What PSU

Mortah · 28 May 2006 at 13:59

What's generally regarded as the current best PSUs to get for quietness and cost combined?
Wanting to power an X2 3800+ and an X1800GTO, plus the usual stuff

Would I be right in saying that the Tagan 430W modular would do the job and be nice and quiet?

Mikey1280 · 28 May 2006 at 14:02

Tagan psus are very nice, I have the 480 myself but its not modular. I cant hear it over the gfx card/cpu fans

Raikiri · 28 May 2006 at 14:05

Seasonic 430w

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article226-page1.html

Mortah · 28 May 2006 at 14:14

Ok... so there's about 3 quid difference between the Tagan and the Seasonic... Which would be quieter? Which would you prefer?

(I have a Tagan atm and quite like the modularity of it... but would ditch that if there's a noticable difference in the noise

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Raikiri · 28 May 2006 at 14:15

Seasonic would be quieter. although not by a massive amount. But because it isnt modular the rails will generally be more stable (less resistence).

Cyber-Mav · 28 May 2006 at 22:03

460w enermax on special offer for £35 inc vat is top deal. its got 35a on 12v rail :eek:

Humate · 28 May 2006 at 22:36

can any one PSU handle an x1900xtx, athlon 64 4000+, and 12 hard drives?

i got a CM stacker, gonna upgrade my PSU, theres room for two, but i wouldnt mind buying a monster PSU now to keep me going for a while until i reach my goal of a full case

Raikiri · 28 May 2006 at 22:41

Humate said:
can any one PSU handle an x1900xtx, athlon 64 4000+, and 12 hard drives?

i got a CM stacker, gonna upgrade my PSU, theres room for two, but i wouldnt mind buying a monster PSU now to keep me going for a while until i reach my goal of a full case

700w FSP Epsilon should just about if not there are 900/1100w Tagans and a 1000w PCP&C

Humate · 28 May 2006 at 22:50

Cheers

(hijacked that one - sorry mortah)

Humate · 28 May 2006 at 22:58

Enermax EG465AX-VE(G)(FMA) 460W ATX1.3 Power Supply (CA-004-EN)

does that have PCI-Express connector jobby?

assadasghar · 30 May 2006 at 00:53

will this 460w power a X1900XT as the manual mentions this cards only needs a 420watt PSU, I currently have a Fortron 400watt PSU, should i go for a upgrade?

I really like the enermax Liberty 550w, PSU but too costly!

Indy500 · 30 May 2006 at 00:55

The 460W Enermax is ATX1.3 only.

assadasghar · 30 May 2006 at 01:05

atx 1.3? does that mean its not compatible with x1900xt?

also I have 3 250gb SATA hd's 3.0ghz Pent D processor and 1gb ram, dvd rom and dvd-writer, and a dual DVB-t tuner card. which PSU do you recommend?

t31os · 30 May 2006 at 02:39

assadasghar said:
I really like the enermax Liberty 550w, PSU but too costly!

I have that liberty powering my x1800xt, works like a dream.

hp7909 · 30 May 2006 at 07:17

Humate said:
can any one PSU handle an x1900xtx, athlon 64 4000+, and 12 hard drives?

i got a CM stacker, gonna upgrade my PSU, theres room for two, but i wouldnt mind buying a monster PSU now to keep me going for a while until i reach my goal of a full case

Whoa

I'd go for 2 PSU's just to be on the safe side (& also because you can). Would one PSU even have enough molex/etc connectors for all the 12 drives - unless sharing?

Maybe go for these:

Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG) - for the extra disks/drives keeping inside nice & tidy
Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-006-TG)

See here also