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Is This a good PSU?

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Ruffian998

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I currently have a Thermaltake Silent PurePower 420W with Active PFC. The voltage goes like this:

3.3v = 30A
5v = 40A
12v = 18A

It currently powers all of this:

P4C 3.0ghz w/stock heatsink
Asus P4P800-E Deluxe
e-VGA 6800NU
WD 120gbSE 7200rpm IDE
IBM 60GXP 60gb 7200rpm IDE
Toshiba SD-M1402 12x DVD-ROM
Liteon 52x24x52 CD-RW
Pioner A06 DVD-Burner
Audigy Soundcard
2x256 PC3200
1 Case fan

I think thats it.

However, here in about 2 or 3 weeks, I will be going to this:

A64 3000+ 939-pin (winchester core)
Asus A8V-Deluxe

Everything else will be the same but the IBM drive is going to be replaced with a WD 80gbSE Sata Drive

I dont plan on overlcoking and if I do, it wont be anything big. I'm mainly concered because I hear that A64 needs a good 12V line. So far, this PSU that I have now has been great. I havent had a lockup or anything during games and I leave this computer on for days. I'm going to go ahead and give this PSU a try, but if it isnt a good PSU, I was wondering what you all thought about this one:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-182-009&depa=0

Thanks in advance....
 
You would have to know who made the Rosewill to know if it is likely to be good or not. Specs are reasonable, but Rosewill rebrands tons of things as their own from graphics cards to power supplies. I don't trust my system to a power supply if I don't know its manufacturer, and I loathe companies that just mass-rebrand products and resell them, it's too hard to tell whether you're getting cream or crap.

As for your Thermaltake, I think you'll be getting really borderline on the 12v line. I had a 430w Enermax with similar specs and when I upgraded to an Athlon XP 2500+ system which was similar in draw to the system you have below (two hard disks, Radeon 9700, etc.) I got random reboots. I went to a newer Enermax 470w with two 12v lines and it cured all my problems.

Moral of the story: You wouldn't put 20,000mile Kelly tires on a Corvette. Don't take your nice system and try to cheap out on the power supply either. A good power supply (Antec, Enermax, Seasonic) is going to run you $70-120, but it's going to last.
 
I just bought that PSU yesterday, should show up on Monday. I'm hoping it turns out to be a good unit. I'm on a budget for an upgrade and that PSU was looking promising., it can't possibly be worse than my Antec 300watt, I hope. :p
 
Captain Colonoscopy said:
it can't possibly be worse than my Antec 300watt, I hope. :p
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With it being a fancy generic unit, the possibility is definitely there...
 
I had ThermalTake PSU's and I returned them both after two weeks because they're so loud and TERRIBLY underpowered on the 12v rail. Get rid of it and get an Enermax or other GOOD PSU as recommended in the stickys. I couldn't believe how loud, cheaply made and poorly performing the TT's were. I lost a lot of respect for TT for making those PSU's.
 
Captain Colonoscopy said:
I just bought that PSU yesterday, should show up on Monday. I'm hoping it turns out to be a good unit. I'm on a budget for an upgrade and that PSU was looking promising., it can't possibly be worse than my Antec 300watt, I hope. :p
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It could easily be, as Korruption said. I built my mother a system, and currently it's running an Athlon XP-M 2500+ clocked at 2.3GHz @333MHz FSB, with 2x256MB PC2700 sticks of Corsair XMS, and modest peripherals, and it's perfectly stable on an Antec 300 watt. Specs on the side of the PSU mean nothing until you know who made it, and even then sometimes they mean nothing either.

Buying a budget PSU is kind of like buying an extreme budget VCR or DVD player (I worked in retail electronics for several years in a former life). Sure, they look okay on the outside, a lot like others made that cost a lot more, and they might even claim similar specs. But paying the extra money almost always ensures a better product. A bargain is only a bargain if you know the quality of the unit you're paying for.
 
Well, the FedEx van just dropped off my order from Newegg and I promptly voided the warranty on that PSU that I hope isn't a POS. Here's a few shots. There is another set of two large capacitors on the other side of the heatsink on the top of the first pic. Apparently I had the camera a little too close. :)

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Here's the fan that's inside of it.
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It's also very shiny on the outside. I weighs somewhere between more than my ball bag and less than my ass. It's shiny and has lots of connectors including one of those 8-pin molex dealies. And it's shiny. It's a good PSU if it's shiny, right?
 
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