How is the HE?

[Benton The Race]

Okay well I am building my Christmas build, and am not sure on the power supply. I heard raves on the Antec neopower 480w, and now that the new neoHE is out, is it better? I am not hearing too much about this PSU, so was wondering simply, Neopower or neoHE and why. BTW, this is going on a lan party motherboard.

 

[davidhammock200]

Proposed system specs, please.

 

[Benton The Race]

AMD athlon 64 venice 3000+
Crucial ballistix 2gb
DFI lanparty NF4 ultra
GTX 512MB(when released)
120GB segate baracuda

 

[davidhammock200]

DFI lanparty NF4 ultra

Pick from the "A" list for proven performers!

DFI N4 PSU Guide: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854

 

[CRaZYMoFo]

Sigh*
Go OCZ Powerstream 520W
$120 after $20 rebate on newegg

 

[Benton The Race]

Powerstream looks really nice. I was under the impression that Antec made the best price/performance PSU's. So I guess I'm wrong huh?

 

[E4g1e]

Powerstream looks really nice. I was under the impression that Antec made the best price/performance PSU's. So I guess I'm wrong huh?

The problem with Antec is that while it's a good brand, it is more of a value-oriented brand than a performance-oriented brand (among known good brands).

 

[Benton The Race]

Okay so what would you guys say is the absolute best sub $150 modular PSU?

 

[davidhammock200]

Sigh*
Go OCZ Powerstream 520W
$120 after $20 rebate on newegg

The #1 recommendation for DFI N4 mobos!

Okay so what would you guys say is the absolute best sub $150 modular PSU?

CPU: Modular power supplies seem to be gaining a lot of traction in the market, but PCP&C doesn’t make any modular designs. Why?

Dodson: Yeah, it’s real popular, but the industry hasn’t done anything to educate people about modular plugs. The pins that are used in the modular plugs have a very low capacity to pass current. You’re losing power through those pins. It’s electrical resistance between the male and the female part of the pin, to the extent that the voltage drop in just the pins is equivalent to about two feet of wire. The effect is that modular power supplies, everything else being equal, are capable of about 10% less power than power supplies without modular plugs. And that’s under ideal conditions. In real life it gets worse because the pins loosen, corrode, and burn. Over time the resistance builds up. A year down the road, a guy could be running his system and all of a sudden it stops working reliably, and he has no way of knowing that the reason is because the pin inside that modular plug has become corroded or burned. This technique has been out for about six months, but people are going to find that the reliability is a massive failure point. Also, especially given the way people pull their harnesses around and tie them down, it creates a lot of stress on those pins. So instead of the pins having full 100% contact surface to surface, in most cases those pins are only touching maybe 10% or 30% of their surface area. What’s rated for 5A going through those pins, in reality if the pins aren’t making good contact, your rating’s down to maybe 3A, and with that much constriction, those pins just heat up, and it gets worse. For real pros in the industry, no way would they specify that kind of arrangement. This is a consumer-oriented gimmick.

http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/about/interview.php

OCZ ModStream 520W or Antec NeoPower 480W or Enermax Liberty 500W/620W.

 

[Benton The Race]

Okay, so I guess I won't go modular Or will I? Is the modstream the best PSU out there for the money right now?

 

[davidhammock200]

Okay, so I guess I won't go modular Or will I? Is the modstream the best PSU out there for the money right now?

The OCZ PowerStream 520W is my #1 recommendation & is the most successful DFI N4 PSU!

 

[Benton The Race]

The OCZ PowerStream 520W is my #1 recommendation & is the most successful DFI N4 PSU!

Yeah, I think I'll go with that and resleeve it with blue UV reavtive sleeving.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Okay so what would you guys say is the absolute best sub $150 modular PSU?

Enermax Liberty, Silverstone ST60F or Ultra X2.

In that order.

I'm not a big Modstream fan. Powerstream is an excellent power supply, though. I'm sure they ran into issues that prevented Topower from producing a modular P6 unit.