PSU choices

Hidden Hippo · 27 Jul 2006 at 22:56

I've narrowed down my PSU to one of three. They are the OCZ ModStream 520W, the Hiper Modular 580W and the Seasonic S12 500W. Which of these would you recommend to run the following rig:

Conroe E6600
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3/4
2GB G. Skill NR PC2-6400
Seagate Barracuda 250GB
NEC ND3550
Floppy Drive
Sapphire Radeon X1900XT
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
3 12cm Case Fans

As an aside, is the side fan in the Thermaltake Armour Jr case an 80cm, 92cm or 120cm fan?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Joe42 · 27 Jul 2006 at 23:21

Seasonic or OCZ.
Seasonic if you want silence, OCZ for modular and excelent tech support.

Insomniak · 27 Jul 2006 at 23:26

Seasonic....silent + excellent efficiency

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 23:26

Go for the Seasonic, but for the fiver extra you can get a Tagan 580Watt Modular.., so more value for you money and very quiet and a great PSU...seems you have enough case fans to deal with the heat...so the Tagan would be the better choice.."Tagan TG580-U15 580W " and the modular cables are a dream...

Hidden Hippo · 27 Jul 2006 at 23:39

Thanks for the speedy responses. I'd never really considered a Tagan supply. Do they have the same levels of reliability as the Seasonics and Enermax PSUs?

Joe42 · 28 Jul 2006 at 00:25

Yes.

FYI the 'A List' of psu manufacturers i.e manufacturers whos psus are reliable, don't take out components when they die etc etc

Seasonic, Enermax, OCZ, Tagan, FSP, Antec.

Hidden Hippo · 28 Jul 2006 at 00:33

Thanks again. I'll probably order the Tagan then, especially if I get a mad urge to go crossfire or SLi in the future.

Shakey_Jake33 · 28 Jul 2006 at 06:23

Another vote for Seasonic here. Silence, SLi compatible.

cobxx · 28 Jul 2006 at 09:52

Joe42 said:
Yes.

FYI the 'A List' of psu manufacturers i.e manufacturers whos psus are reliable, don't take out components when they die etc etc

Seasonic, Enermax, OCZ, Tagan, FSP, Antec.

Yep, can't go wrong with any of them. Or PC Power & Cooling if you're feeling you wanna spend loaads of money.

Killajaz · 28 Jul 2006 at 10:26

I had a Antec NEO HE 430watt powering my Opteron [email protected], overclocked X1800XT and it was perfect. You wont go wrong with any of the five companies listed.