Which power supply should I get?

ze2o · Post by **ze2o** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 3:25 pm

Soon I will be adding a new power supply, but I dont know which manufacturer to chose. Please post your opinions on exceptional power supply manufacturers.

And would you consider the manual fan speed control on the new Enermax Power Supplys and advantage?

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 3:32 pm

I have a 350 watt antec. its silent, cools well, and does the job great.

two thumbs up for the antec 350 watt

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 3:35 pm

Antec or Enermax....neither will disappoint you. Stable power that lasts a long time. Whenever I've strayed to another brand, I've been sorry and replaced with Antec or Enermax.

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 3:37 pm

the absolute best power supplies are made by PC power & cooling.

other good manufactures are enermax,antec,true power(antec's top line),sparkle.i think im forgetting one

what ur sys specs?

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 3:40 pm

Originally posted by m0a2t4t
what ur sys specs?

Windows XP Professional
1000 Mhz AMD Athlon
512 MB SDRam PC-133
32 MB TNT 2 M64 Pro
80 Gig Maxtor 7200 Rpm Harddrive
20 Gig Maxtor 5400 Rpm Harddrive

how many case fans do you have?

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 3:43 pm

lol..forgot ot look at teh sig

id go with a 350W but if ur planning on upgrading the proc and/or vid card later on i might go with a 400W.

a 350W will do u fine though

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 4:30 pm

Antec true power or sparkle

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 6:00 pm

My opinion, forget Antec. Get anything else.

I've had 2 brand new Antecs, both piece of crap. I finally went for Allied 400w. Double fan and i'm verrrrrrry happy with it.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 6:17 pm

Originally posted by LT-73
My opinion, forget Antec. Get anything else.

I've had 2 brand new Antecs, both piece of crap. I finally went for Allied 400w. Double fan and i'm verrrrrrry happy with it.

how were they a piece of crap, antecs live up to their ratings well, also teh dual fan true power line is very good if not the best way to go for now

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 6:42 pm

Not M-Tec

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 6:44 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF

how were they a piece of crap, antecs live up to their ratings well, also teh dual fan true power line is very good if not the best way to go for now

After the hell i went thru with the ones i had, i can't agree on that comment. But then again, i was the unfortunate sucker. Like i said, in my opinion i would never buy another Antec product again.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 6:53 pm

lt what was the problem with teh psus u went through?

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 6:59 pm

They just kept shutting off for no reason. I had all my settings at default, no oc'ed. No way of adjusting 5vrails, no pots. I thought it was a heat issue, i switched fans for better cooling and still they shut off. I bought a 300w and a 350w both for the stock Duron 1G. By now i figure the fish made homes of them at the bottom of the river. I've spent weeks trying to figure out the problem why they just shut off, never found a solution.

So you see, my apologies for being foward but i think Antec sux the big one.

I won't buy a screw, much less a psu from that company.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 7:10 pm

u can be as forward as u want

sounds like they were bad

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 7:30 pm

Yeah, so u can understand i how feel about Antec. I don't want to deter anyone from buying an Antec, but for me, thats a different story.