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New PSU

MGE is usually not a very good choice so I would go with a known quantity. But definatley not for SLI......even 6600GT SLI.
 
According to that page that PSU has only 1 12v rail and only rated at 19A which is terrible.
 
If you can afford it, go with the PC Power and Cooling 510 SLI PSU. It will easily handle your system and you'll have lots of headroom for future upgrades.
 
Seasonic S12-600HT

If you go Antec, no less than TruePower II 550.

And don't SLI 6600GTs.
 
_Korruption_ said:
Quoted for truth, get a single 6800GT for now.
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Can't afford it...the point is to get something I can afford now with room for an easy upgrade later. I know it's not the best possible thing to get, but I don't have extra money laying around (hence the 3000+ instead of a 3200 or more).

EDIT: BTW, I ended up going with a 500W Ultra X-Connect PSU.
 
Antimatter3009 said:
Can't afford it...the point is to get something I can afford now with room for an easy upgrade later. I know it's not the best possible thing to get, but I don't have extra money laying around (hence the 3000+ instead of a 3200 or more).

EDIT: BTW, I ended up going with a 500W Ultra X-Connect PSU.
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I hope you've read the reviews on that PSU, especially from Maximum PC.
 
FlatLine84 said:
I hope you've read the reviews on that PSU, especially from Maximum PC.
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Link? I read 3 or 4 before I bought it and so only a couple of complaints (mainly with wiring) that have supposedly been fixed. Plus I got it for $50 after rebates.
 
Antimatter3009 said:
Link? I read 3 or 4 before I bought it and so only a couple of complaints (mainly with wiring) that have supposedly been fixed. Plus I got it for $50 after rebates.
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www.maximumpc.com, I'm not 100% sure they have the review on their site, since I read the mag. But it got a 5 out of 10.
 
Antimatter3009 said:
Couldn't find it...but here's one I read:
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/cases/Ultra_X-Connect_1.html

That's pretty much been what all of the reviews I've seen sound like. Maybe they just had a bad experience or something. Or maybe they tested on the pre-production model. I heard that was absolutely terrible but they fixed all of the power issues before release. (in fact I'd bet that's what it was)
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Yeah software readings absofarkinglutely useless! I can get a Powmax or Deer to pass with that.

Can I collect on that bet? Trusted's look at a off the shelf unit:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?head=64&page=2307

The only review really worth a dam nit passed was JonnyGURU's....and since that particular unit passed it would be the only one I would use.....I wouldn't just buy one offt he shelf.

And the page was wrong on the Truepower II it is dual 12v's go to antec's website.
 
That looks more like they got a bad sample than anything else. Plus, how is that review more legitimate than the one I pointed to?
 
Antimatter3009 said:
That looks more like they got a bad sample than anything else. Plus, how is that review more legitimate than the one I pointed to?
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Did you read the whole article? They used a PSU tester not a static load withsoftware that pulls voltages from the motherboard. I can get any PSU to pass a static load test measured with innacurate software readings.

Bad sample doesn't work since we have two high profile ones going bad. One is a fluke since the chances are small.....two is not. Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me.

Edit: and they have a bad pedigree...Young Year...
 
//pokes Spectre with a stick //

I like my Ultra X-Connects. Hope you enjoy yours, Antimatter. :)

I don't get into the PSU flame wars because I really don't give a flying fuck about what anyone has to say, but I recently had to put up with a troll that made the claim that "Ultra's don't put out their rated wattages" and I was just compelled to prove him wrong.

I set my load tester to 28A on the 12V, 18A on the 5V and 10A on the 3.3V. -5 and -12 are set at 0.5A and the +5VSB is set to 2A. My math shows that coming out to about 477.5W.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/01.jpg

I then took a brand new 500W out of the box....

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/02.jpg

And hooked it up.....

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/03.jpg

And fired up the load tester. Because the 12V and 5V were a little high, the actual load turned out to be 480.3.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/04.jpg

As you can see, the 12V is at 12.06, the 5V is at 5.08 and the 3.3V is at 3.23. All well within spec.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/05.jpg

I then kicked my 12V up to 32A.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/06.jpg

This made for a total wattage of 522.8W.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/07.jpg

Note the clock on the laptop. 2:30. I'll be back after 3:00 with an update and one last photo.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/08.jpg
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Obviously an Ultra isn't any better, or in most cases even as close as, most of the higher end PSU's or even PSU's that are the same money, but I don't like when people troll and state things that aren't true. Yeah.. a couple blew up. But when they don't blow up (haha) they do what they're rated to do.....

I sharpened the last two photos in Adobe and they doubled in size! WTF.

Anyway....

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/09.jpg

3:03PM. The 12V dropped a little, but are still within spec and who's going to put a continuous > 500W load on their PC for over half an hour? 11.88V, 5.06V, 3.22V.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/images/10.jpg

Total watts is 521.8W. I lost one watt.
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jonnyGURU said:
//pokes Spectre with a stick //

I like my Ultra X-Connects. Hope you enjoy yours, Antimatter. :)

I don't get into the PSU flame wars because I really don't give a flying fuck about what anyone has to say, but I recently had to put up with a troll that made the claim that "Ultra's don't put out their rated wattages" and I was just compelled to prove him wrong.



Obviously an Ultra isn't any better, or in most cases even as close as, most of the higher end PSU's or even PSU's that are the same money, but I don't like when people troll and state things that aren't true. Yeah.. a couple blew up. But when they don't blow up (haha) they do what they're rated to do.....
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Where did I miss this exchange at?
 
Spectre said:
Where did I miss this exchange at?
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It wasn't here. It was over at Anandtech. I know you would've just LOVED to chime in with your two cents, though. :D

Someone points out that a couple blew up... ok. I can't contest that. But someone says that they don't do what they're rated to do.. Umm... How else are you going to prove or disprove that unless you have load test equipment?

Unless he was talking about SilentPCReview loading up the PSU to whatever they loaded it up to when it blew up (they never did say) which was supposedly within the label specs... the troll didn't clarify. But then again; for him to think that the SilentPCReview is testimony that they don't do what they're label says they can do is kind of naive, IMHO.
 
jonnyGURU said:
It wasn't here. It was over at Anandtech. I know you would've just LOVED to chime in with your two cents, though. :D
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And I would have still gotten change back :D
 
Sigh.. Ok... now I have to get back to brainstorming up a way to load ALL FOUR rails of this damn Silverstone PSU when my load tester can only load two at a time. :(

Any ideas... throw them at me. :D
 
jonnyGURU said:
Sigh.. Ok... now I have to get back to brainstorming up a way to load ALL FOUR rails of this damn Silverstone PSU when my load tester can only load two at a time. :(

Any ideas... throw them at me. :D
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Stop editing your posts behind me!!!!!!!!!


Anyway, the resistor idea from gee didn't work out?
 
Quit replying 30 seconds after I post!!!! :D :D

(Re: Load test) I used to be good at algebra... but I can't figure out what resistors I need to buy.

WHAT RESISTORS DO I NEED?!?! AAAARGH!!!!! :p

I cam up with 2 Ohm, 72W for a 6A load. That's going to get hot as hell. So I'm told to divide up the load. Ok... How? Two 36W 1 Ohm resistors? I don't know how it breaks down beyond the R=E/I equation. :(
 
jonnyGURU said:
Quit replying 30 seconds after I post!!!! :D :D

(Re: Load test) I used to be good at algebra... but I can't figure out what resistors I need to buy.

WHAT RESISTORS DO I NEED?!?! AAAARGH!!!!! :p

I cam up with 2 Ohm, 72W for a 6A load. That's going to get hot as hell. So I'm told to divide up the load. Ok... How? Two 36W 1 Ohm resistors? I don't know how it breaks down beyond the R=E/I equation. :(
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No, use five 10 ohm resisters in parallel give a total of 2 ohms and divides the wattage across more paths. You could actually use enough resistors to just a few watts per resistor. Low wattage resistors are less expensive but I'll leave it to you to figure that out.
 
So 5 10 Ohm resistors that are 14W each?

Just plug one into each lead?
 
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