Which Enermax Powersupply to choose

[deadkenny]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for that question, but it's at least related to overclocking. Right now I have a High Quality temperature controled 450W Power supply that can provide 240W on 3V + 5V combined, 30A on the 3V line and 45A on the 5V line. The Enermax 431W provides "only" 220W combined power but 38A and 44A on 3.3V resp. 5V.
The product specs as well say "5Vsb 2.2A". My current one sais 1A and the Enermax 550W sais 1.8A. I was about to order the 550W Enermax, but what does this 5Vsb mean, is it any important?

 

[heffe734]

i have the 431 W...and it's gotten me to 1.67...so i'll have to recommend that. 80 bucks @ newegg.com

 

[deadkenny]

Are there any people with 550W Enermax? I got my 1.2GHz AXIA "9" up to 1.55GHz (before I fried it when I ran it without heatsink) with my PSU but I want more I'm going to buy an AYHJA CPU and I might buy the big Enermax. The 431W won't be better than my current one I think.

 

[bevancoleman]

The higher 5Vsb will allow you to use featuers such as Suspend to RAM.

You will find the enermax has several 550W PSUs, one of them will support the higher voltages. (all their new models have the higher voltages on the 5volt lines).