X-Power 450w Psu?

axe · 4 Jul 2006 at 22:45

Hey im just wondering what the word is on these? are they decent or just like Q-Tec? It will be used to power :

Pentium D 930 ( will be overclocking )
Asrock HDTV mobo
2GB DDR2
250GB WD Sata
Dvd-Rw
X850 XT

Cheers

Explicit · 4 Jul 2006 at 23:00

Never heard of them to be honest.

Big players = Seasonic, Tagan, FSP, Enermax, PC Power & Cooling

bbreezeuk · 5 Jul 2006 at 00:09

its best not to cheap out on the power supply as if it fails it may well take other components with it, if you are overclocking that pentium 930 i suspect its going to draw a fair amount of power as already meantioed Tagan, seasonic and enermax make good reliable power supplys but if you want a cheapish one i would highly reccomend the akasa ultra quite 460W

TheVoice · 5 Jul 2006 at 00:51

I don't see Antec getting too many recommendations these days. I've always held them in high regard. Been running a 480W TrueBlue II for several months now and it's been fine.

MadMatty · 5 Jul 2006 at 08:35

Id avoid the X-power if possible. I baught it as a cheap psu for my old AXP system as I moved the Tagan over to my current machine. Biggest issue I have withthe X-power is somekind of grounding issue as it causes a largish hum thats picked up on my speakers. Even louder when i take out the ethernet lead as I assume the etherned grounding is helping to at least send some of the hum away. Not many connectors on them either.

Rokusho · 5 Jul 2006 at 08:48

Just remember the old saying:

"Buy cheap, buy twice, buy good, buy once"

Or something along those lines...