Spec me a modular PSU

Cody · 20 Apr 2006 at 13:35

I am currently running the spec in my sig with a Akasa 480W PaxPower, I knew this had a weak 12v rail but it seemed OK for around £50.

Since getting close to 3Ghz I sometimes get messages that the graphics card is not getting enough power, the problem is that I am getting this in windows not when gaming :eek:

Cody · 21 Apr 2006 at 08:02

I was looking at the Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular any one have any experiance with these?

kinetic747 · 21 Apr 2006 at 11:01

Feelings are mixed around here but I can't fault mine. It's powerful, stable and extremely quiet. :cool:

BigDom · 21 Apr 2006 at 11:12

Tagan Modular, quiet (silent is basically a fair description ) solid with decent leads.

pastymuncher · 21 Apr 2006 at 11:19

Another vote for the Hiper here. I have had mine for over 12 months now and had no problems. Mine is also silent too.

bbreezeuk · 21 Apr 2006 at 11:48

a vote against the hiper as mine exploded

p4radox · 21 Apr 2006 at 12:31

I'd go with Tagan or Enermax - I'm a particular fan of Tagan as they always seem completely solid and well built. Hipers have a habit of being noisy and underperforming

Aidoscuz · 21 Apr 2006 at 12:47

Another vote for the Hiper. Mine's rock solid and really quiet.

Traducer · 21 Apr 2006 at 13:16

Tagan are great PSUs, the Hyper looks nice when you see the little pic, but not many people seem to like them and I have heard many a bad thing regarding them.

MG42Maniac · 21 Apr 2006 at 13:59

One more vote for the Hiper- excellent PSU

nands · 21 Apr 2006 at 14:43

Happy with my Hiper, get a fine free bits box with it too for storing all those essentials!

fornowagain · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:00

kinetic747 said:
Feelings are mixed around here but I can't fault mine. It's powerful, stable and extremely quiet.

Hiper 580W: 30A/360W at 12v isn't considered that powerful anymore tbh.

The modular SilverStone Strider ST60F has 42A/504W at 12v, £90. Worth the extra IMO.

Azza · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:20

Tagan, really really quiet.

Traducer · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:21

Azza said:
Tagan, really really quiet.

And they look classy

Raikiri · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:41

Seasonic

kinetic747 · 21 Apr 2006 at 17:03

fornowagain said:
Hiper 580W: 30A/360W at 12v isn't considered that powerful anymore tbh.

The modular SilverStone Strider ST60F has 42A/504W at 12v, £90. Worth the extra IMO.

Well, if you want to split hairs.

FatRakoon · 24 Apr 2006 at 02:35

My personal favourite has been my Ultra X-Connect.

Its been perfect for me, and its the first true PSU that I bought, thats really shown me the importance of a good PSU... Before that, I was perfectly happy with QTECs even though they are hated by so many... I see why now though!

The next down the list has been my hyper.

I have got to say though, that although I do like the hyper a lot... Its hot... Not just hot, but even when unloaded the heat being blown out the back of it is scary.... So much so, that I took the original 120mm out of it, and its now got a 120mm delta instead, and guess what? - even with 156CFM being blown through it, the air is still warm, so that says how hot it gets.

The Ultra X, is stone cold even when I used it to drive my SCSI Tower ( 2x18GB RAID as C: and 4x36 0+1 Raid and 1x76 + 2xDVDRW ) it stayed flawless and stone cold throughout, so on that note, I would put the Ultra before the hyper.

However, the major drawback with the ultra, is that the cables supplied are like iron bars, and not at all any good for if you are the type who likes to fold the cables around the components to keep things tidy. The cables are just bloody awful.

I am wantign to swap the Ultra, which is currently in my NEO2 PC with my OCZ PSU ( Non-modular that one ) but it was such a job to get the PSU into it in the first place, I dont want to have the same hassles when I move it to another PC.

If the Hypers are normally cooler than mine, then I would go for the hyper, but if they are all as hot as mine, then I would go for the Ultra-X Connect.

Dunno though... Maybe the heat from the hyper will soften the cables from the ultra enough to let me bend them ?

WJA96 · 24 Apr 2006 at 07:07

FatRakoon said:
I have got to say though, that although I do like the hyper a lot... Its hot... Not just hot, but even when unloaded the heat being blown out the back of it is scary.... So much so, that I took the original 120mm out of it, and its now got a 120mm delta instead, and guess what? - even with 156CFM being blown through it, the air is still warm, so that says how hot it gets.....

.....If the Hypers are normally cooler than mine, then I would go for the hyper, but if they are all as hot as mine, then

Mine runs very warm too. It would tend to suggest that the heatsinks are either overloaded or extremely efficient.

FatRakoon said:
However, the major drawback with the ultra, is that the cables supplied are like iron bars, and not at all any good for if you are the type who likes to fold the cables around the components to keep things tidy. The cables are just bloody awful.

Stiff cabling is a sign of high quality cores.

FatRakoon · 24 Apr 2006 at 10:57

WJA96 said:
Mine runs very warm too. It would tend to suggest that the heatsinks are either overloaded or extremely efficient.

Hopefully the latter.

Its warm even when unloaded, so that would be my hope.

WJA96 said:
Stiff cabling is a sign of high quality cores.

True, or rather thin cables are the sign of naff kit, but these are not stiff...
Calling these cables stiff is like going to the south pole and whinging cos its a tad nippy... These things are so hard they offered me out!

wilders · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:45

I got a hiper and its excellent, so far.....(about 5 months)