Is this psu any good?

squiffy · 5 May 2006 at 20:49

cheers, I'll try to get a mate to buy a Seasonic as well (stock PSU inside the Qpack Cube case)

Just annoying I'm going to have to travel to OC, then to another place in Bolton just to pickup the case) edit will this PSU be suitable for a X1800XT? ta

Energize · 5 May 2006 at 21:03

Mine is running my sig fine.

Joe42 · 5 May 2006 at 21:10

squiffy said:
cheers, I'll try to get a mate to buy a Seasonic as well (stock PSU inside the Qpack Cube case)

Just annoying I'm going to have to travel to OC, then to another place in Bolton just to pickup the case) edit will this PSU be suitable for a X1800XT? ta

When you get your new Seasonic PSU from either OCUK or bolton could you tell us if its the new revision with sheathed cables.
Theres a thread here about it, let us know asap.

Me and a few others are waiting to find out before we buy one, or in my case buy another one.

Thanks

Energize · 5 May 2006 at 21:20

I bought one on wednesday from another place and it came with sheathing.

Joe42 · 5 May 2006 at 22:50

Energize said:
I bought one on wednesday from another place and it came with sheathing.

Thats good. I'll give it a week or so to be sure i'll get one. Not sure where i'll be ordering it from yet, depends who has the mintor i want for the lowest price.

squiffy · 6 May 2006 at 22:39

Got one from OC today and no sheathing on the cables, not really bothered anyway. It is quieter than the Liberty, but the Liberty isn't exactly noisy either. I think the Seasonic fan spins 500-700rpm. It does however move less air, but for a HTPC this is ideal. Quite a bit of difference between my two machines, one is a bit louder than a laptop (in fact quieter as the laptop fan is pretty loud when it does spin up)

benjo · 6 May 2006 at 22:51

A bit off topic, but i'm hoping your 3dmark 05 score is a mistake squiffy? :eek:

squiffy · 6 May 2006 at 23:08

Not quite, I get that score with Pro version of 3Dmark 05. 11400 with the free version, and 17000 odd with 03 free version.

Cyber-Mav · 6 May 2006 at 23:15

noise aside, the enermax is the best quality psu out the lot of those. with the others they could explode on first power on. :eek:

your your running low on funds then go for a qtec or hiper psu, both are cheapo but you get what you pays for.

benjo · 6 May 2006 at 23:31

Cyber-Mav said:
noise aside, the enermax is the best quality psu out the lot of those. with the others they could explode on first power on.
your your running low on funds then go for a qtec or hiper psu, both are cheapo but you get what you pays for.

I thought the pro version was just the same? But with extra settings

squiffy · 6 May 2006 at 23:50

Cyber-Mav said:
noise aside, the enermax is the best quality psu out the lot of those. with the others they could explode on first power on.
your your running low on funds then go for a qtec or hiper psu, both are cheapo but you get what you pays for.

I hope my Seasonic isn't a POS? :eek:

benjo · 7 May 2006 at 00:48

Cyber-Mav said:
noise aside, the enermax is the best quality psu out the lot of those. with the others they could explode on first power on.
your your running low on funds then go for a qtec or hiper psu, both are cheapo but you get what you pays for.

I highly doubt a seasonic is going to blow up on power on :confused:

And even though theres been a few problems recently with hipers, i dont think you can compare them to qtec

Joe42 · 7 May 2006 at 10:00

squiffy said:
Got one from OC today and no sheathing on the cables.

I have a feeling they've put them on this week only to clear the old revision ones.

Don't get me started on Hyper psu's. I would argue that they are almost worse than Q-tec because they pretend to be decent high quality psu's and then blow things up.

Cyber-Mav said:
noise aside, the enermax is the best quality psu out the lot of those. with the others they could explode on first power on.

Your saying all psu's except enermax don't comply with the Atx spec. There are plenty of decent psu's out there and none of them will blow up.