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Which Power Supply for Case? OCZ 520 or Enermax 600

DVad3r

DVad3r

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Hey guys, I'm throwing together a new system, and just wanted to see what peoples thoughts are on power supplies. I want something thats good/reliable/and cheap. Right now I"m stuck between 2 choices, the OCZ Modstream 520 or the more expensive 600 watt Enermax Noisetaker? Other suggestions welcome, also would the 520 watt OCZ be sufficient enough to power my system. Open to recommendations also.

Specs:

3800 X2
Asus SLI Premium
1 gig Corsair ram
BFG 7800 GTX (possibly 2nd SLI in a few months)
2 SATA 250 gig seagate NCQ drives
2 DVD drives cdrw/dvd-rw etc
Sound Blaster Live Audigy ZS Platinum
 
Hmm they have the Antec here in Canada, but the others probably not. Any reason as to why neither and the Antec over both of them?
 
I have the OCZ 520w Modstream. I've had it since December and haven't had a problem with it yet, highly recommend it.
 
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Hmm they have the Antec here in Canada, but the others probably not. Any reason as to why neither and the Antec over both of them?
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The Modstream's cables are notoriously short and hard to bend. Not mention it's a modular PSU (riskier than one w/o removable cables).
 
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Hmm they have the Antec here in Canada, but the others probably not. Any reason as to why neither and the Antec over both of them?
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All three (Antec/Seasonic/Fortron) are available in Canada. Antec is everywhere, the others are harder to find (usually on-line).

They are all good PSUs (Antec/Seasonic/Fortron), but the Seasonic (I'm thinking about the 600 S12) is the most efficient and it is SLI ready. Try the Canadian sites here: http://www.seasonicusa.com/purchase.na.php

 
Hmm the Seasonic 600 watt looks good, this may be a long shot but does anyone know where I could get one locally in Toronto?
 
NM, found a place where they have it, gonna get the Seasonic 600 watt PSU for my new system, hope its good 🙂 Thanks for the advice all.
 
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