Need advice on PSU

mikka84 · 23 Jan 2007 at 11:48

going to buy:
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300/E6600 (depends on my PSU tbh)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 platinum
2*Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB in raid0
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

+a cheapo x1950pro (gonna upgrade to r600 gfx when its released, i dont have Xfire in mind though)

plus i've got 2 optical drives and 3 120mm fans in the case.

i cant decide between these 3:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-HP
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-019-OC
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-CS

ideally i would want to save a few quid and go for the hiper but i'm not sure if it would support the r600 GPU. I've got a mate who owns the corsair PSU and he says its the best 100 quid he ever spent but im really drawn towards the OCZ 700Watt mark, thinking it would ensure that i wont have to upgrade hopefully in the next 3 years.

ty for the advice(es) in advance

Will_3rd · 23 Jan 2007 at 11:59

I would avoid the Hiper, there's been a fair few stories of them blowing up on these forums.

The Corsair looks solid judging from reviews and what your mate said plus its modular, saving on cable mess. But the OCZ would be pretty good as well. But personally if I was buying either them I would go for the Corsair.

mikka84 · 23 Jan 2007 at 12:00

I'll flip a coin then

any1 should OCZ be heads or tails???
jking, i'll go for corsair then, ty for responce

A2Z · 23 Jan 2007 at 12:43

deffo get the corsair, i got mine last friday, is great

cuke2u · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:41

Hi, one thing to remember is that many PSU are made a company under licence to another.

For one thing the Antec Neo HE 550 watt is actually made by seasonic, as are other models in the Antec range, see here http://www.overclockersonline.net/?page=articles&num=851 and here http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/370

Thus it could be possible to pick up a rebadged seasonic at a cheaper price...
ChrisC

TC1 · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:42

Zalman do great PSU's too.

pastymuncher · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:22

Not the Hiper.

Either of the other two would be good. The OCZ may last a bit longer in terms of upgrade potential due to it being 700w. The Corsair is actually made by Seasonic so it's excellent as well.

Rob43 · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:32

Hiper,had a bad experiance with the 580w myself :mad:

OCZ is a good psu,had a 600w gameXstream,but now i have the Corsair HX620w PSU & can't fault it,rock solid rails & very,very quiet

Rob

mikka84 · 24 Jan 2007 at 00:22

well corsair it is then ty guys