Which one? Please help me decide.

[AndyBogard]

Needs to power: Epox NF3 mobo, Athlon 64 3200+ S939, 1 gig of memory, an X800XT AGP, a 300GB IDE Seagate hard drive, 1 optical drive, 1 floppy drive, and about 6 fans. I also intend to overclock.

I'm down to these 2 PSUs, please help me decide.

Forton 530watt FSP530-60GNA:

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=17-104-968&depa=1

I think this one could work for my setup, but I also want to get into overclocking and I keep hearing people say that its better to have more Amps on the 12volt rail for OC'ing, this PSU 18amps on the 12Volt rail.


Forton Blue Storm 500watt:

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=17-104-934&depa=1

I like this PSU for a few reasons, it has pre sleeved cables, and dual 12volt rails totaling 30amps, which is what I gather better for overclocking. With this PSU, its ready for PCI Express, so how would I hook up my AGP video card to this power supply?


This is only my second time building, and the first time was a year and a half ago, so I'm having relearn a couple things. Sorry for the noob questions.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SrGuapo]

Originally posted by: AndyBogard
With this PSU, its ready for PCI Express, so how would I hook up my AGP video card to this power supply? /q]

It just means it has extra connectors to attach to PCI-e cards. It will still work ine with AGP, though you will have an extra wire or two floating around.

Also, the firast card was labeled as having 16/28A rails, not 18.

 

[AndyBogard]

Forton lists that first PSU on their website at 18A on the 12V rail.

If I get the Blue Storm PSU, will I need to use any adapators to hook my video card to the PSU? I forget, for AGP cards, what is the PSU connector?

 

[ts3433]

AGP cards that need extra power take either a floppy drive connector (9700 Pro, maybe a couple others) or one or two regular peripheral Molex connectors (most others).

 

[flamingspinach]

BTW it's Fortron, not Forton.

-fs