New Power Supply

[polydiol]

Hi guys

I'll be replacing my power supply over the weekend (current Antec Smartblue 350 watt) in preparation for new video card purchase (bfg 6800 ultra) and I was considering an Antec Neopower 480 or an Antec Trueblue 480

My system is as follows:
Amd XP 3200+ (cpu)
1024mb Crucial pc 3200 Ram
LG dvd rom (Model GSA-4163BI)
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 (200gb) hard drive
128mb Ati Radeon 9800 Pro (to be replaced with BFG 6800 ultra in ~2 mos.)
Abit NF7S V 2.0 (motherboard)

Case fans - 5x80mm
Cpu fan - one 92mm conntected to a Thermalright heatsink

which of the two would be preferable?

 

[viet-intel]

hehe, sounds exactly like what i did. i just bought a bfg 6800 oc and a antec true 480w psu. i don't have the trueblue version though and im not sure what the difference is. I remember reading somewhere on these forums that only the antec true series are worth buying. this is just an opinion don't take me seriously because im not an expert at these things

 

[Ice Czar]

the Neopower hands down

but actually running your numbers is still a good idea
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=844691

the True Blue is a True Power Series supply
however its also the older spec (ATX12V v1.3) with a single +12V rail (22A)
while the Neopower is an ATX12V v2.0 supply with dual +12V rails for a total of 33Amps

when you run the numbers for your config the most important part is determining if your mobo has an auxillary +12V connector
it would be a square 4 pin connector, if it does the mobo powers the CPU of the +12V rail
if not it uses the +5V rail and you need to make sure the supply has enough amps on that rail

 

[polydiol]

Thanks for the input - my motherboard does have the 4 pin auxillary connector.

 

[Jasonx82]

Neopower, I have one and im happy with it

Thanx "Ice Czar"! Your helpful input is the reason why i purchased it.

 

[ALL4AMD]

i got the 480 true blue and it sux on keeping the rails up even non overclocked. my rails read as follows:
12V=11.52
5V=4.83
3.3V=3.08

My Turbo cooled 350 did a better job of keeping the voltages up

 

[burningrave101]

I had an Antec True Blue 480w here just a few months ago along with a True Power 430w and they both worked fine for me and had stable voltages. I would suggest going with the Antec NeoPower 480w though or an OCZ PowerStream model.

 

[Ice Czar]

i got the 480 true blue and it sux on keeping the rails up even non overclocked.

even as in not fluctuationg or up?
I ask since you gave figures, not ranges

not all that hard to adjust the baseline voltage
but from empirical evidence stability is good
they do get low for some overclockers and need to be recalibrated

something you dont generally need to do with a PCP&C

those figures need to be double checked against a Digital Multimeter
as on board accuracy for a definative value sucks
software monitoring is valuable for logging fluctuations but thats about it
and of course adjustment of the pots really should be done with a DMM

 

[ALL4AMD]

even as in not fluctuationg or up?
I ask since you gave figures, not ranges

not all that hard to adjust the baseline voltage
but from empirical evidence stability is good
they do get low for some overclockers and need to be recalibrated

something you dont generally need to do with a PCP&C

those figures need to be double checked against a Digital Multimeter
as on board accuracy for a definative value sucks
software monitoring is valuable for logging fluctuations but thats about it
and of course adjustment of the pots really should be done with a DMM

that is with a Digital Multimeter. they stay that low so i might go in and change out the voltage regulator or the shunt resister and shit to try and get it up a little. they system runs prime stable 24h its just every now and then i guess the voltage regulator poops for a second and bam i got a system lock up cuz it does the same thing not over clocked.