http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=0-N82E16817153007

[Turtle Shell]

i just order this for my new sytem will this be able to power my sytem

a64 3000+
xfx 6600gt
120 gig
512 pc3200
5 case fans
some lights

edit:awwwwwwwwwwwww wrong title

[MrCooper]

I think we need to move your thread to newegg now :p :shrug:

[jack222]

It is fine. If you are OC'ing it isn't. 18a isn't good enough for OC'ing. I suggest 24a at the least. Also, 400watts at the least. I suggest a Fortron or a OCZ modstream.


http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104154. That is veryyy good. It has 26a on the 12v rail which is the most important role. It also is active PFC.

What is PFC? This is a great time to showoff te beggining of my thread psu writeup.

PFC, what it is and what it does

PFC stands for power factor correction. Power factor correction, or PFC for short, comes in 2 types. There is active PFC and passive PFC. There are also very few power supplies that don’t even contain PFC but those are very uncommon. Now let’s look a little more into detail.
Power factor is the ration between the KW and the KVA drawn by an electrical load where the KW is the actual load power and the KVA is the apparent load power. It is a measure of how effectively the current is being converted into useful work output and more particularly is a good indicator of the effect of the load current on the efficiency of the supply system.
All current will causes losses in the supply and distribution system. A load with a power factor of 1.0 results in the most efficient loading of the supply and a load with a power factor of 0.5 will result in much higher losses in the supply system. A poor power factor can be the result of either a significant phase difference between the voltage and current at the load terminals, or it can be due to a high harmonic content or distorted/discontinuous current waveform. Poor load current is generally the result of an inductive load such as an induction motor, power transformer, lighting ballasts, welder or induction furnace. A distorted current waveform can be the result of a rectifier, variable speed drive, switched mode power supply, discharge lighting or other electronic load.
In a way, what goes in doesn’t fully come out. I hope you understood that because we are moving on.

• Active PFC- In short it provides better power efficiency. It uses a circuit to correct power factor. Power factor can will be explained later on. So theoretically active PFC can generate over 95% of power factor. It can correct the AC input voltage but is also capable of correcting a full range of voltages. It is complex and therefore is going to cost more. It is the preferable type of power supply. Wouldn’t you want your power supply to be that efficient?
• Passive PFC- Passive PFC is the more common type of PFC on the market. It uses a filter at the AC input to correct poor power factor. It could be affected when vibration occurs in the environment. Passive PFC requires the voltage to be set manually. The down side is that it doesn’t use the AC power’s full potential.
• Non-PFC- power supplies are no longer recommended. In fact, in Europe, power supplies are now required to have either active power factor correction or passive power factor correction.


Again, the psu is fine as long as not OC'ing. That is my opinion.

[Turtle Shell]

I think we need to move your thread to newegg now :p :shrug:


lol yea move it along :p

[jack222]

Read my post ^^

[Turtle Shell]

thanks

[yeha]

well let's see how much power your system will draw, when overclocked to absolute maximum speeds:

- a64 3000+ at 2.7 ghz, 1.6 volts - 60 watts
- 6600gt at 620/1200 speeds - 60 watts
- 120gb hard drive - 20 watts at spinup, 8 watts any other time
- 512mb of pc3200 ram at 2.8 volts, 300 mhz - 20 watts
- 5 case fans at 4 watts each - 20 watts
- some lights - ? watts

basically your system will draw, when overclocked and overvolted as far as anyone could recommend for a mid-range system, 180 watts or so. so yes, this psu will power your computer just fine. unfortunately it's a thermaltake, so no one really knows whether the ratings they've given are accurate - thermaltake has a history of fudging specs a tad.

[MrCooper]

well let's see how much power your system will draw, when overclocked to absolute maximum speeds:

- a64 3000+ at 2.7 ghz, 1.6 volts - 60 watts
- 6600gt at 620/1200 speeds - 60 watts
- 120gb hard drive - 20 watts at spinup, 8 watts any other time
- 512mb of pc3200 ram at 2.8 volts, 300 mhz - 20 watts
- 5 case fans at 4 watts each - 20 watts
- some lights - ? watts

basically your system will draw, when overclocked and overvolted as far as anyone could recommend for a mid-range system, 180 watts or so. so yes, this psu will power your computer just fine. unfortunately it's a thermaltake, so no one really knows whether the ratings they've given are accurate - thermaltake has a history of fudging specs a tad.


All low-end thermaltake psu are complete 102% P.o.S. :p No kidding! The only one that gets my respect is the 680W model which is a well built unit as far as i'm concern :p :eh?:

[shellshock]

well, if it was me I would consiter something else other than thermalTake, that brand is full of BS

[tresmonos]

Gotta throw in my $.02. That psu will be fine if you don't plan on any sort of an overclock. Its powering my 7 case fans, fan controller, 2 hd's, 2 optical drives, 6800gt, p4/vantec aeroflow and a 12" ccl.

If you plan on overclocking, that psu yields mixed results. I've seen it power a winny @ 2.7 and I've had a user pm me saying it fried his mobo/dvdrw. To me, the 12v rail is not worth the gamble.