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Need cheap PSU for Old Comp

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Justintoxicated

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Can someone recomend me a PSU for a KT333 Chipset computer. It's pretty old so I just need something that will work without problems for now.

looking to spend around $50 for around 400 watts.
 
I don't see a UL number. Any idea who makes them Johnny? Scythe makes very good fans, would hope this carries over to the PSU world.
 
With a name like Beef Bowl..

I'd trust the FSP 300w. The one with a single 80mm fan. It works wonderfuly.
 
Blue Falcon said:
Get one of the middle end Fortron Source units. Great reliability for a great price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104953


I especially like this one here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104936

It's a dollar over your budget but it's worth it. Awesome little PSU for the price.
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Don't get those. They use Dual rails, and older boards (which don't have the 4 pin) can't support it, so you're only using one rail, and crossloading can happen.
 
GlobalFear said:
I don't see a UL number. Any idea who makes them Johnny? Scythe makes very good fans, would hope this carries over to the PSU world.
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In Japan, Scythe doesn't label power supplies. But they do sell several different power supplies to their vendors. So you can buy a Scythe fan and a Superflower 480W power supply, for example.

I guess they realize Americans are stupid so they can get away with rebadging where in Asia, everyone knows the factory brands (for example: You can actually buy a Seventeam 750W SSI PSU over there. Over here, it's an MGE/XG "900W.")

I'd say pass unless you know for sure what it is.
 
for $50, you can get the AMS Mercury 460w. it's 80mm fans, but very quiet. According to Jonny.


[size=-3]jonny your briefcase of cash is in the back[/size]
 
Justintoxicated said:
I just don't want to put a really loud PSU in there or I would get the one with the 80mm fan.


Are you sure the dual rails will be a problem because I don't see teh additional power plug it appears to only have one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104936

Cause I like that one the best so far.
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The specs say 12V1 and 12V2 right on it. 12V2 goes to the 4-pin. If it didn't have a 4-pin,it wouldn't be an ATX12V power supply.

And the AMS is a dual 12V rail as well.
 
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