Which Power Supply???

drumdogg · 6 Dec 2010 at 10:13

Hey guys, im looking for a new power supply to power my MSI GTX 460 HAWK and have narrowed it down to these two.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-035-CS&tool=5

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-046-OC

I liked the Corsiar but I heared that these are under powered and dont give out the full 600W.

These caught my eye as im on a tight budget and not wanting to spend more than £60.

Whats your views??

Thanks

SeraphX · 6 Dec 2010 at 10:13

get the OCZ.

Ace Modder · 6 Dec 2010 at 10:15

The OCZ unit is a better unit as the total amps across the +12V rails equals 72amps. Where as the Corsair only has 40 amps across the +12V rails.

cmndr_andi · 6 Dec 2010 at 10:15

To be honest -if you can afford it - pay the extra £10 and get this PSU which is more powerful and better quality/efficiency.

Otherwise, go for the OCZ.

drumdogg · 6 Dec 2010 at 10:19

Ok Corsiar's out the window now lol

Im a fan of Antec so might just go for that. Didnt actually see that one when looking around.

Thanks

Emphacy · 6 Dec 2010 at 10:25

Well nice budget, but for an extra Tenner I could really reccomend...

Corsair HX Modular 650W, it's £10 more, 50W more and Modular. Personally I don't think you can go wrong.

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS

According to Corsair' website, it also has a 80% efficiency under load.
But ofcourse it's entirely upto you, Just a suggestion.

jbs · 6 Dec 2010 at 10:42

Emphacy said:
Corsair HX Modular 650W, it's £10 more, 50W more and Modular. Personally I don't think you can go wrong.

That Corsair in your link is not modular. The Antec in the previous posts is modular though.

The HX you refer to is £99.

EsaT · 6 Dec 2010 at 14:52

cmndr_andi said:
To be honest -if you can afford it - pay the extra £10 and get this PSU which is more powerful and better quality/efficiency.

Even if efficiency were exactly same I wouldn't touch that cheap China capacitor OCZ.

Just half week ago had Creative Gigaworks S750 say pop and play dead because of those damned cheap China caps...
And because of mainly using headphones I doubt speakers even had much more than 500 hours of usage behind!

Ace Modder said:
The OCZ unit is a better unit as the total amps across the +12V rails equals 72amps.

Quick quiz: How much is 12V times 72A?

Emphacy · 6 Dec 2010 at 16:07

The HX you refer to is £99.

Damn! You're right!, Thanks for pointing that out, although it's still a good power supply. I'd say go for the OCZ then, looks of high quality and doesn't get bad reviews.

You should bother to look at reviews, you get efficiency tables etc, failure rates and what not if you look properly.

Quick quiz: How much is 12V times 72A?

Hahaha, slightly higher wattage than anticipated?