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in1ine5k/\t3r

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Asus A8N-SLI Premium
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
Corsair ValueSelect 1gb
eVGA GeForce 6800GS 256mb PCI-E
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 7200rpm
DVD burner
and of course plenty of cathodes

what would be a decent power supply for this set up thats not too pricey?
 
ATIIsBetter said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148026
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148025
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148024
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148023

All are ASPIRE ATX-12V 600W Power Supply
Just different colors
In order:
Black
Neon-ish Blue
Neon-ish Green
Neon-ish Red (if red could be "neon")
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Dude, garbage.

For $95, you're getting a tacky-looking power supply that doesn't even claim to conform to ATX12V specifications (they claim plus-minus 10% load regulation -- in other words, the PSU will allow things to dip down to 10.8V before things are considered "abnormal"). Avoid, avoid, avoid.

In terms of power supplies that aren't pricey, check out the stickies at the top of this Power Supplies forum, they'll give you some good information.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103928
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103930
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194002
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103512
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189003
 
_Korruption_ said:
For $95, you're getting a tacky-looking power supply that doesn't even claim to conform to ATX12V specifications (they claim plus-minus 10% load regulation -- in other words, the PSU will allow things to dip down to 10.8V before things are considered "abnormal"). Avoid, avoid, avoid.
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Actually, that plus-minus 10% regulation is at its maximum claimed 600W output. But at the ATX12V-standard plus-minus 5% load regulation, that "600W" Aspire is the equivalent of a 450W power supply unit.

Thus, at its true 450W output with the ATX12V-standard regulation, that "600W" Aspire power supply unit is too expensive for what you get.
 
E4g1e said:
Actually, that plus-minus 10% regulation is at its maximum claimed 600W output. But at the ATX12V-standard plus-minus 5% load regulation, that "600W" Aspire is the equivalent of a 450W power supply unit.
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$95 for a sub-par 450W unit doesn't seem like a very good idea regardless ;)
 
_Korruption_ said:
$95 for a sub-par 450W unit doesn't seem like a very good idea regardless ;)
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In fact, I revised my opinion: It is about 2.5 times more expensive than it's worth. :eek:
 
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