What power supplies are powering your 8rda+'s?

Quailane

Member

​

Joined

Oct 18, 2003

• Apr 12, 2004

• #1

Hey, I was just wondering what power supply to buy for mine. I thought I had a good one. It gave stable voltages at load within .1-.2 volts on another motherboard, but it used the 12 volt rail on that motherboard. On the epox, the 3.3 volt line is 2.75 at load! The 12 volt line (not being used) is at 13.2 volts, and the 5 volt line is at 4.75! I'm not able to go past 170 fsb like this with at 12.5 multiplier too. Volts for the processor are set to 1.9 but it is actually 1.57. For ram it is 2.9, actually 2.4.

 

Last edited: Apr 12, 2004

Dragonprince

Member

​

Joined

Dec 4, 2002

Location

CT

• Apr 12, 2004

• #2

Any brand name unit should be OK. Make sure its at least 400 watts and has active PFC. I recommend PCPowerandcooling.com but a lot of folks like Sparkle and Fortron units....

 

OP

Quailane

Member

​

Joined

Oct 18, 2003

• Apr 12, 2004

• Thread Starter
• #3

Thanks. Too bad that pcp&c is way out of my price range. I think I'll settle for 500 watt fortron on newegg.

 

Chixofnix

Member

​

Joined

Nov 18, 2003

Location

Kansas City, KS USA

• Apr 13, 2004

• #4

antec truepower 380

brand names do matter when OCing... but when i build a compy for someone else who isn't going to, let's see... I think the last was an allied 400W...

 

MoonWolf

Fold For 32!

​

Joined

Jun 27, 2002

Location

Texas

• Apr 14, 2004

• #5

Raidmax 500w. Looks nice, the price is right, and it works very well. Powers the config in my sig, plus 3 extra hard drives, cathodes, fans, etc...

 

B

Baowuf

Registered

​

Joined

Nov 7, 2003

Location

Missouri

• Apr 14, 2004

• #6

Turbolink 420w PSU. I wouldn't recomend it. Stay with the big brand names. Runs my system ok, but the volts on the +5v line are always low.

 

MoonWolf

Fold For 32!

​

Joined

Jun 27, 2002

Location

Texas

• Apr 15, 2004

• #7

2.0vcore on Raidmax 500w 5v line at 5.13v. This thing is steady as a rock.

 

Xenocide

Member

​

Joined

Feb 23, 2004

Location

Charlotte, NC

• Apr 15, 2004

• #8

turbolink 420 <--beast, cost me 19 bucks, rock stable voltages, i also got one on my k7d running a ton of crap and its still stable!

 

Suma

Member

​

Joined

Feb 3, 2003

Location

Israel & USA

• Apr 16, 2004

• #9

My vote goes to Sprakle/Forton.
I use their 350w PSU and it's great.
I use the 120mm fan version so it's dead silent!

Suma.

 

Zeke968

Member

​

Joined

Apr 8, 2003

• Apr 22, 2004

• #10

I just put in a Sparkle/Fortron 530 watt and I've never seen more stable rails, and only $73 at Newegg!

I went through three other low quality power supplies until I finally learned my lesson. Priming stable with sig... and the rails hardly budge!

 

R

RedDawg41

Member

​

Joined

Jan 27, 2003

Location

SA, Tx

• Apr 23, 2004

• #11

Antec 550 True Power with adjustable 12v and 5v.

 

brennan77

Member

​

Joined

Aug 8, 2001

Location

New Orleans

• Apr 28, 2004

• #12

It's in the sig. BTW, the 3.3v reading on the 8RDA is really the memory voltage, so don't freak out about that 2.75v. It's the correct reading.

 

Oni

Oni-ni-Kanab;, Ninja Hippo eater Moderator

​

Joined

Apr 5, 2001

Location

St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

• Apr 28, 2004

• #13

Enermax Whisper 431w here. Pretty nice PS. Not as good as PCP&C, but good enough for what I'm doing

 

S

shanecrow98

Registered

‍

Joined

Mar 15, 2002

Location

Texas City, TX

• May 9, 2004

• #14

Enermax 350W here (dual fans!). Never had a problem with it on my 8rda. I am pretty sure that it will last longer than my board.

 

H

huneycutt

Member

​

Joined

May 4, 2003

Location

SC

• May 10, 2004

• #15

Fortron 350W. Sparkle is made by Fortron without all the bells and whistles and more economical.

 

M

MHuizing

Registered

‍

Joined

Apr 11, 2003

Location

Grand Rapids, Michigan

• May 11, 2004

• #16

I blow out a AGI 300W power supply with my 8RDA+ when I was testing my 1700+ at 2.55GHz @2.1V using a 92mm Vantec Tornado on my Swiftech MC462A. I replaced the AGI with a 400W Macron which did okay. Just switched to a Superflower/TT 350W w/140mm fan, which runs cooler than the Macron. Voltage rails seem to be more stable too.