Looking for a new PSU

jongeeone · 25 Nov 2006 at 12:26

Im looking for a new PSU as this erm, QTEC cant handle it to well (as expected). I overclocked my e6300 to like 3ghz and the PSU just gave in, corrupted windows etc :rolleyes:

looking to spend around £50-£60. I Was looking at the Hiper R one, any other suggestions?

And just a quick thing, i got a 7900GS but when playing movie's all the colors are washed out, its really faint coloring and this happens on all video's except quicktime files.

benjo · 25 Nov 2006 at 12:31

Something like a Seasonic S12, FSP Sparkle, Enermax around 500w variants would do nicely. Others to consider are Corsair and OCZ aswell.

Try to avoid the Hipers, there's a lot of bad experiences on these forums.

jongeeone · 25 Nov 2006 at 12:43

What about the Enermax Noisetaker 535w?

dante6491 · 25 Nov 2006 at 12:46

my hiper is ok and has been since april, it ahsnt failed ...........yet

he seasonic s12 are meant to be very good

hp7909 · 25 Nov 2006 at 12:49

jongeeone said:
Im looking for a new PSU as this erm, QTEC cant handle it to well (as expected). I overclocked my e6300 to like 3ghz and the PSU just gave in, corrupted windows etc looking to spend around £50-£60. I Was looking at the Hiper R one, any other suggestions?

And just a quick thing, i got a 7900GS but when playing movie's all the colors are washed out, its really faint coloring and this happens on all video's except quicktime files.

Qtec with that (nice) rig :eek:

m8 Qtec's are just horrible & Hipers are failing quite a-lot lately!

Go for the Tagan TG480-U01 480W or Enermax Noisetaker 535W.

As for the 'faint colouring', tried reinstalling GFX drivers & codecs? But I hope the Qtec hasn't already caused irreparable damage

EDIT

jongeeone · 25 Nov 2006 at 13:06

Heh, i had a feeling the QTEC would be a bad mistake. The colors and graphics are fine on everything else, i have reinstalled codecs but no idea

Im not sure if this is normall but when i do power up my pc, i press the button and it gets a spurt of life, blue lights flash, go off, takes like 3 seconds then boots up lol, is this the QTEC doing this?

GazD · 25 Nov 2006 at 15:11

I recently purchased the Corsair 520w PSU from OCUk, must say Im darn impressed with it. As above Enermax and Seasonic would also suffice.