please help; looking for a good psu that doesn't intake air thru the bottom

[six4withafro]

The layout of my case keeps me from using a psu with a 120mm fan taking air in through the bottom. Can anyone recommend a good psu with at least sleeved cables (modular is pretty much out, because most have an 80mm fan on both sides) that meets that qualification?

Thank you very much.

(it's getting frustrating, i'm looking at the Antec NeoHE 550, the OCZ Powerstream 520, or trying to convince myself that the 120mm fan blowing out the back of my case will pull more air from my cpu than an 80mm fan sucking air into the psu...)

[meionm]

Some Psus with 80mm fan

PC&cooling 610w
http://www.pcpower.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=S61EPS

Silverstone 560w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817163111

[calvin]

Silverstone and PC Power & Cooling both make PS with in line 80's

m&m you are fast to reply and provide good advice

[core2due]

This is a nice psu but it's not all sleeved.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817163111

[Evil_inc]

You could always sleve it yourself ;)

[calvin]

This is a nice psu but it's not all sleeved.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817163111

My Silverstone PS (another model) look the same in Newegg pictures but when I receive it all cables are sleeved.

[six4withafro]

Thanks for the tips, guys.

I'm currently looking at the following:

PC&C Silencer 610 for $156 (http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/product_info.php?products_id=179987)

Silverstone Zeus 560W for $125 (http://www.sundialmicro.com/SilverStone-Power-560Watt-sstst56zf_1723_593.html)

Hiper Type-M (non-modular) 670W for $130 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817128007)

Fortron Source Group FSP600-80 for $115 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104022)

FSP700-80 for $130 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104023)

Tagan TG600 for $134 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817811003)


I live in CA so I'll have to pay tax on most of these (alternate vendor options have been spotty), and I rent a house that's over 100 years old (and since I'm in CA, its wiring hasn't been maintained all that well). I realize I'm probably overcompensating for my upgrade needs (RAID 5, a better video card (but not SLI), Opty 175 at 3.0 GHz :bday: ), but the more I learn, the more I think that this component is definitely one where overcompensation won't hurt.

Good point evil_inc... I've finally accepted that the price of having this case is that I'll probably need to do my own sleeving.

Thanks again for your help, guys.

[mantralord]

Also, your system doesn't require anywhere near the amount of power those PSUs put out so you could save money on a lower power one but yatta yatta no one will listen to me anyway.

You could also take a look at the Antec NeoHE line, they're pretty solid nowadays.

[calvin]

Opty 175 at 3.0 GHz

Time to update siggy?? Nice OC....

[Mycobacteria]

I have a tagan with two 80mm push pull config

[MVC]

My vote is for the Silverstone Zeus ST56ZF (I've got two of them and will probably get a third when I build my next system). But, I'd buy it from Performance-PCs. They've got it for $114.95 and since they're in Florida you shouldn't have to pay any tax.

[six4withafro]

cool, I'll check out performance-pcs. it's interesting, in my experience most components are pretty well-priced by pricegrabber, froogle, etc. but PSUs don't really show up in the search at all.

and I know I don't need anywhere near that power right now; I hope to be running 3 or 4 HDDs, a better video card, by the time 939 EOL comes around, and I don't want to buy another PSU until I'm building another machine.