Another spec me a PSU thread...

Munky1080 · 25 May 2007 at 08:32

As the title suggests...Currently I have a no-name 400W PSU and i've just bought an Asrock 4core-dualVSTA motherboard and a E2160..I will be using 2x512MB pc3200 an x1950 pro AGP 2 IDE harddrives, and 1 or 2 optical drives as well... I will be overclocking the CPU as well, as someone here got 100% overclock on this chip...I'm not really looking to spend more than £40 is the thing...maybe a bit more, but certainly no more than £50 including VAT.

I will be making this purchase at the end of the day...please help me out here

Ta

Munky1080

edit: I've just seen this --> the OCUK Huntkey 550w..does that seem ok?

sidefxv1 · 25 May 2007 at 08:36

The antec truepower trio is pretty good from a few reviews I've come across:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-061-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Munky1080 · 25 May 2007 at 09:09

Wow, that does look pretty good, and its from a name I can trust, too...will 430 watts be enough for my system?

steve258 · 25 May 2007 at 09:24

Yes it will handle your rig just fine as long as you don't overclock it too much.

Either that Antec or the FSP bluestorm 2 400W.

sidefxv1 · 25 May 2007 at 09:30

Yeah - balance the load on the 3 rails and IMHO it should be fine. Are you considering upgrading anything else in the near future though?

Munky1080 · 25 May 2007 at 10:19

well, my next step is to switch the IDE drives with SATA drives, and setup raid 0. I don't think i'll have to up the CPU voltage to get a decent overclock, as my board is limited to about 285-300Mhz FSB. So i'm looking at going from 1.8Ghz to 2.565-2.7Ghz...from what i've read this is easy with this chip without changing voltages. If I wasn't so skint, i'd just get a top of the line PSU...
edit: another thing I just noticed on the antec, is that there is no rear fan to completely blow out the hot air...i'd prefer to have a PSU with a fan underneath and in the back...are there any qualiy psu's that fit my desires and budget?