mdameron
01-31-06, 12:56 AM
I'm looking for a PSU that has a fan on the bottom (above the CPU). That's really my only physical requirement. I don't care too much about silence, because until I get rid of this rig, it will never ever be silent.
That said, I was looking at the powerstream, but saw it didn't have a bottom fan... meh.
Looking at Seasonic next, and they meet my criteria (or so I see from pics... comments?). I really like they ~80% efficiency... cooler is better. I'm a little worried about the low wattages though. You can see the rig in my sig. The 380 watt one looks awesome for the price... though I might be able to squeeze the extra funds out for the 500 watt one.
SLI is not important to me, I'll never have it. Never! Most PSU wattage calculators show my rig to not need more than 300 watts or so... but OCing is in the future, mild though. Temps gotta come down first.
Will the seasonic have enough amps for the rig? I've read that amps > wattage... but you can't just not look at wattage either.
All suggestions are welcome.
That said, I was looking at the powerstream, but saw it didn't have a bottom fan... meh.
Looking at Seasonic next, and they meet my criteria (or so I see from pics... comments?). I really like they ~80% efficiency... cooler is better. I'm a little worried about the low wattages though. You can see the rig in my sig. The 380 watt one looks awesome for the price... though I might be able to squeeze the extra funds out for the 500 watt one.
SLI is not important to me, I'll never have it. Never! Most PSU wattage calculators show my rig to not need more than 300 watts or so... but OCing is in the future, mild though. Temps gotta come down first.
Will the seasonic have enough amps for the rig? I've read that amps > wattage... but you can't just not look at wattage either.
All suggestions are welcome.