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Need some advice

Which PSU

  • ENERMAX Noisetaker 485W

    Votes: 5 35.7%

  • OCZ PowerStream 520W

    Votes: 9 64.3%
  • Total voters
    14
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BigTy

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I am in the market for a new PSU and I am suck on what I want to buy. I have read and have came down to the following two PSU's

ENERMAX Noisetaker AX ATX12V Ver 2.0 485W
OCZ PowerStream 520W
My system specs are:
AMD 3500+ oced to 2.45
MSI Neo K8n
Liteon DVD rom
Sata 80gig WD
Gig of ram TCCD
ATI X800xt.
I am looking into new PSUs for the following reason I hit the wall kind of low on my Chip. I HAD a 6800gt card that wouldnt run for nothing on this system, and now my X800xt is having issues. I just put this mobo and chip in and had the same VC problem on my older setup. Chaintek 250 on a 3400+ mobile. I have already replaced my HD only thing that is the same is the PSU and Rom. I just want to get people take on those two PSU's. I currently have a 410 PC P&C silent PSU that I am about to put up for sale.
 
I'd go with a bigger PCP&C
Never mind you didn't ask for that
 
The Enermax because it is a fully ATX12V v2.0 compliant PSU. The Powerstream, while it is a very nice PSU, is only v1.3 compliant.
 
well the Noisetaker is ATX12V v2.0
but its just basic spec compliance
The Enermax's havent faired so well in a few real test head to heads lately


The Powerstream exceeds spec with at least a 3% load regulation and that largely offsets the advantages that isolated rails provide,
in addition it has lower AC Ripple well at least on the 2 leads that have the ferrite toroids one for the HDD another for the Video card
and having a single rail means all the capacity can be tapped.
Throw in the fact its actually rated at 40C and its offering alot more amps on the +12V rail.
Whereas the Enermax needs to be derated for temperature by some unknown amount.

Personally Id opt for the Powerstream ;)
But I also wouldnt expect it to necessarilly be relevant into the next gen of PCI-E SLi either
(wherein you could conceivibly have 300Watts of +12V draw across 2 cards if the next gen hits the max the spec has been raised to))
 
Ice thank you for your reply Ill be placing my order tomorrow.
*update*
I just ordered the OCZ Ill post and update everyone on how it goes.
 
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