New power supply wanted...

jpd1977uk · 14 Jul 2008 at 18:20

I need to get a new PSU for my system and was thinking of getting this Hiper 580W HPU-4M580 SLi Certified ATX2.2 PSU.

The hardware I have got is:
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) Retail
Memory: GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Motherboard: Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2
Video: ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
HP rm435i 16x DVD-ROM - IDE
Asus DRW-2014L1 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter - IDE

It also has 1 CPU fan, case light and two case fans.

Will that be enough for all that lot?

milkinc13 · 14 Jul 2008 at 18:31

yup, that will be fine at powering your system

Kelt · 14 Jul 2008 at 18:33

jpd1977uk said:
I need to get a new PSU for my system and was thinking of getting this Hiper 580W HPU-4M580 SLi Certified ATX2.2 PSU.

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"Step AWAY from the bomb!"

hp7909 · 14 Jul 2008 at 18:35

Hiper's don't have a good rep round here.

Recommend this instead

Kelt · 14 Jul 2008 at 18:37

milkinc13 said:
yup, that will be fine at blowing up your system

Fixed

LeJimster · 15 Jul 2008 at 11:56

I'm looking for a *cheapish* (upto £40) PSU for an old AMD X2 PC I want to give to my friend.. But I wouldn't go with Hiper from my experience, I had one a few years back and it lasted about a year then blew up. I've had a corsair since, which are great and reliable.. But a bit on the expensive side.

jpd1977uk · 15 Jul 2008 at 15:46

LeJimster said:
I'm looking for a *cheapish* (upto £40) PSU for an old AMD X2 PC I want to give to my friend.. But I wouldn't go with Hiper from my experience, I had one a few years back and it lasted about a year then blew up. I've had a corsair since, which are great and reliable.. But a bit on the expensive side.

Why don't you start your own thread?!

j.jarman · 15 Jul 2008 at 17:44

good psus arent cheap :S Anything by corsair or enermax will serve you well.

gareth170 · 15 Jul 2008 at 17:56

jpd1977uk said:
Why don't you start your own thread?!

why start his own thread when its about the same topic?

gareth170 · 15 Jul 2008 at 18:04

LeJimster said:
I'm looking for a *cheapish* (upto £40) PSU for an old AMD X2 PC I want to give to my friend..

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search;_...Qx.?p=Hi-Power+Black+700W+&fr=&ei=UTF-8&rd=r1 (does this link break the rule? it only linked to a search engine)

i have the 900w version, very stable, works great, good price.

muon · 15 Jul 2008 at 18:47

Dont buy the 580w Hiper. Its a terrible PSU. In fact I had just made a post on how bad it was (its an EOL product)

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12095828&postcount=9

hp7909 · 17 Jul 2008 at 19:40

KelticDaz said:
"Step AWAY from the bomb!"

You mean like this