Which PSU is better?

Damienwins

Damienwins

Damienwins

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I was recommended this PSU yesterday :-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-104-AN

Yet, I was looking through OCUK and noticed that this PSU was on offer :-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-OC

I'm wondering which of the two is "better", so to speak. I know it's not all about wattage either, so I can't be sure. The recommendee(is that a word?) was pretty sure about the first PSU, but I figured it'd be best to get the opinon of the majority first (plus the guy's offline atm).

Thanks,
Damien :-)
 
I see. Why would you choose that over the antec? I want to know what I'm looking for in a semi-decent PSU so that I can do the research myself in future. I know that wattage is one thing, but I've heard something about the vaults on the rails or summat?
 
Not many reviews and they arn't as enthusiastic as the other PSU's revs. Also, someone said it was rather noisy. I'm not bothered as I play music almost 24/7, but I'd prefer a silent one, to a noisy one.
 
Silent psus are few and far between, and either go up to 400W or cost over £200 and need watercooling.

Id get the antec signature our of those two.

Volts on the rails doesn't matter much above a certain price point (around £40) since they're all honestly built. What matters most is reliability, which is where reputation comes in. In electrical terms, you want to to output very close to 12V/5V/3.3V at a wide variety of loads. The atx spec calls for at most 5% variation on these, it's not too hard to find supplies offering less than 1% variation. Stable output voltage is the main thing, second is 'ripple' or how clean the current coming out is. Dead on 12V and spikey as hell isn't so good.

Corsair make very good psus. Seasonic and pc power and cooling make better ones but charge you for it. Be quiet are good, and the signature range from antec look solid too.
 
Well my price range was at about £55, but I got persuaded up to the antec (you know how it is :$). I've got an XFX GF 8800GTS I want to use, but I need to upgrade the PSU first. App the antec is a bit of an overkill, but I'd prefer to invest in future development rather than just smalltime upgrades. ;)
 
Same reasoning here. Psu, case, watercooling & monitors survive multiple builds so may as well get good ones rather than buy a new rubbish one each and every time
 
You think the antec 650w will last me a fair amount of time? I'm not looking to upgrade from the 8800GTS anytime in the near future, but around christmas I'll probably spend ~£150-200 on a new gcard.
 
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