PSU- Coolermaster GX550 or Antec Basiq Plus 550?

claypigeon101 · 16 Jul 2010 at 00:19

Hey guys,
I was about to go to Overclockers shop to buy ANTEC BASIQ PLUS 550W PSU but they were out of stock,

just noticed this COOLERMASTER GX 550 PSU for a few quid more,

which is best?
I'm running 9800GTX+ 1GB, soon to be running phenom 955 or 965 and 4GB ram with no more than 2 HDDs, No SLI, No O/C

Thanks

claypigeon101 · 16 Jul 2010 at 00:24

The Antec is modular and the Coolermaster isn't,
However the Coolermaster is 80plus and the Antec isn't.

I think I prefer the idea of 80plus over modular; there's always cable tidies

JW1993 · 16 Jul 2010 at 00:44

I'd go for the coolermaster seeing as it's 80 plus too

claypigeon101 · 16 Jul 2010 at 00:44

Also I have 2 120mm fans and one 80mm fan using 4pin connectors and there are only 3 4pin connectors on the Coolermaster whereas 6 on the Antec.

Christoph@ANTEC · 16 Jul 2010 at 02:34

The Basiq 550 has 80 PLUS when it is in stock again

Clearly the better choice here. :cool:

Christoph

claypigeon101 · 16 Jul 2010 at 02:37

Superb,
Love you lots Christoph, you have saved my life.
I was thinking 'Yes definitely the Antec is the one'
then i saw Coolermaster is 80plus cos the antec doesnt say it is, even on antec.com
then i have been looking at pics of modular vs non modular and thinking 'ermmm'
Antec it is.

claypigeon101 · 16 Jul 2010 at 02:38

Superb,
Love you lots Christoph, you have saved my life.
I was thinking 'Yes definitely the Antec is the one'
then i saw Coolermaster is 80plus cos the antec doesnt say it is, even on antec.com
then i have been looking at pics of modular vs non modular and thinking 'ermmm'
Antec it is.

Christoph@ANTEC · 16 Jul 2010 at 02:46

claypigeon101 said:
Superb,
Love you lots Christoph, you have saved my life.
I was thinking 'Yes definitely the Antec is the one'
then i saw Coolermaster is 80plus cos the antec doesnt say it is, even on antec.com
then i have been looking at pics of modular vs non modular and thinking 'ermmm'
Antec it is.

Thanks,

yeah we're shipping an upgraded version of that PSU since 2 month now. Some shops didn't update it yet. It just called Revision 1 so many don't even see a difference. But all good now.

Christoph

claypigeon101 · 16 Jul 2010 at 19:23

Sweet. OCUK Getting them in Tuesday apparently, so hopefully that should be Revision 1. Are they truly tri-rail? The spec sticker/site says 12V1 2 and 3, running at 22, 22 and 25A respectively if i remember right.

stulid · 16 Jul 2010 at 19:26

you were lucky.

I could show a few- not so good reviews of the coolermaster GX

claypigeon101 · 17 Jul 2010 at 19:25

Go on, spill xD