Best ~600w PSU?

Goksly · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:21

Seems to be loads of choices at the moment for my money. When I last upgraded Enermax was the daddy; but this was 3years+ ago! So who is the new king? Needs to be modular!

reflux · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:25

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084 ?

Grimley · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:56

reflux said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084 ?

This. Been around for a couple of years now & its one of the best in its price/power range. OK, you'll find a few here who'll say no I've had to send mine back after its gone wrong, but compare its failure rate with the likes of Hiper 580watt PSU's

. Good warranty but Corsairs RMA address is abroad & postage is not cheap.

jbloggs · 5 Apr 2009 at 16:41

Also have a look at the Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro

icey_haj · 5 Apr 2009 at 16:44

jbloggs said:
Also have a look at the Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro

RIZZEE · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:17

+1 for corsair

RJC · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:24

The Corsair 620w.

Ben M · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:03

Bequiet 650W or the Corsair 620W

Goksly · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:20

Thanks for picking the most expensive ;(

Looks like it's the corsair

icey_haj · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:22

Goksly said:
Thanks for picking the most expensive ;(

Looks like it's the corsair

I would go with BeQuiet! The price for the Corsair isn't justified.

TheRedZealot · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:22

Either the HD620 or an Enermax 620w if you can find one.

Goksly · 5 Apr 2009 at 20:48

Looked up the Be Quiet one and that also looks nice! A few questions about PSUs in general:
1) When they say W x H x D - what does of of them apply to (i.e. what orientation is the PSU in?)
2) Does the fan *always* suck air in from the case and send it out of the case or the other way round?

FaceplantSi · 5 Apr 2009 at 20:55

+1 BeQuiet!

Natima · 5 Apr 2009 at 21:11

The BeQuiet is much better than the Corsair and the same price.
Corsair's are only able to charge so much becuase people keep recommending them over other, better, PSU's.

+1 BeQuiet.

strumpusplunket · 5 Apr 2009 at 21:11

+1 Be Quiet! from me, too.

Have the older Straightpower 600W in my current rig, and have become a big fan of Be Quiet! as a result. I didn't realise how much noise my previous "ultra-quiet" PSU was making in my machine until I switched to this one.

RJC · 5 Apr 2009 at 21:16

Goksly said:
Looked up the Be Quiet one and that also looks nice! A few questions about PSUs in general:
1) When they say W x H x D - what does of of them apply to (i.e. what orientation is the PSU in?)
2) Does the fan *always* suck air in from the case and send it out of the case or the other way round?

1) Looking at the Corsair website the size is taken looking at the mains Power cable inlet.

2) The fan always (in all psu's I have used) draw air from the case all expelled at the rear.

Goksly · 5 Apr 2009 at 22:03

Thanks for the reply RJC. Would I be right in saying that pretty much all PSUs will be the same width and heigh and only the length would differ (so they all fit in the same slot of cases)?

RJC · 5 Apr 2009 at 22:05

That's right, my old Corsair 750W was slightly longer than my current Corsair 620w

Linx · 5 Apr 2009 at 22:16

+1 corsair 620w

mythrandyr · 5 Apr 2009 at 22:17

ive heard that the zalman PSU's are quite good, i considered buying one of those myself for a while but at the minute my thermaltake one is still holding out quite admirably despite being a couple of years old now.