Power supply question

Spokwiththeears · 7 Mar 2009 at 13:02

Hi, could someone give me advice on whether this PSU would do for the following spec

http://www.jeantech.com/600.htm

A friend of mine decided to buy it to go in his new build, I wouldn't dream of paying the £65 he spent on it

Spec:

Q6600
4870 1GB
4GB Kingston DDR2 1066
Asus P5Q Pro
500GB WD Caviar Blue
Antec 900 Case

He is thinking of overclocking his Q6600 to around 3.4 maybe more which will up the power requirement, are my worries that his PSU may end up dying totally unfounded?

tech_144 · 7 Mar 2009 at 13:08

With a system like that you need a good power supply that will last and work, spend some money on a good one. Its like a high performance car you would not put some cheap tyres on it ;>

Look at some of the Corsair or Coolermaster PSU's ;>

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=123

Spokwiththeears · 7 Mar 2009 at 13:20

Thanks for the advice, I'll recommend he returns it and gets a decent quality one from a reputable manufacturer, unfortunately I doubt he will return it and will only learn once its too late.

pastymuncher · 7 Mar 2009 at 13:53

Despite what you and other's seem to think Jeantech actually sell half decent psu's. The only really negative thing about them is that they can get quite noisy under load due to the fan. I have a 6 year old Jeantech 500w psu that is still going strong. It is relegated to testing and back up uses nowadays due to it having 80mm twin fans and getting quite loud under load but i have never had a problem with it at all. It has even powered Sli'd 7800Gt's with a clocked quad so don't be so quick to write them off.

That rig of his will only draw around a max of 320-340w at the wall. My rig plus 2x sata ll hdds, sata dvdrw, Zalman ZM-MFC2 multifunction controller and 5x 120mm fans only draws 274w at the wall and that's while running Orthos and Fur stability test at the same time.

james.miller · 7 Mar 2009 at 13:56

well, 38amps on the 12v rail is pretty low for a modern psu but its still plenty for that pc. it shouldnt be a problem

Spokwiththeears · 7 Mar 2009 at 14:01

Okay, I had to make sure it would be suitable because the reason for buying a new build is that his old PSU blew up and took some parts with it.