Antec 550 or 480 True Blue

[Maxwell Murder]

Which one? Should the 480 just be fine?

[Gautam]

The 480 should be more than enough in most cases. What kind of a system are you planning on powering with it?

[Maxwell Murder]

Processor - 2.6C Pentium 4
Mobo - ABIT IC7-G, Intel 875P chipset for Socket 478 800MHz Canterwood ATX
Memory - Corsair XMS PC3500 2x512MB With Platinum Silver Heat Spreader
Video Card - ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
Hard Drive - Maxtor 80gig HD, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache, Serial ATA 150
OS - Windows XP Professional
DVD Drive - Lite On 16x DVD Drive
CD-RW - Lite On 52x32x52x
Floppy - Samsung 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Case - No PSU Chieftec Server Chasis Case w/ Side Window (One side window fan and two rear fans)
Cooling - Thermalright SLK-900-U
- Antec Case fans With Blue LEDs Lights 4x
- Vantec 92mm Tornado

[Gautam]

That's a very demanding looking system. If you've got the dough, I'd have to suggest going for the 550. It should be worth it in the long run.

[hitechjb1]

You have all the good/best hardwares for building a system, you will need a PSU with as much 12V current as possible (for now and growth), stable line regulation. A TP480 or a TP550 is a good choice for powering your system. They differs by less than $10.

Hope this summary helps.

Some thoughts on choosing PSU for overclocking recent motherboard, CPU, GPU, ... (continue) (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1965700#post1965700) (page 8)

[Lord09]

I think 480 would be fine, but if the price difference isn't much, the 550 couldn't hurt.

I have similiar system and probably draw even more power and my Antec 430W has been more than enough...

[wannaoc]

Save a little cash and go for the Fortron 530. It should power all that PC goodness just fine and has a very nice polished nickel plating on it. :)

[squirtle632]

Go for the 550. I personally have one. It does get warm but is stable as a rock! Go to dealsonic.com
Good pricing and FAST shipping

[emericanchaos]

i love my true power 550. if i had to do it again i would. you have alot of top end hardware there. fortron is known for their value. antec is known for being the best in psu's. get the 550. that way if you encounter some instability you know your PSU isn't the part flaking out.

[Top Hat Theater]

I have the 550 as well however, after reading Larva's sticky in this forum, I think it's overkill. TruPowers were designed to deliver full power over all three lines simultaneously and therefore deliver plenty of power regardless of size. I'd say go with the 480 and save some cash.

~THT

[LkyOldSun]

a true power 480 will be more than enough IMHO.

http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/power_supply/page2.asp
Choosing The Right Power Supply

[Maxwell Murder]

I'm going with the 480w TrueBlue now. Thx for the Input guys. I finaly understand PSU!

[flapperhead]

get the 550, i got on and its good

[dcracer]

stay with the 480 i have one and have dont have anything bad to say about it.

[LkyOldSun]

if you really need to save a couple bux and still want antec true power 480, there is a model availably without the blue led light that is a lil cheaper than the "true blue"