PSU Question!

The Old Man · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:20

Hi,
I currently have a 480w Antec PSU bought from OCUK when I bought my FX5900 sometime ago. I'm upgrading to a PCI Express system, hopefully a AMD64X2 4200 and an OCUK 7900 512MB GTX. Can anyone recommend a PSU, possibly Antec becasue I like the way they keep the chassis fans quiet with their fan only leads. Do they still have this functionality? I noticed some PSU's have all of these disconnectable leads, I don't think I need all that but want to make sure I've enough power ands its quiet - blue nova/corsa leds optional!

Stelly · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:34

Alright mate where in North Wales you from??

As for your PSU, as most people in here will tell you go for a Seasonic mate

Stelly

The Old Man · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:40

Hi,
Thanks for that. I'm looking at the Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply. Would that be good enough? These are better than the Antec or Tagan PSU's?

Jay_t · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:40

Nah, Enermax, PC & P or FSP Fortron. Seasonic haven't been around long enough to say yet. Will their PSU's still be going strong in over 5 years?

Maybe, but Enermax have already proved themselves by having their PSU's stand the test of time.

The Old Man · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:41

Thanks Jay T, any recommendation on size? I don't want SLI.

Would the Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU be enough for a dual athlon and 7900 512MB GTX?

Stelly · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:42

The Old Man said:
Hi,
Thanks for that. I'm looking at the Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply. Would that be good enough? These are better than the Antec or Tagan PSU's?

Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply is a really good PSU... I think that they are better, but its all based on opinion mate...

Stelly

squiffy · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:46

Enermax for quality, Seasonic S12 for absolute quietness (HTPC use) I own both so I think have some say in it

If it's a gaming rig get the Enermax. Modular will help a lot with case tidying. 500W Liberty should be enough, think it's cheaper than the 500W Seasonic as well.

Stelly · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:03

for reference

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17590185

Stelly

MR.B · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:18

Jay_t said:
Seasonic haven't been around long enough to say yet. Will their PSU's still be going strong in over 5 years?

I recently read in a review for a Seasonic PSU that stated they've been making PSU's for over 30 years...

And i reckon your current 480w PSU will be enough for what you plan on getting. I'm running an overclocked 4400+, a 7900GTX with 3 HDD's and water cooling and 2 disc drives all on a 470w OCZ Powerstream.

I'm getting a Seasonic S12 600w PSU soon though for when i upgrade to a Core 2 Duo system next month, i hear they are great PSU's from people on here aswell as in reviews and that there very quiet, which matters to me a lot as i sleep with my PC on!

The Old Man · 19 Jun 2006 at 18:20

Thanks all for the replies. It seems many think 500w should be enough, which is only 20w more than I have now so I can see your point Mr B. I don't think it has PCI-E connectors though, just SATA and Fan Only ones in addition to the main power ATX and 4 pin connector. Any have any pictures of PCI-E connectors that I can compare?

The system is going to be:

Dual core AMD64 X2 4200
2 GB DDR400
2 SATA RAID HDD 160GB
1 Nvida 7900GTX 512MB
1 DVD-RW

as per this topic . I was hoping for an opinion or some advice on this topic before I spend over £800 if anyone wants to chip in! Its holding me off ordering!