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What about Thermaltakes?

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JonMichael

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I have searched around the forums a bit, and I am yet to find any threads about this PSU. I may be missing something, who knows?

But my question is, will this PSU suit my needs: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-007&depa=0

All of the general specs are in my sig, obviously I dont run an incredibly power hungry monster like some of you guys. Although, it suits me... and I dont mind if the PSU itself is a bit of overkill. Most of the reviewers say it is stable, so what do you guys think?

Thanks for your time, I should be making my purchase next week!
 
I have that same PSU but with PFC and I think its a good unit. Its been in about 3-4 systems over the past 3yrs but its still kickin. I just put my multimeter to it for kicks and the rails are super:
12.05
5.05
3.33
Im running the folllowing on it:
3000+ AMD 64
70gig Raptor
2x200gig WDs
2 optical drives
gig 'o ram
6 fans
6800GT @ 400/1100
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum

So in conclusion I think its a great unit.

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http://www.thetechlounge.com/review.php?REVIEWDIR=thermaltake_480_psu
 
Contrary to popular belief on this forum, they are very high quality units. Mine powers my rig like a champ, dead silent when I turn the fan down, and extremly cool.
 
JonMichael said:
I have searched around the forums a bit, and I am yet to find any threads about this PSU. I may be missing something, who knows?

But my question is, will this PSU suit my needs: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-007&depa=0

All of the general specs are in my sig, obviously I dont run an incredibly power hungry monster like some of you guys. Although, it suits me... and I dont mind if the PSU itself is a bit of overkill. Most of the reviewers say it is stable, so what do you guys think?

Thanks for your time, I should be making my purchase next week!
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I bought two of those for my two computers last year, returned them the same week; and I can tell you not to waste your money on those pieces of shit at all. Their voltages are weak and unstable, especially for that money. Their NOT silent at all. They're THE LOUDEST PSU I'VE EVER HAD, and I've had quite a few of them. Get a $50 dollar Enermax and it will even have almost 10 more amps on the 12v rail! Basically TT is all fluff and no substance. TT doesn't even make PSU's they just rebrand and slap some ugly plastic bits or stickers on it and charge twice what its worth.
 
I've got me a TT 420 PP... and she just fried half the components in my case. I would be quite mad, but I've found a silver lining in not having a comp for a few weeks. I get alot more reading done and I wont goof around when I should be working on final papers. BTW I am speaking from one of our residence omps, which are actually pretty fast IBMs. I am rather impressed, cept by the integrated video. Yay for the university doing an upgrade within a few months!
 
IBM uses AcBel PSU's, and AcBel OEM's for CoolerMaster, and as a result CM has great PSU's as well. AcBel is a good cheap brand. Enermax, PCP&C or Zippy are some of the best out there as well.
 
BossNoodleKaboodle said:
IBM uses AcBel PSU's, and AcBel OEM's for CoolerMaster, and as a result CM has great PSU's as well. AcBel is a good cheap brand.
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I can vouch for AcBel. My old Aptiva (6yrs this summer, 380MHz K6-2, 192mb PC100 SDRAM, 16mb Rage128 PCI video, Soundblaster PCI128) is powered by a 95W AcBel PSU that has all of 1.5A on the +12V line. I took it out of the system for cleaning one day and I noticed that it had Rubycon caps all around! :eek: I have yet to see any PSU in my entire computing career that uses Japanese Rubycon caps all around. Very solid PSU, runs cool too.
 
well, to be fair, almost nothing in that system runs off the 12v... the CPU is +5v and +3.3v, the PCI is 5v, the agp is 3.3v, the ram is 3.3v, only the hdd and opticals will draw very little off the 12v
 
BossNoodleKaboodle said:
I bought two of those for my two computers last year, returned them the same week; and I can tell you not to waste your money on those pieces of shit at all. Their voltages are weak and unstable, especially for that money. Their NOT silent at all. They're THE LOUDEST PSU I'VE EVER HAD, and I've had quite a few of them. Get a $50 dollar Enermax and it will even have almost 10 more amps on the 12v rail! Basically TT is all fluff and no substance. TT doesn't even make PSU's they just rebrand and slap some ugly plastic bits or stickers on it and charge twice what its worth.
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TT's are JUNK! :mad:

The "Butterflys" are the best of the lot & they have a long history of drooping their rails under load!

OCZ PowerStream 420W (500W Peak) $87! ;)

http://www.directron.com/ocz420adj.html
 
lithium726 said:
well, to be fair, almost nothing in that system runs off the 12v... the CPU is +5v and +3.3v, the PCI is 5v, the agp is 3.3v, the ram is 3.3v, only the hdd and opticals will draw very little off the 12v
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You're right, but still, Rubycon caps are nice in any PSU... I don't think even PCP&C uses Japanese caps in their models.
 
Whoa, thanks alot for the quick responses guys! I appreciate the time yall took to stray me away from making a bad purchase.

Thanks also go to the people that say it is a good PSU. I guess it really is hit or miss, huh?

Anyway, this is prob gonna be what I go with: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-908&depa=0

(Antec True 430W)

I picked up some cable managment stuff today, but has anyone bought sleeving off New Egg? Do they even have it? I know Frozen CPU has some good stuff, but I just wanna buy all from New Egg like Ive done in the past.

Thanks again guys!
 
lithium726 said:
id take the antec over that

with supplies, you really get what you pay for.
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TTGI/Superflowers are extremly high quality units right up there with OCZ, Fortron, Enermax, and Antec
 
shadowbreaker513 said:
TTGI/Superflowers are extremly high quality units right up there with OCZ, Fortron, Enermax, and Antec
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that TTGI supply has a rather weak +12v rail, only 20a, which is the BARE minimum at which i would run an a64 rig with... get the antec
 
I think you can find a PSU that will do better than that one and a better price too, I just dont like Thermaltake at all and think they are low end and cheap.... Go with a PC and power cooling or Antec PSU and you will be getting a better bag for your bucks
 
There are WAY better PSU's for around the $80 that TT's cost. You most certainly DON'T get what you pay for with TT.
 
They're not on the website, but my local BB just got in a bunch of Antec 480W modular NeoPower's and they're going for $99.
 
I have shipped several systems with Thermaltake PSUs. I also tell other customers to not even consider them. I have one of the 420W units that routinely less than $40 on Newegg in my server, the above average +5 and +3.3 are great for my dual PIII system - my SCSI drives have +12 all to theirselves. I had a 480W that replaced an Antec True430 that I sold at a pretty good sized profit. No change in stability or clock potential for my 2.6C/9600XT system, regardless of PSU, mobo, or vCore, it would not budge past 3.2GHz. For some time, I ran 7 hard drives and two optical drives on this system as well, 100% stable. All of those hard drives are still kicking as well.

TT power supplies are a cut above the out and out junk that ships with typical cases - they are much better in the 'weight test' They are, IMO, perfectly acceptable for powering AthlonXP/Northwood systems with 8 pipe or less video cards and a limited number of drives. At the same time, Prescott/A64 owners and/or 12/16 pipe video card owners need to up their investment in PSU accordingly. Also, only look for 'Silent' Purepower on the models that ship with a fan speed controller - the <$40 model on Newegg is going to be loud - you get what you pay for.
 
Haha, I really dont care about noise in the least bit. My current rig is SO loud, I kinda like it.
 
The "Silent" Pure(what a laugh) Powers are only silent if you turn the fan controller all the way down or break the fans so they don't spin. They're VERY loud unless you let them get incredibly hot with no airflow. They're also mini space heaters thanks to their very low effecniency.
 
I got the 560watt for sub 100$ when it first came out, i just need the fan controller on it :(

otherwise it runs pretty warm and it ISN'T the loudest thing in my case, that would be my stock fan
 
Dont go with TT! I was going through their RMA system online, yeah you can just casually browse it. More that 70% of all rma's were faulty power supplies that still were under warranty. Hell even any other generic psu may be better than a TT one!
 
I dont use that many heavy components i have a pc from 2002 so yeah a coolmax was fine hell i been running a generic achieve 300W psu for 2 and a half years and my pc still using it but then i spent 59.99 on a coolmax 450w intake power supply the voltage looks alot more stable then the achieve one though... +12 is lower the achieve one +12 rail was too high this ones like lower so its more stable and my vcore dont change
 
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