Which PSU ?

Steves_pc · 27 Mar 2006 at 21:54

Hey all,

like lots of folk here just snatched me an x19xt-x

and thought the existing psu might not be up to it (Antec TruBlue 480w)
well i was right the 12v line dropped to 11.5v hardly surprising as its 12v line is rated at 28A and the xt-x can take that on it's own!
so dropped in a Hiper 580w which does do the job, However and heres the problem it's fans are too damn noisy!! despite being 21db rated, the system was relatively quiet before with temps that were reasonable considering the fan speeds (120 & 80 in & 120+psu fan out)

What i'm looking for is something like the Antec with fan control/outputs and a 120mm fan in it's bott, (5 hdd's under it to cool too) and be able to hande the xt-x of course oh and an oc'd x2 3800.

Are there any others to consider or is my best option the newer Antec v2 550w? any thing else i should consider?

TIA

smit101 · 27 Mar 2006 at 23:32

The seasonics use a single 120mm silent fan,they are also very highly rated units. Seasonic psu's .

stvmor · 28 Mar 2006 at 01:24

smit101 said:
The seasonics use a single 120mm silent fan,they are also very highly rated units. Seasonic psu's .

Absolutely spot on

They are inaudible :cool:

MrWhippy · 28 Mar 2006 at 19:09

i had a noisy hiper too, after a bit of fiddling it turned out to be the rear 80mm fan. i unplugged it and now the unit is silent.

although opening it up invalidates the warranty i can live with that, i couldn't live with the noise.

turbotoaster · 28 Mar 2006 at 19:42

it depends, are you planning on adding another card in the future, then that can make a differnce to ya choice

stvmor · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:30

MrWhippy said:
i had a noisy hiper too, after a bit of fiddling it turned out to be the rear 80mm fan. i unplugged it and now the unit is silent.

although opening it up invalidates the warranty i can live with that, i couldn't live with the noise.

I hope there's still a bit of airflow going on in there. :eek:

Steves_pc · 29 Mar 2006 at 00:39

Cheers for the reply's

MrWhippy said:
opening it up invalidates the warranty i can live with that

Not if your a sneaky/lucky git, fiddles a few stickers before now, Heat works wonders

Having seen the price of seasonics and then how much has just gone into my pc :eek:

might end up re-fanning the hiper...hmm then again spots dusty cabye opteron and thinks (££'s tick,clunk etc) ..seasonic!
well maybe, what about the FSP's Epsilon ?? not too badly priced in comparison or the Enermax Liberty?

Ta

fornowagain · 29 Mar 2006 at 04:45

Steves_pc said:
like lots of folk here just snatched me an x19xt-x
and thought the existing psu might not be up to it (Antec TruBlue 480w)
well i was right the 12v line dropped to 11.5v hardly surprising as its 12v line is rated at 28A and the xt-x can take that on it's own!

They don't take 28A :eek:

More like 12A

Steves_pc · 29 Mar 2006 at 12:10

fornowagain said:
They don't take 28A More like 12A

Oh ok then.

was only going by atitool, not 100% accurate i suppose
but for the amount of heat it wouldnt surprise me!

MrWhippy · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:18

stvmor said:
I hope there's still a bit of airflow going on in there.

well the 120mm fan is still spinning away and the hipers have mesh walls on 3 sides so i think it'll be fine. i've got lowish system temps.

i'll cetainly post up a warning if it dies

.

Steves_pc said:
Heat works wonders

yeah i thought about that right after slicing through it with a craft knife.
one day i'll have the good idea before i need it...

Jimi · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:23

Which PSU would best suit an X1900 crossfire (Two X1900s) with an X2 4400 system?

Admiral Huddy · 29 Mar 2006 at 15:06

Jimi said:
Which PSU would best suit an X1900 crossfire (Two X1900s) with an X2 4400 system?

Seasonic again

smit101 said:
The seasonics use a single 120mm silent fan,they are also very highly rated units. Seasonic psu's .

barney · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:16

I have just got the 700w epsilon for a crossfire set up. i did try a hiper 580w but it wouldnt even power 1 card in my system (the X1900xtx's are very power hungry!)

The price difference between the hiper and epsilon is pretty much nothing and so far i would say its more then worth it

if you already have a hiper though and it works ok then it might be worth sticking with it (though personally i wont go near them again).

fornowagain · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:36

Steves_pc said:
Oh ok then.

was only going by atitool, not 100% accurate i suppose
but for the amount of heat it wouldnt surprise me!

You thought the card was consuming 360 watts?

Hold you mouse over it. That's the GPU current at the core voltage, say 1.4v or 42w.