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lemmingboy
07-20-01, 10:13 PM
Got a cheap case today for my sisters computer. Advertised as having a 400W power supply. That seemed to good to be true! Well it was!

The thing only puts out 165W combined for 3.3V and 5V :(
I have a Deer 300W PSU and it does 160W.

I am putting together a 1.4G for myself and planning to overclock a lot, any ideas on a good PSU for overclocking? I have heard that Enermax's have good power ratings, but have read about some people having issues with them. Any recommendations would be great.
Harry
07-20-01, 11:58 PM
I use the 300 watt Emermax works fine voltages stable
It_The_Cow
07-21-01, 12:29 AM
Check AMD's recommended/approved power supplies. I believe some versions of the Enermax's aren't approved, so that's probably why people have problems with them
AZZKICKER
07-21-01, 11:48 AM
when your over 1 gig with a t bird the more power the better

go for the 530 watt entermax
chaos
07-21-01, 04:06 PM
lemmingboy (Jul 20, 2001 10:13 p.m.):
Got a cheap case today for my sisters computer. Advertised as having a 400W power supply. That seemed to good to be true! Well it was!

The thing only puts out 165W combined for 3.3V and 5V :(
I have a Deer 300W PSU and it does 160W.

I am putting together a 1.4G for myself and planning to overclock a lot, any ideas on a good PSU for overclocking? I have heard that Enermax's have good power ratings, but have read about some people having issues with them. Any recommendations would be great.



I just bought a Future Power case w/a 400w PSU-think its the same one???I'll be ticked off if it does only put out 165w cause I'm planning on getting at least a 1.33T-bird- Is it pretty easy to change out the PSU???
chaos
07-21-01, 04:50 PM
Hey lemmingboy

Is This The CASE??!?!?


http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1256237389
lemmingboy
07-21-01, 06:22 PM
yep that's the case
Oh, I did some searching about what the best power supply, within reason. "PC power & Cooling Turbo-cool 450 ATX"

These have the highest sustained +3.3V, +5V output I have found. 300W!!!

That is better than the 270W of the Enermax 651 and it is about the same price.

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/power_supplies/highperformance/index.htm
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