PSU Question

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will this psu power my sytem

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

core 2 duo (3.00GHz)
asus p5q pro mobo
evga 9800gtx+
4gb of ocz ram
2 500gb HDD

and my main question is will it also support all the fans that come with the antec 900 case? :)

Thanks in advance

if not can you recommend a psu that would, my budget max is £110, and would like it to be a little future proof (such as another 9800gtx may be added in the future).
 
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Kennysevenfold said:
an OCZ psu.? :o for the money i would suggest getting a better quality brand mate...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084
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You'll probably be horrified to learn that that one is manufactured in the same factory as the OCZ (Corsair put the manufacture out to a 3rd party).

HX are the good (Seasonic made) Corsairs;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

That'll do you for years.
 
You'll probably be horrified to learn that that one is manufactured in the same factory as the OCZ
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Not horrified but surprised, as my understanding was that OCZ use FSP and Topower to manufacture their PSU's, whereas Corsair use Channel Well and Seasonic.
 
BlackBat said:
Not horrified but surprised, as my understanding was that OCZ use FSP and Topower to manufacture their PSU's, whereas Corsair use Channel Well and Seasonic.
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Aren't FSP and CWT the same company now? And now that OCZ own the PCP&C brand - does that mean they're not what they used to be?
 
WJA96 said:
Aren't FSP and CWT the same company now? And now that OCZ own the PCP&C brand - does that mean they're not what they used to be?
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Is that a recent thing WJA because I've never heard of those two companies having merged.

By mentioning FSP I guess he linked to a StealthXStream or GameXStream in his OP (I can't get the shop to load)? If it was a ModXStream then Sirtec are the company responsible. Anyway, none of them reach the same levels of quality as the modern CWT units, although that's not to say they won't perform fine in the average person's rig as hardly anyone will need to place a full load on their PSU.

The only result from their merger with PCP&C so far it seems is that they now get nice little test reports included within their PSU boxes, assuring you that the unit has passed their stringent in-house testing regime. That's what caused HardOCP to rip into them so badly since the ModXStreams they received both had test reports indicating they had been checked prior to shipping, yet neither unit could pass the maximum load test. As mentioned above, barely anyone who buys that line of supplies will ever hit a full load so it perfectly illustrates to me OCZ's utterly cynical approach to the market. Do just enough to ensure the power supply will perform reasonably well at middling loads, cut corners on the quality of components used, bling up the exterior and make it appeal to the 'enthusiast', all before finally throwing in a PCP&C test report in an effort to make the product seem higher quality than it really is.

They're not going to make your computer crash and burn but they also don't deserve anyone's money, especially not with all of the other high quality alternatives available.
 
Nullvoid said:
Is that a recent thing WJA because I've never heard of those two companies having merged.
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It's quite possible I'm wrong, and it just further illustrates the point I was trying to make - just because one Corsair PSU is good, doesn't make them all good because they are made by different people at different times. The situation you recount with OCZ being made by anything up to 3 different companies makes it hard to decide which are OK, and which are not. And PCP&C PSUs are now suspicious in my eyes. I will now effectively only buy Seasonic PSUs, either in Corsair or Seasonic guise, but that's about the last brand I actually trust.
 
Enermax Modu 82+ or Zalman heatpipe jobbies are excellent psu's. You could actually power that rig with a quality 300-400w psu. The rig in my siggy only draws a max of 274w and that's with Orthos and Fur stability test running at the same time.

The Corsair HX series may be good but they are also stupidly expensive now.
 
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