What PSU would you recommend for this system?

[kehi]

Please lmk what you think. Need to have the long power cables since it is going in large tower. Thanks.


Specs:

- Epox 8RDA+
- 2500+ (oc'ed to 2800+) 200fsb x 10
- 2 x 512mb TwinMos PC3700
- 2 optical drives
- Radeon vid card
- Nic
- 2 WD 80GB 8mb SE HDD's in Raid 0
- Raid pci card
- Chieftec 601 case (very tall)

 

[rogue1979]

Allied 450-watt dual fan. Relatively inexpensive and enormously powerful.

 

[Cogman]

or, because money does not seam to be much of a problem, a Antec True Power 430 (is it 430 or 450) anyways a True Power Antec is very quiet.

 

[rogue1979]

I've gotten a bad taste for Antec. Three 400-watt models have died in the last couple of months. I have also seen several posts lately concerning the True Power series. I know the specs and features make it sound great, but the reliability and performance sounds questionable at this point. I have had three Allied 450-watt power supplies lately. Absolutely bulletproof, quiet and cool.

 

[Corporate Thug]

antec 380 truepower, more than sufficent

 

[slicksilver]

FSP/Sparkle 350w....its only $32 and is sufficient in most cases

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: rajkanneganti
FSP/Sparkle 350w....its only $32 and is sufficient in most cases

 

[Cogman]

Well, Personally I have never had a problem with my TruePower 330, I cant hear it running and having a quite water cooling system make my computer one of the quietest Ive ever heard.

 

[INGlewood78]

antec

 

[Fallengod]

Another vote for antec. Antec = g0d of PSU world

 

[tweaker54321]

Antec TrueControl 550W

 

[Shimmishim]

fortron 350W
allied true 400 or 450W

both cheap at newegg

 

[Shimmishim]

fortron 350W
allied true 400 or 450W

both cheap at newegg

 

[ventauri999]

Turbo-Cool 425 ATX...when power is an absolute concern for the serious overclocker seeking maximum performance. My 400W Antec just went heads up today and I have researched this to the extent that if money is not a priority, then PC P&C is the best money can buy:

http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/products/power_supplies/highperformance/turbocools/index_hp_atx.htm

If you are wanting to stay with a budget, go for Fortron/Source or Sparkle which did very well in Anandtech's latest roundup:

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841


My money is on the Turbo-Cool 425 ATX being shipped to me this coming week

 

[modedepe]

An antec true power, a 380w should be more than enough.

 

[Soulkeeper]

another vote for the antec true power
try to get 400 watts or more if you can

 

[mindwreck]

antec

 

[Ecliptic]

fortron/sparkle are high quailty and cheap
I've had no problems with my antec truepower 480, but when the cpu is under load (like when I run prime95), it makes a high pitched whinning noise. Kinda annoying

 

[Lyfer]

Originally posted by: rogue1979
Allied 450-watt dual fan. Relatively inexpensive and enormously powerful.

Ditto. Why would you spend more? My Allied 450W runs my 3.3GHZ p4 IS7 rock stabiliy with no probs. $39, you cant go wrong.

 

[Jeff7181]

Or you could get the 400 watt Allied on Newegg for $33

 

[stevejst]

My Allied 450W runs my 3.3GHZ p4 IS7 rock stabiliy with no probs.

Would it surprise you that My Enermax 365 runs the same (3.3 GHz on IS7) without a hitch, even cool air is coming out (I have a lot of case fans though). Yep, the finest retail power supply there is - Enermax. Beside the MTBF for Enermax is two time the one for Allied. But of course if one uses AMD then you need more on 3.3+5.

CPU-6795, Mem-6133, HDD-1387

Not bad, how about this:
Pentium 2.4 GHz at 267 FSB (3.2 GHz) with 5:4 memory at 2-3-3-7
CPU: 7925
Mem: 8956
HDD: 1311

 

[james8t2]

ALLIED 450watts from newegg is really good...i just bought this psu. at first i was like...hmm its really cheap...but should i risk it...maybe its weak...this thing powers my 3ghz station with out a problem...and its only 40 bucks.

 

[pelikan]

My Fortron 350W works very well. My rails are very solid and don't fluctuate at all. I tested them with a digital multimeter while under load. I'm using a lot of juice too: 1.9V vcore, 2.9vdimm, 1.7vdd and a video card with volt-modded gpu and memory.

 

[stevejst]

ALLIED 450watts from newegg is really good...i just bought this psu. at first i was like...hmm its really cheap...but should i risk it...maybe its weak...this thing powers my 3ghz station with out a problem...and its only 40 bucks.

Sure, Allied has been on AMD recommended list for some time, it is not a crapy PSU. It is not equal to output of 400 or even 350 Sparkle but it is not shabby at all.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: stevejst

My Allied 450W runs my 3.3GHZ p4 IS7 rock stabiliy with no probs.

Would it surprise you that My Enermax 365 runs the same (3.3 GHz on IS7) without a hitch, even cool air is coming out (I have a lot of case fans though). Yep, the finest retail power supply there is - Enermax. Beside the MTBF for Enermax is two time the one for Allied. But of course if one uses AMD then you need more on 3.3+5.

CPU-6795, Mem-6133, HDD-1387

Not bad, how about this:
Pentium 2.4 GHz at 267 FSB (3.2 GHz) with 5:4 memory at 2-3-3-7
CPU: 7925
Mem: 8956
HDD: 1311

I assume you're talking to me... what about it?