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suckerr70
08-27-05, 03:01 AM
I'm getting a new mother board (P5WD2 Premium) and I was woundering if you could recomend a PSU for this mobo. I don't need it to be shiny and blinking. Just fairly quiet. I would like to not have it cost TOO much. Thanks!
ckj
08-27-05, 03:06 AM
Standard reccomendations would be the fortron 500w found at www.ewiz.com Wecome to the forums.
suckerr70
08-27-05, 04:15 AM
Thanks! is it the AX500-A Blue Storm Power Supply? Looks preaty good.! :)

Edit: I looked at some reviews and some say its a lil bit noisy. Is this true? If so is it TOO bad?
ckj
08-27-05, 01:45 PM
It's quiet I have it in my sig, right now the only thing I can hear is the stock heatsink/fan that came with my cpu.
suckerr70
08-27-05, 04:39 PM
Mobo- Asus P5WD2 Premium

CPU- INTEL PENTIUM 4 505 2.66GHZ LGA775 533FSB PRESCOTT 1MB CACHE (will change it to some dual core later on)

GPU- Not sure yet... could someone recomend an ok one (not too expensive)

Psu- Fortron 500W Blue Storm?

Drive- RSST CORP CD/DVDW TS-H552U

Harddrive- WDCWD400LB-00DNA0, FUJITHU MPE3102AT

Monitor- Some small CRT monitor that i got for free...
Tyreal
08-27-05, 04:49 PM
Whats ur budget for the pc?

a decent card is the 6600 GT. Midrange, only 200 bucks in canada.

That PSU will support all your components no problem. The OCZ Powerstream and Antec Truepower are good as well. Each 500W versions.
suckerr70
08-27-05, 04:55 PM
I'm thinking maybe about $600-800. If it would be $800 or more I'd have to wait a little longer to make that money but thats fine too. I'll look into the video card. Thanks. Also, have any of you tried the AEROCOOL 550W? Its a bit cheaper but if its less stable or noisier then the Blue Storm then i'll buy the Blue Storm.

Edit: P.S. CANADA ROCKS! I'm from Vancouver too! :cool:
woodchuck69
08-27-05, 05:50 PM
Thanks! is it the

Edit: I looked at some reviews and some say its a lil bit noisy. Is this true? If so is it TOO bad?

What review said the Blue Storm was noisy? That's the last thing that comes to mind when I think of that model.
Oklahoma Wolf
08-27-05, 06:53 PM
I'm thinking maybe about $600-800. If it would be $800 or more I'd have to wait a little longer to make that money but thats fine too. I'll look into the video card. Thanks. Also, have any of you tried the AEROCOOL 550W? Its a bit cheaper but if its less stable or noisier then the Blue Storm then i'll buy the Blue Storm.

Edit: P.S. CANADA ROCKS! I'm from Vancouver too! :cool:

Vancouver does rock, but it's been way too long since I've been there :(

Back to the topic, the Aerocool isn't half the PSU the Fortron is. The Seasonic S12 500w is every bit as good however, and quieter. Grab either one from NCIX and enjoy.
suckerr70
08-29-05, 11:59 AM
a decent card is the 6600 GT. Midrange, only 200 bucks in canada.

Who makes it? I found some made by BFG, eVGA and MSI. Thanks everyone for you thoughts!
Son1990
08-29-05, 12:02 PM
All 6600's that are SLI compatible even if you dont want SLi these are decent cards:

Geforce 6600GT:
Albatron GF6600GT
AOpen Aeolus 6600GT-DV128
Asus Extreme N6600GT
BFG BFGR6600GTOCX
Chaintech SE6600G
eVGA 128-P2-N368-AX/BX
Galaxy GeForce 6600GT
Gainward PowerPack! Ultra/1960 PCX XP
Gigabyte GV-3D1 (use with GA-K8NXP-SLI only)
Gigabyte NX66T128D
Inno3D Inno3D GeForce 6600GT
Leadtek WinFast PX6600GT
MSI MS-8983 NX6600GT-VTD128E/NX6600GT-TD128E
Palit GeForce 6600GT
PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT VCG6600GXPB
Prolink PV-N43UE(128KD)
Sparkle SPPX43
XFX/Pine XFX GeForce 6600GT PCI-E (PV-T43G-ND)

Geforce 6600:
Albatron PC6600
AOpen Aeolus 6600-DV256 PCI-E
BFG GeForce 6600
Asus Extreme N6600/TD
Chaintech SE6600
eVGA e-GeForce 6600 (256-P2-N369-TX)
Galaxy GF6600
Gainward PowerPack! Ultra/1780PCX
Gigabyte GV-NX66256DP
Inno3D GeForce 6600 PCI-E
Leadtek WinFast PX6600 TD
MSI NX6600-VTD256E
Palit Geforce 6600
PNY Geforce 6600
Prolink PV-N43E(256KD)
Sparkle SP-PX43DT
XFX/PINE XFX GeForce 6600 256MB