PSU Recommendations

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:55 pm

I'm sick of my machine whining at me all day and all night. It's time for some major upgrades. My Sparkle 350W PSU has served me well, but I'm looking for something with a little more juice and a lot less noise. What do you guys recommend? Quiet is the key here.

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zooner · Post by **zooner** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:59 pm

I love me antec truepower.

however, it doesnt cost much more to buy a case with the antec power supply. Thats what I did and then sold the p/s because I already had one.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:05 pm

I've already got a nice Lian-Li case

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:17 pm

with the new power requirements for the NV40 I would now go with Antec 550 to be safe

Tawcan · Post by **Tawcan** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:37 pm

Antec True Power series are good. I've heard lots good things about Fortrons PS as well.

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:51 pm

I'd go with an Antec True Power as well..

dunno how the noise level compares to your current PSU though..

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:10 am

Antec
Enermax

Only 2 brands I'll spend money on. Antec's True Power series are my current fave.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:01 am

Fortran has some nice quiet ones wiht good performance.

Mytflyguy · Post by **Mytflyguy** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:34 am

I like my enermax 430W

Quite ... Powerful ... It has an adjustable fan speed on the rear fan for noise leveling ....

Enermax seems to have alot of "Noisetakers" over there at New egg....

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:33 am

This is the one I'm using now. It let's you controll the fan speed and adjust the rails as needed.

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:00 pm

PCPower and Cooling 510Watt Deluxe absolutely destroys all others. If you want the best, that is the one to get.

Firestorm ZERO · Post by **Firestorm ZERO** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:52 pm

Since we are on the topic of PSU. I was thinking of getting one of the PRO series power supplies from here.

http://www.silenx.com/

Anyone have opinions on these ones?

axtrader · Post by **axtrader** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:52 pm

Massa wrote:PCPower and Cooling 510Watt Deluxe absolutely destroys all others. If you want the best, that is the one to get.

Pricey, but worth every penny IMO! Plus the 5 year warranty can't be beat!

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:19 pm

I've used Allied 400W with dual fans in 4 of my machines lately, never had a problem with them, they run pretty cool and are silent. Although the best PSU I have ever had is a CompUSA brand 400W dual fan, runs silent, and blows COLD air, been working like a charm for about a year and a half now, I ran and bought it real quick when my Antec Truepower popped, wasn't expecting much but WOW...

Kyler1

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:07 pm

Kyler1 wrote:Although the best PSU I have ever had is a CompUSA brand 400W dual fan, runs silent, and blows COLD air, been working like a charm for about a year and a half now, I ran and bought it real quick when my Antec Truepower popped, wasn't expecting much but WOW...
Kyler1

LOL

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 6:00 pm

After I modded the side of my case with two "big" fans (2 blowholes) they drawed way too much power for my 300W PS, you could "hear" the power draining ! No B.S. ...
(I also have many hard drives attached to a raid controller, and some other small fans LOL)

I bought a 500 Watt Arrow Power Supply from computer geeks . com
for only $24.95 ... a pretty nice unit, I've been running it, for a few months now...

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?in ... NB&cat=CAS

Plenty of power... hasn't "blown" yet LOL

Be Happy Today,
Shinobi

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:15 pm

I have an Antec "Smart Blue" 350W PS powering the following without a hitch:

-P4 2.4 o/c'd at 3.0GHz
-CoolerMaster IHC-HC7 6000 RPM HS/F
-(1) GB PC3200
-(2) WD 40GB HDD's, RAID 1
-(1) Maxtor 80GB HDD
-(1) CD burner
-(1) DVD player
-(2) Antec HDD coolers (each with 2 fans and LED display)
-(1) FDD
-(3) Antec 80mm LED fans
-(1) Radeon 9200

Voltages are stable. I love Antec.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:53 pm

BaLa wrote:

LOL

I know, crazy isn't it?!? I think I just got lucky, don't trust CompUSA.

Kyler1