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Need good rock solid PSU

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dead2self03

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Wondering if anyone out there favors a certain PSU or PSU manufacturer. I am looking for a good stable PSU for my watercooling setup.
 
Antec, Fortron, Sparkle, Enermax, Vantec, TTGI/Superflower, Enlight, PC Power and Cooling

Any of those will do just fine
 
I would get an Antec 430w True Power. Antec has become pretty well the best PSU manufacturer over the years next to some of the more expensive brands like PC Power and Cooling.
 
go antec they have a three year warranty with their parts; and are quick with their rma service
 
... in 5 years, shit even in 2 years current ATX 2.03 will be replaced with ATX 2.3, even in non-BTX implementations.
 
Another vote for Antec Truepower series, grab a 430w or bigger and your set.
 
Antec is one of the best ways to go, they give you a three year warranty, and I have never had one fail, and I have been building computers for about 6 years.

~N
 
Originally posted by Vertigo Acid
Antec, Fortron, Sparkle, Enermax, Vantec, TTGI/Superflower, Enlight, PC Power and Cooling

Any of those will do just fine
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Agreed. You forgot Enhance, however. One rig that I have has an Enhance psu. It keeps better rail voltages than any of the others which is saying something because the others are all Antec or Enermax.
 
I am in the same boat.

Antec TRUE480 or Vantec VAN-470A?

I trust Antec as I have a 350W now, but I have seen very solid reviews on the Vantec as well.

What I am looking for is which will have the most stable voltages and while the Antec does, the Vantec has more connectors, is lighter, has more fans and is black which matches my case.

:confused: :)
 
Right now I have an antec smartpower 400 watt and I think its the cause of some of my problems. I will try one of these true powers though, thanks for the posts.
 
Enermax, Vantec, Antec have all 3 never had a problem with one of them super performance
 
Originally posted by pumpkinlad
What I am looking for is which will have the most stable voltages and while the Antec does, the Vantec has more connectors, is lighter, has more fans and is black which matches my case.

:confused: :)
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They will both be good PSU's. The Antec PSU's are a little more solid as to have a little more stabler voltages but it wont be enough to really matter. I prefer Antec because to me their the best for the price range. As long as your rails stay within +/- 5% you dont usually have to worry about anything. +/- 5% is within the error of margin. People get into trouble more when they overload single cable strands and then blame it on the PSU. You need to make sure everything is divided up equally and you dont have alot of power hungry devices on one strand of cable.
 
yup, just got an antec trupower 430w... so far, it's the most silent PSU I've ever owned.. not to mention it runs quite cool.. MUCH cooler then any psu I've ever owned.
 
I'm quite happy with my Vantec-520a, has real stable voltages even under the load of 2cpus. Can't beat that kind of stability
 
Anyone ever tried the Thermaltake power suppplies? I was looking at the Silent Purepower 480W (NewEgg link) as my next PS, as it seemed to get pretty good reviews. It's a little bit cheaper than the Antec 480W model also. Anyone with some experience with these? Does PFC really make much of a difference?
 
The Thermaltake PSU's are pretty good because they are manufactured by Enlight.

The Antec True Power 430w PSU's are even cheaper and more power then you'll ever need.
 
Originally posted by Phaethar
Anyone ever tried the Thermaltake power suppplies? I was looking at the Silent Purepower 480W (NewEgg link) as my next PS, as it seemed to get pretty good reviews. It's a little bit cheaper than the Antec 480W model also. Anyone with some experience with these? Does PFC really make much of a difference?
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I'm running a Tt in my #1 rig (sigged) w/o active PFC. The rails are spot on (under load) when measured with my trusty Fluke DVM, and the dual thermally controlled fans are very quiet.

I'd buy another, NP - B.B.S.
 
Originally posted by burningrave101
As long as your rails stay within +/- 5% you dont usually have to worry about anything. +/- 5% is within the error of margin. People get into trouble more when they overload single cable strands and then blame it on the PSU. You need to make sure everything is divided up equally and you dont have alot of power hungry devices on one strand of cable.
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Well, with the Antec 350W I have now the following is on each of the cables:

1. CD-R, 9800 Pro.
2. Primary HD, floppy.
3. Secondary HD, Fanbus w/ 4 fans, Dual Cathodes.

And then the heatsink fan plugged into the mobo.

With all this, my rails for the past week are basically this in Windows idle:

+12 - Jumping from 11.62 to 11.86.
+5 - Jumping from 4.91 to 4.97
-12 - Jumping from -12.00 to -12.03
-5 - Jumping from -5.11 to 5.14

And the problem occurs when I start a game, it will play for a while and then the system restart out of no where. Right when it starts itself again from the restart, I can hear the HDs starting to spin again as if they just got power even though the computer never turns off.

I was assuming the HDs were not getting enough power from the +12 rail, but I have tried to switch around as much as possible on the cables to get them by themself but with only a bit better result. They have been on a cable together by themself, which seems to yield the lowest result to being with only one or two other devices, which got the 11.86 result today. I even unplugged all other devices that used the +12 rail and still only get 11.90 with the primary HD, video card and heatsink fan running.

Any other ideas what I could do other than a new PSU? Not that a new PSU is a problem at all as I need more cables since I still plan on adding more, but until then I wish to be able to play something without worrying about it restarting.

Also, shorted specs:

AMD XP Barton 2800+ @ 2.2Ghz
Abit NF7-S V2 Bios 22
ATI 9800 Pro 128MB
Corsair TwinX 1GB 3200
2 Western Digital 120GB SE
Lite-On 52X32X52
Fanbus w/ 4 Fans
Dual Cathodes
Floppy
 
Antec PSU's are more rock solid than a big boulder superglued to the ground that's just been awarded a PhD in rock solidness from Harvard.
 
pc power and coolings 510 deluxe i believe is the best, although youll pay for it, somewhere around $200 USD.

you should also take a look at antecs truecontrol 550 with its tweakable rails like pc power and cooling but like half as much around $100 at the egg. you can turn down its fans aswell for people who like quiet computing.
 
Originally posted by dead2self03
Wondering if anyone out there favors a certain PSU or PSU manufacturer. I am looking for a good stable PSU for my watercooling setup.
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Sparkle, they rock. I got a 530 watter for 78 from the egg... It is basically a Fortron...
 
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