Which PSU Should I get?

[RainDowg]

Need a new one. Don't know much about them. Can anyone give me any advice or suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Krk3561]

Antec and Enermax make very good quality PSUs

 

[John]

Excellent power supply shootout article

 

[human2k]

What kinda rig do you plan to power up? Spending $100 on a 400W+ PSU for a Celery 300 isnt really worth. Just get an Enlight 400W PSU, its only $46 shipped from newegg, quiet and stable voltages. Or if $46 is too much for a PSU, take a looky at the Enhanced Eletronics 350W ($30) which has combined voltages of 220W. There are other cheap and good alternatives to Antec/Enermax. But if money is no issue, by all means go with an Antec TruePower 550W.

 

[RainDowg]

Ok then. Thanks for the input so far. I should have given my system to begin with. It's pretty basic.
ECS k7s51
Athlon XP 1600
512 pc133
CDRW
Hard Drive
Radeon 9500pro

I have a 250w PSU in now, and my pc keeps crashing. So I just wanted to eliminate that as a problem.
Although I want to be frugal if I can, price is not really an issue.

 

[nick1985]

yeah, 250 sounds kinda weak, especially if it is a no-name psu. id suggest gettin an antec "true" series psu

 

[novice]

If you are on a budget the Sparkle 300 watt unit ($33 shipped from newegg) should be more than enough. Nothing wrong with the Antec units (or enermax either, for that matter) other than their cost. I have a Sparkle 350 watt and it has been more than adequate for my XP1700+, KT3 Ultra2, 512 MB PC2100, 2 hard drives, CDRW, CDROM, and Geforce 3 Ti200. Am stepping up to an Enlight 420 Watt unit for the XP2000+, KT3 Ultra2, 512 MB PC2100, 2 7200 rpm hard drives, CDRW, DVD, and 128 mb Geforce 4 Ti 4200. New power supply should be here monday, new GF4 vid card by Friday. I can see where a 250 watt might be touch and go with your specs.