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Fortron PSU still recommended?

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IDversusEGO

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a while back, people where recomending th Fortron stuff. I am about to buy a new PSU I think, so I wantyed to be sure they were still decent. I found this one. The system will be an older p3 1gHz, but it will have fpr 200gb hard drives right wayaw, with more coming later. It will be used for a fulltime, always on media server.
 
Nothing's changed. It's still an amazing psu. It's just not future proof. ;)
 
I have that PSU running a NF-7S ver 2 with a XP-M 2400 45 watt @11.5 x 220 , a gig of samsung TCCC ram, 2 opticals, 2 IDE hd's and a 6800NU it's more than enough PSU for this rig, but I'm wishing I had sprung for a 2.0 compliant PSU. I'll say this, few PSU's are built like this thing, it weighs as much as 5 "came with the case" power supplies, and the rails are stable as a rock (multimeter tested) :D
 
2.0 complaint and not future proof? YOull ahve to excuse me, but what do you mean?
 
IDversusEGO said:
this one.
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Cali3350 the 530
isnt an ATX12V v2.0 supply as Ronbo pointed out
lacking both the 24 pin main power connector and the dual rails ;)

it is however the best value in an ATX12V v1.3 supply I know of ;)
put one in my brothers computer
 
any 2.0 PSU's recomended for around the same price? or less. less is always better. I am going for a faitly quiet PC, so fan control is nice. My PC will have the following components:

p4 3.2 prescott
1gb pc 3200
Lite-On DVD
Lite-On DVD-RW
WD 200gb SATA
Seagate 40 GB SATA
BFG 6800 OC

quick look at the usual suspects and I found this one...

Enermax Noise Killer
 
how about the noise though? my current tower sounds like a jet plane. I am rebuilding it from the ground up and want to eliminate some of the fans and get a quieter PSU. also, 500 watts seems a little high. I am running a cheap 400 watter now with more devices.
 
OK, my 3 so far are...

Enermax Noisemaker v1.3 370 watt $36.85 shipped
Enermax Noisemaker v1.3 420 watt $72 local
Fortron BlueStorm 2.0 400 watt $84.49 shipped

I honestly don't think I will need the future proof right now. I just bought my 6800 and the CPU, so unless I win the lottery, they will see about a year of use before i upgrade. By then there should be more options. So, basically, unless I can somehow justify spending twice as much for 50 watts, I will be buying the Enermax 370 watt.
 
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