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Help Power Supply Choice

T

The Game

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I have all the hardware picked out for my new rig but the power supply, I need some help ?

Antec True550, Forton Blue Storm 500, or Forton 530

New Hardware List:
MSI K8N Neo4 Ultra
AMD 3200+ (win)
MSI 6600GT PCI-E
WD 160gig x2 Raid 0
Lite-On DVD/CD +/- R/RW
OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum Rev.2
Plus New case,LCD Monitor, Keyboard & mouse

WaterCooling Kit:
SwifTech H20-120 Rev.3 Kit with MCW6000-64

Extra's:
12" CCFL's (3)
Vantec Nexus NXP-305-BK Fan Controller
 
I've heard of Quality Control issues with the Antec 550 (loss of reliability), so that should be out of the door. As for either Fortron, I can't see why not. 500 Watts is pretty satisfactory for a system like yours.

-J.
 
I love my Blue Storm, rails always fluctuate by a few thousandths of a volt, but for me they always stay about 11.904/5.053/3.36, whether im surfing or playing Far Cry, and if you look around, there was a silentpc review that showed that Fortron correctly marks the Blue Storm as a 500 watt psu, and it stood up to their voltage tests pretty darn well. My rig has everything in my sig, plus 4 80mm & a 120mm led fans, 4-12" uv lights, and even a floppy :eek:
Good, solid, sleeved psu for under $100 :D
 
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