSU, so please stop this game, is getting really frustrating. Want more? Another review

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
I understand you rarely buy crap. However there were much better choices for PSU's out there.

Now having looked at the price. ARE YOU INSANE!!!! You just got ripped off BAD. You could have gotten Zippy, OCZ, or PCP&C, all of which are MUCH MUCH higher quality. You could have gotten a WAY WAY better deal on a high end PSU. I will garauntee that my 520 Watt OCZ is more powerful than that PSU as well as being higher quality, quieter etc.... Garauntee it.

Im sorry but really bad choice.

-Kevin

more power is vitally imporant! I went from a generic 350 to a higher end 500. My system was faster all the way around *laugh* I have a lower power Enermax and it will PWN your l33t OCZ on noise, quality, all that jazz. OCZ is overhyped worse then P Diddys music. You can do better then OCZ, but you can't possibly spend more money doing it. And let me add this, the Modstream is ugly, why make a modular PSU if you're going to include cables that looked like they were sleeved by retarded chimps? I suck with tools in general, and my sleeving job owned what big bad OCZ did.

OCZ makes great powersupplies no denying it. But only a fool buys into the hype that you need to spend 150 bucks to safely and powerfully run your system.

The TT is a great unit, and it has 3 12v rails, I gaurentee your OCZ doesn't have that!

 

[Gamingphreek]

And let me add this, the Modstream is ugly, why make a modular PSU if you're going to include cables that looked like they were sleeved by retarded chimps?

What does that have to do with anything. #1 i have a Powerstream PSU. #2 what does cable sleeving have ANYTHING to do with this. Also i have noticed nothing wrong with the sleeving.

But only a fool buys into the hype that you need to spend 150 bucks to safely and powerfully run your system.

No only a fool thinks that running a Powmax or generic PSU is fine.

The TT is a great unit, and it has 3 12v rails, I gaurentee your OCZ doesn't have that!

Why would you need 3? Yeah it is a nice feature, however i have almost the same amount of power on 1 rail that that has on 3.

You can do better then OCZ, but you can't possibly spend more money doing it.

Ok other than PCP&C and Zippy you name one that surpasses OCZ.

have a lower power Enermax and it will PWN your l33t OCZ on noise, quality, all that jazz.

Yeah sure :roll: .

I dont know where you are pulling some of these ideas from but you have absolutely no basis for your statements.

Look im not posting in this thread to compare who has a better system or to bash anything or flame anyone. I made that plain and clear in my second post.

-Kevin

 

[TantrumusMaximus]

I don't plan on joining in on the PSU debate as I know that this choice was well thought out from a power perspective. The PC-V1000 case is setup in a way that the PS I needed to choose had to have a front and rear fan setup. The TT fit the bill and it happened to come along at the right time, it is made for SLI in mind, has a TON of connectors and 3 12 rails at 15a. More than enough power.

I ended up removing the wall by taking out the rivets. It was very easy and didn't ruin anything. It is still a somewhat tight fit but works and the sleeving on the cables made my case look much cleaner than before.

The end result however leaves me somewhat unsatisfied as right now my A64 won't overclock for CRAP. My first reaction was to RMA the PS. So I threw the Antec back in and same result.

I don't know if the fact that I am now using the onboard SATA controller for the hard drives is factoring in something but I can not boot at anything over 225 fsb. Even if I pull the system down to the original setup with the 2 IDE drives I had in before. I don't think it's the TT as either the Antec Truepower 430W or the TT has the same symptom.

I used to run 9 x 285 stable. This has me freaked out.

I don't know WTF happened. I tore apart the WHOLE system and emptied the case before cutting out the rivets and cleaned the case thoroughly so no metal scrap was left to cause any probs.

Arghghg.