power supply decision

[robmarti@tampa]

i am choosing between the enermax noisetaker, antec neopower and ocz powerstream. I am building with fx55 and a pci-E videoa card, i am using watercooling so i would like a quiet power supply, opinions please. thanks for the help.

-rob

 

[Ice Czar]

that likely you need to take further steps to quite any of those
they are all high performance supplies and generate a fair bit of noise

the Enermax and Antec are ATX12V v2.0 with dual rails
the Powerstream a v1.3 with a single powerful +12V rail
the Antec and Powerstream exceed spec with 3% load regulation
The Powerstream has external adjustable pots (to calibrate the baseline voltage, but use a multimeter not the LEDs)

all in all very comparible supplies

and with the exception of the Enermax all are reviewed here
http://www.silentpcreview.com/section4.html
with a bias towards sound as a criteria

might want to check this out
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=840056
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=8450

 

[Jasonx82]

I went with Antec Neopower. No problems with em before, well for me at least.

And nothing but good reviews on em. Only negative thing the modular cables arent sleeved and It has that extra Power connector for (P4) just hanging there if you have and AMD based rig..

 

[Ice Czar]

you mean a 1x6 pin auxillary +12V connector?
(AMD boards with +12V auxillary power have employed those, the now standard 4 pin (2x2) or a basic 4 pin molex for auxillary +12V power, all depending on the board)

just downloaded the manual again
its the standard +12V 4 pin auxillary if you dont need it now you will
and a few fan signal connectors on the permanent main power connector bundle