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Acceptable Substituion?

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Trepidati0n

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When the [H] made the Antec 550 their recommendation I was cool with that..especially @ $89. Now the price has been jacked to $115+.

The system I'm building is near what they are saying except a) I'm NOT doing SLI and b) I'm only using a 3700+ SanDiego. So would the Antec 500 be an acceptable substitue. Thanks in advance.

-tReP
 
The SmartPowers are decent PSUs with very basic ATX12V v2.0 spec compliance. The TruePower II models exceed spec (3% regulation) and are known to put out better power. Since you say you're not going SLI, you will be able to get away with a lower model. The TruePower II 480W isn't much cheaper, but you should be able to get away with the TruePower II 430W.

Wattage doesn't matter these days, the 430W model has most of it's power where it matters, the +12V lines.
 
So you are saying a Truepower is the better choice...and 430W should be enough for my system?

-tReP
 
The 430 watt TruePower II is a good PSU and it has the amperage where your system needs them: on the +12v rail. (Although the 480 watt TruePowers is more "safer/recommended", @ $110 I'm not sure if you'd want to look at it) It is set up for the newer systems that use the +12v rail to power components, instead of the older systems that used the +5v rail to power them. The older PSU's couldn't provide the +12v muscle needed for our newer systems (but had plenty of +5v power because that was what older computers used more of), but the newer ones are ready to supply it.

I don't remember much about the SmartPower line, but I'm pretty sure the TruePower line is better. Maybe someone who knows more about these supplies will come in and help you out. Cheers.
 
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