Would like some recomendations on a good PSU

I wish to upgrade my 400W ATX PSU but not sure what is best on the
market. I would like a PSU, preferably name brand with all the bells
and whistles (minus that neon crap) and at least 500W (I run a lot of
hardware[ 6WD 7200 RPM HD],ATI 9600XT 128MB, 2 optical drives ).
Please comment on your PSU or what you would recommend. Thanks!

I forgot to list my co
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe ACPI BIOS Rev 1007
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ Barton 2074.7 MHz
FSB-180.4 MHz
TWIN -Wintec Industries DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes--synchronized
RADEON 9600 XT AGP

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:30:15 GMT, Dunny Rummy wrote:

I wish to upgrade my 400W ATX PSU but not sure what is best on the
market. I would like a PSU, preferably name brand with all the bells
and whistles (minus that neon crap) and at least 500W (I run a lot of
hardware[ 6WD 7200 RPM HD],ATI 9600XT 128MB, 2 optical drives ).
Please comment on your PSU or what you would recommend. Thanks!

Look at PC Power & Cooling power supplies...they aren't cheap, but they are
the best and the cleanest power I've seen. If that is beyond what you're
willing to pay for a power supply, then Antec, Enermax, and Sparkle are
decent power supplies.

"Dunny Rummy" wrote in message
...
I forgot to list my co
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe ACPI BIOS Rev 1007
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ Barton 2074.7 MHz
FSB-180.4 MHz
TWIN -Wintec Industries DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes--synchronized
RADEON 9600 XT AGP

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:30:15 GMT, Dunny Rummy wrote:

I wish to upgrade my 400W ATX PSU but not sure what is best on the
market. I would like a PSU, preferably name brand with all the bells
and whistles (minus that neon crap) and at least 500W (I run a lot of
hardware[ 6WD 7200 RPM HD],ATI 9600XT 128MB, 2 optical drives ).
Please comment on your PSU or what you would recommend. Thanks!

"Dunny Rummy" said in :
I wish to upgrade my 400W ATX PSU but not sure what is best on the
market. I would like a PSU, preferably name brand with all the bells
and whistles (minus that neon crap) and at least 500W (I run a lot of
hardware[ 6WD 7200 RPM HD],ATI 9600XT 128MB, 2 optical drives ).
Please comment on your PSU or what you would recommend. Thanks!

Visit www.tomshardware.com for testing of power supplies. I recently picked
up a Fortron but several others are good and you can read about them. Some
actually provide more power than they rate for themself (i.e., they have
reserve).

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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:30:15 GMT, Dunny Rummy wrote:

I wish to upgrade my 400W ATX PSU but not sure what is best on the
market. I would like a PSU, preferably name brand with all the bells
and whistles (minus that neon crap) and at least 500W (I run a lot of
hardware[ 6WD 7200 RPM HD],ATI 9600XT 128MB, 2 optical drives ).
Please comment on your PSU or what you would recommend. Thanks!

Your motherboard uses 5V for CPU power. This leaves almost all of the
12V rail, that rail taxed most by your numerous hard drives,
available. A decent 400W power supply should power your system fine,
but a really good 300W might too.

What make/model is your power supply?
Do you find it inadequate or has it failed?

A generic 400W PSU may only be worth around 250 actual W, though this
can vary. Someday I'll have to do more testing, because I even have a
couple of Delta 240W PSU, which I think would power that system...
it's all in which PSU you choose.

Here are a few, based on your present system, but should be a little
more than you need on 12V rail, more likely to support future
upgrades:

Antec Smartpower 400W or higher
Antec Truepower 350W or higher
Sparkle 400W or higher
PCPower&Cooling, 350W or higher
Delta 350W or higher
Enermax 450W (really no good reason to get an Enermax, lower quality
per $, more eye-candy than capacity)

Shaking up the ole magic 8-ball, I came up with one for your system,
Antec Truepower 430W ;-)

The best on the market: Antec TruPower.

--
DaveW



"Dunny Rummy" wrote in message
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I wish to upgrade my 400W ATX PSU but not sure what is best on the
market. I would like a PSU, preferably name brand with all the bells
and whistles (minus that neon crap) and at least 500W (I run a lot of
hardware[ 6WD 7200 RPM HD],ATI 9600XT 128MB, 2 optical drives ).
Please comment on your PSU or what you would recommend. Thanks!

went down to CompUSA and picked up a full ATX Tower


http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...439&pfp=BROWSE

and bought their 600 W PSU


http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...980&pfp=SEARCH

I just finished the transferring from one case to another. I really
wonder if that 600 W is true rating.











On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:34:09 GMT, "DaveW" wrote:

The best on the market: Antec TruPower.

by the way. they didnt have the Antec i wanted so i opted for CompUsa
brand



On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 03:23:34 GMT, Dunny Rummy wrote:

went down to CompUSA and picked up a full ATX Tower


http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...439&pfp=BROWSE

and bought their 600 W PSU


http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...980&pfp=SEARCH

I just finished the transferring from one case to another. I really
wonder if that 600 W is true rating.











On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:34:09 GMT, "DaveW" wrote:

The best on the market: Antec TruPower.

Dunny Rummy wrote:
by the way. they didnt have the Antec i wanted so i opted for CompUsa
brand

In other words, you asked a question here, knowledgable people gave you
answers, then you totally ignored them.

CompUSA PSUs are crap, usually last about three months, then take the mobo
with them. Good luck.
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~misfit~

"Dunny Rummy" wrote in message
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by the way. they didnt have the Antec i wanted so i opted for CompUsa
brand




Did you happen to notice the "Limited Warranty 3 Months (90 days)."
Hmmm.....maybe there's a reason the warranty is so short.

For a $100 you could have had an excellent P/S from one of the top companies
that were mentioned in previous responses.

Antec, as well as several others, have a THREE (3) YEAR or better warranty.
Hmmm.......maybe there's a reason for that as well.


That CrapUSA power supply has 2 fans.....I think. Where are they located? If
that's the same power supply I saw in one of their stores then one of the
fans is EXTERNAL to the power supply and won't do much good for your system
in terms of CPU cooling. Hmmm......maybe the P/S needs that fan there so it
will survive for 90 days!!!


I have to wonder why people ask for opinions from experienced people and
then essentially totally ignore those opinions.



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callsignviper


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