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Antec Or Axio Pw Supply???

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twitch579

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Mar 23, 2004
hey guys i have a antec smartblue 350w currently in my system and i also have a 400 axio sitttin in the closet. For my setup which one would be better, im on water with about 5 80mm fans 2 hard drives 9800xt and 2500+ on about 1.8 volts 2200mhz, just thought maybe 400w woould help stability but need some expert advice please, thanks my friend told me to watch the rails but it confuses me. Is a antec better quality even thought its weaker than a stronger lower quality 400w. which one should i use.



heres a link to look at the axio i have

http://ateck.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=453056263


heres my antec
http://ateck.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=453055843
 
You can easily tell by the prices that the axio is a generic, which mean a brand named PSU like Antec will be waaaaaay better
 
even though its 50 weaker? lots of people say i payed for the name with antec
 
yes definatly. just look at the rail rating of those PSUs.
the amount of Watts doesn't really matter with generics as they all basically suck. Real brand names can handle a havier load and still run stable than a higher rated generic PSU can
 
well i guess i got what i payed for then, i wanted to get hte 400w antec but its like 100buks!!
 
Like you said earlier, you get what you pay for. You're paying more money for a very good psu that will not let you down when going for the higher clock speeds.
Just compare the weight of the 2 psus and you'll see that the Antec far outweighs that generic one you have. high quality psus will weight around 5lbs.
 
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