Power Supply - The Battle of OCZ and Antec

mrk · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:03

I had a Corsair HX520 since launch and it's been amazing, I now have an OCZ ModXtreme 600w and it's equally amazing, very silent and the cables are better than the Corsair range as well as the voltage rails.

Monkeynut · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:15

PGdude said:
I don't think either of them can be classed as skimping

Do you have a preference?

Well the ModXStream uses a crappy group regulated design, see it's big brother here:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2008/11/12/ocz_700w_modxstream_pro_power_supply/9

I'd probably save for a better PSU but if I were you the Antec looks better. I don't know what it's like inside though.

jbloggs · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:16

Neither, I would go instead for a Corsair VX 450w around the same price as the OCZ & Antec, with a 5 year warranty, a "quality" PSU...

mrk · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:17

The OCZ is also a "quality" PSU with Seasonic internals (Johnny Guru review)...and the VX range are not the same as the robust HX range.

jbloggs · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:19

mrk said:
The OCZ is also a "quality" PSU with Seasonic internals (Johnny Guru review)...and the VX range are not the same as the robust HX range.

Read Johnny Guru's review of the VX 450...I'll help you out, Here it is...

mrk · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:23

Yes it's a good PSU but why get a 450 when a 500+ one is very much neck and neck price wise?

zsolmanz · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:26

Because Quality > Quantity. There are 800W ones for less, but even if they don't explode, they're unlikely to provide 800W consistently.

jbloggs · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:35

mrk said:
The OCZ is also a "quality" PSU with Seasonic internals (Johnny Guru review)...and the VX range are not the same as the robust HX range.

I cannot find any review of the 500w OCZ ModXStream on Jonny Guru (or indeed any OCZ ModXStream)...

PGdude · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:58

I'm dismissing the Antec on the grounds that it has no review and not even an 80+ efficiency certification visible.

So now its the OCZ versus...?

Kennysevenfold · 26 Sep 2009 at 23:01

PGdude said:
So now its the OCZ versus...?

THIS

PGdude · 26 Sep 2009 at 23:18

I'm planning on getting a 5800 card in the future, so will that really hold? I know the OCZ runs a 4870X2 with no issue.

Lightnix · 26 Sep 2009 at 23:38

I think out of the two I'd be inclined to go for the OCZ - the Antec is grey and boring, the OCZ as a red sticker. Looking at the two spec sheets, and it seems the OCZ can actually deliver a slightly higher combined wattage on the 12v rail compared to the Antec, assuming both power supplies are highly loaded on all other rails (I worked it out to be approximately 328W and 350W for the Antec and OCZ respectively). Also I suppose there's the advantage that the OCZ actually has some reviews, good ones for that matter. Conversely, the Antec Basiq 550W does not have any comprehensive reviews - at least not anything I can find with a cursory google search.

So yeah, in short: OCZ good, Antec a mystery.

mrk · 27 Sep 2009 at 00:02

Coming from a Corsair I can heartedly recommend the OCZ (as above)

Audigex · 27 Sep 2009 at 01:24

OCZ here too, it's perfectly happy with my 720BE overclocked to 3.8gHz and two 4870s running full whack, along with 5 fans and a couple of hard drives.

The advice is "don't skimp on the PSU" - but that's really a reference to not buying unbranded crap; you can't usually go wrong with any of the main brands (although they all have certain bad eggs). It's an area where you're always better off getting more than you need, rather than less - but the OCZ modXstream 500W has done me fine so far; rock solid volts and inaudible over the rest of the system.

JonJ678 · 27 Sep 2009 at 02:53

The 420W pc power and cooling. Without any doubt in my mind whatsoever, bugger the 80W difference.

mjones1 · 27 Sep 2009 at 07:47

Corsair broke my heart yesterday my psu died.

Poor little hx 620w you will soon be in good hands.

PGdude · 27 Sep 2009 at 15:29

JonJ678 said:
The 420W pc power and cooling. Without any doubt in my mind whatsoever, bugger the 80W difference.

I don't think circa 33A 12V Rail will run a 5800, will it? :confused:

JonJ678 · 27 Sep 2009 at 17:28

400W on the 12V? I should certainly hope it can, amd have done something terrible if their new card draws over 300W

PGdude · 27 Sep 2009 at 17:32

JonJ678 said:
400W on the 12V? I should certainly hope it can, amd have done something terrible if their new card draws over 300W

Oh, that's fine then, I suppose. I didn't realise a "small" wattage like that could handle something like this.

PermaBanned · 27 Sep 2009 at 17:34

The Antec.