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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
Ok, I'm planning on putting together a new computer pretty soon and
I'm going to eventually go with SLI. It's too expensive right now, but I'm planning on buying one card now and the other when the price goes down. Anyway, I need a ATX 2.0 PSU that's over 500 watts. Anyone have any favorites? I'm looking for longevity and I don't want an extremely loud PSU. I have a logisys 500 watt PSU and I'd give it a 4/10 for build quality and a 3/10 for noise. The thing seems cheaply made and loud. I purchased it in August and already have had to replace it on warranty, which took nearly a month. I was thinking about a thermaltake of some sort for this one. Any opinions? Oh yeah, I'm buying a monitor for this too. What does everyone think of the Viewsonic VP930B? I looking for a monitor that can both play games and DVD movies, so please don't tell me to buy one of those "3ms gray to gray Xtreme gaming" Tn+film LCDs that really are 30ms LCDs that suck on DVD playback. I had more brands in that poll but the stupid thing only allows so many... |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
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lid (professor) wrote: Ok, I'm planning on putting together a new computer pretty soon and I'm going to eventually go with SLI. It's too expensive right now, but I'm planning on buying one card now and the other when the price goes down. Anyway, I need a ATX 2.0 PSU that's over 500 watts. Anyone have any favorites? I'm looking for longevity and I don't want an extremely loud PSU. I have a logisys 500 watt PSU and I'd give it a 4/10 for build quality and a 3/10 for noise. The thing seems cheaply made and loud. I purchased it in August and already have had to replace it on warranty, which took nearly a month. I was thinking about a thermaltake of some sort for this one. Any opinions?Oh yeah, I'm buying a monitor for this too. What does everyone thinkof the Viewsonic VP930B? I looking for a monitor that can both play games and DVD movies, so please don't tell me to buy one of those "3ms gray to gray Xtreme gaming" Tn+film LCDs that really are 30ms LCDs that suck on DVD playback. I had more brands in that poll but the stupid thing only allows so many... I would start with the list here - scroll down the inner frame: http://www.slizone.com/object/slizon..._powersupplies 1) Be careful with quad rail output supplies. At least on the Asus A8N-SLI motherboards, the EZPlug auxiliary power connector on the motherboard, when it is used to help two video cards, will cause two of the outputs of a quad rail supply to be shorted together. To prevent this, you could rewire the supply a bit (doing one wire wouldn't be that tough). Or just avoid quads altogether and stick with dual (12V1/12V2) type power supplies. With a motherboard that has a 2x2 ATX12V power connector, you won't be using 12V2 at all on a quad anyway. Effectively, purchasing a quad means getting a triple (12V1/12V3/12V4) supply and not getting to use 12V2. 2) Products listed on Newegg frequently include an efficiency rating. You would expect a more efficient supply (some are listed as 85%) to run cooler, as it throws out less internal heat. That means the fan doesn't have to spin as fast, even at moderate load. 3) Eliminate products with modular wiring, if they have non-keyed wire assemblies. I notice the comments on Newegg for one of the Silverstone supplies, mention users ruining gear when the wire assemblies get reversed. It is always a good idea, no matter whose power supply you buy, to verify the voltages and polaritys of the cables, before you plug them in. A cheap multimeter can save you a lot of money in the long run. 4) With ordinary supplies, there is usually a list of well recognized bad brand names. "Deer" for example. Of the ones on the Nvidia (slizone.com) list, I would avoid Ultra, based on their past performance. I would not want to do business with them. I would also avoid the Antec NeoHE, due to a number of users having trouble with them. 5) The FX600-GLN and the FX700-GLN, on the Slizone web page, are not linked to the fspgroupusa web site. Which is mighty strange. Would these be contract built by another company ? FSPgroup (Fortron/Sparkle) build supplies for other companies, and it is strange that they would be buying someone elses. I don't know why those two supplies are being handled so strangely from a web page perspective, because they are not on fspgroupusa.com . 6) The Zippy entry is an interesting one. I believe I read somewhere, that Zippy makes supplies for PCPowerandCooling. If you check the specs for the Zippy, it has a single 12V @ 40A output! Zippies don't usually have outstanding efficiency, and the specs make no mention of efficiency, which means it might be in the 70% ballpark. That means the heat will be pouring out of that thing. But the beauty of a single 12V output is that there is no "lost" power due to the partitioning that happens on dual or quad 12V output supplies. That makes this supply as effective as the PCPowerandCooling 1KW unit, but without the good efficiency. 7) The Seasonic S12-600 looks interesting. Their S12 series have pretty good efficiency. A couple of early reviews were finding substandard 3.3V, which I haven't seen mentioned since (they were good to about half load, which probably doesn't matter anyway). Perhaps that got fixed. The Newegg comments mention that you don't get exactly 12V from them, but a bit less. The S12-600 is a dual. http://www.seasonic.com/pdf/datasheet/01PC/S12.pdf So you still have a large number of candidates to go through. The comments on Newegg for some of the products were eye openers, like the warning about the Silverstone un-keyed modular wiring. There are also lots of reviews on the web, and those may give you some comments about the fan noise. And I also notice that OCZtechnology still doesn't have a supply listed on the slizone certified list. I wonder if it costs money to get Nvidia to list a product :-) Paul |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:39:43 GMT, (Paul)
wrote: 5) The FX600-GLN and the FX700-GLN, on the Slizone web page, are not linked to the fspgroupusa web site. Which is mighty strange. Yes it is rather bizarre but that site has also had past FSP PSU and it's here too, http://www.fsp-group.com.tw/english/...ainid=1&fid=98 |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
Paul wrote:
6) The Zippy entry is an interesting one. I believe I read somewhere, that Zippy makes supplies for PCPowerandCooling. "I believe I read somewhere..." is how urban myths start. Zippy *used to* make a low powered (entry level) PSU for PCP&C. This from PCP&C's VP. They no longer do. |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
professor wrote:
Ok, I'm planning on putting together a new computer pretty soon and I'm going to eventually go with SLI. It's too expensive right now, but I'm planning on buying one card now and the other when the price goes down. Anyway, I need a ATX 2.0 PSU that's over 500 watts. Anyone have any favorites? I'm looking for longevity and I don't want an extremely loud PSU. I have a logisys 500 watt PSU and I'd give it a 4/10 for build quality and a 3/10 for noise. The thing seems cheaply made and loud. I purchased it in August and already have had to replace it on warranty, which took nearly a month. I was thinking about a thermaltake of some sort for this one. Any opinions? Take a look at: http://www.pcpowercooling.com/produc...hp?show=T85SSI Rock solid. Or even: http://www.pcpowercooling.com/produc...hp?show=T51SLI Oh yeah, I'm buying a monitor for this too. What does everyone think of the Viewsonic VP930B? I looking for a monitor that can both play games and DVD movies, so please don't tell me to buy one of those "3ms gray to gray Xtreme gaming" Tn+film LCDs that really are 30ms LCDs that suck on DVD playback. I had more brands in that poll but the stupid thing only allows so many... I've got a Samsung SyncMaster 930B. Great for websites, text, and movies. I'm not a gamer, but a friend of mine is, has the same monitor, and loves it. Less than $330 after rebates. |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
In article REWvf.4866$ZA5.4428@fed1read05, UCLAN wrote:
Paul wrote: 6) The Zippy entry is an interesting one. I believe I read somewhere, that Zippy makes supplies for PCPowerandCooling. "I believe I read somewhere..." is how urban myths start. Zippy *used to* make a low powered (entry level) PSU for PCP&C. This from PCP&C's VP. They no longer do. Well, figuring out who made your power supply, is a lot like trying to figure out who made your stereo :-) Paul |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:46:39 -0800, UCLAN
wrote: Paul wrote: 6) The Zippy entry is an interesting one. I believe I read somewhere, that Zippy makes supplies for PCPowerandCooling. "I believe I read somewhere..." is how urban myths start. Zippy *used to* make a low powered (entry level) PSU for PCP&C. This from PCP&C's VP. They no longer do. Some of them do still have a very similar outer casing though... which of course is not proof of anything. I'd read that FSP makes some of them, but I don't know which ones... not that it necessarily matters though, SMPS manufacturing tech isn't so hard, more of the design and parts selection issues per build budget. |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
Paul wrote:
"I believe I read somewhere..." is how urban myths start. Zippy *used to* make a low powered (entry level) PSU for PCP&C. This from PCP&C's VP. They no longer do. Well, figuring out who made your power supply, is a lot like trying to figure out who made your stereo :-) I know who made my stereo (I think): Marantz. I don't think that they outsource their high-end equipment to anyone. Oh yeah...my Sony ES stuff was made by Sony. I don't know *who* really made my Infinity speakers. Infinity, I think. |
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Looking for the best ATX 2.0 PSU for SLI + Monitor poll
kony wrote:
"I believe I read somewhere..." is how urban myths start. Zippy *used to* make a low powered (entry level) PSU for PCP&C. This from PCP&C's VP. They no longer do. Some of them do still have a very similar outer casing though... which of course is not proof of anything. I'd say it is a good guess that one sheet metal vendor does the work for several PSU vendors. I'd read that FSP makes some of them, but I don't know which ones... not that it necessarily matters though, SMPS manufacturing tech isn't so hard, more of the design and parts selection issues per build budget. PCP&C outsources many of their core units to outside vendors. They are built to PCP&C's specifications, and must meet PCP&C's quality standards. All final assembly, final inspection, and final testing is done at their Carlsbad, CA, plant. I've toured the plant and seen the process. Impressive. Their core business is large OEM orders, and modifications needed for these orders (including Intel) are done in-house. |
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