Old PSU New Abit Mobo

[OldSkool]

I currently have a new Abit IP35-E and on order for the E2180. I was wondering if i could reuse my old PSU(250W) and just add a 20-24 connector. I'm using 2gb DDR2 800, a WD 40gb hdd, but other than that nothing special.

Thanks in advance

[JamesXP]

It's not got the connector becaause it cannot power the motherboard/CPU.

My advice, don't do it.

[OldSkool]

Ok that having been said, what least expensive alternatives would you suggest? This would be for the "2nd Rig" in my sig. No real harsh demands on power as you can see.

[RollingThunder]

Ok that having been said, what least expensive alternatives would you suggest? This would be for the "2nd Rig" in my sig. No real harsh demands on power as you can see.


Oldschool,

Antec Earth Watts 380 for your second rig, gives you more than enough and they are not expensive. About $45 at Ewiz or Newegg.

[OldSkool]

Very much appreciated, it's for my brother so basically I want to keep cost down while still giving him an impressive system.

[RangerXLT8]

Oldschool,

Antec Earth Watts 380 for your second rig, gives you more than enough and they are not expensive. About $45 at Ewiz or Newegg.

Yeah that is the perfect unit for this system.. If there is going to be OCing and a decent GPU, I'd recommend something like a Antec Neo HE 430.. But for a system with a mid-range GPU will be perfect with an Earth Watts 380...

[OldSkool]

Ok well since Ewiz will never get my business due to shipping price gouging I was looking at the Egg and found these two, which would you suggest?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152019

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817255012

I just don't see paying too awful much for what i'm building. I will be clcoking the heck outta this rig but even with that I won't need a crazy amount of wattage.

[JamesXP]

No never.


They are both junk complete junk.


They will not give 380/450W comlete junk.

[OldSkool]

Ok so in lieu of spending too much for too little, it just seems that for 380 watts i could certainly do better than $58.00 shipped, no?

[bolillo_loco]

I have the board you’re speaking of. I paired it with an E2160 1.8Ghz chip, and I’ve over-clocked it to 2.8Ghz on the default voltage. I have a 320Gb main drive, and I use a separate 80Gb drive for the page file. I’m using 2Gb of DDR2 800 RAM, and a 320MB 8800GTS. I reused my old power supply, case, and optical drives for this build. I’ve had this computer for nearly six months. It gets used daily for heavy gaming, and it’s always being run in some capacity for twelve hours a day. It’s being powered by my trusty old Enermax single rail 350 watt power supply.

[OldSkool]

Ok well after looking at the board recommendation of 400w for a PSU, I've come up with this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152032

As I said, I want to keep cost down and just get the bare minimum. I am thinking this would easily get the job done, keeping in mind that this isn't going to be a high end gaming machine, although it will be OC'd on air.

Any thoughts on this?

[JLK03F150]

How about this one instead?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104952

I don't think anyone is to fond of the quality (or lack of) of raidmax psu's.

[Prisoner1138]

Ok well after looking at the board recommendation of 400w for a PSU, I've come up with this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152032

As I said, I want to keep cost down and just get the bare minimum. I am thinking this would easily get the job done, keeping in mind that this isn't going to be a high end gaming machine, although it will be OC'd on air.

Any thoughts on this?

I saw the title load on the tab and closed it without actually bothering to look at the PSUs you mentioned. Friends don't let friends buy raidmax.

[JamesXP]

Dude, even if it is a cheap system don't buy crappy PSUs EG.

Allied
Raidmax
Rosewill
Powmax
LC Power
Aspire/Spire
Sirtec
HEC
ColoursIT/Atrix
Apex/Supercase
Athena
A-TOP Power
Dynapower
Eagle Tech
Enlight
ePower
Hipro
InWin
JPAC
Kingwin
Linkworld
Logysis
Powertek
Sigma
Spec-Research
Startech
Sunbeam
Winsis
Xigmatek
XION


^

Don't buy. (yes I wrote all of those ^_^)

[Omsion]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371005
The Earthwatts 380 @ Newegg for $35 shipped.
How did you not come across this? Or were you too busy looking at raidmaxs :p?

[OldSkool]

Dude, even if it is a cheap system don't buy crappy PSUs EG.

Allied
Raidmax
Rosewill
Powmax
LC Power
Aspire/Spire
Sirtec
HEC
ColoursIT/Atrix
Apex/Supercase
Athena
A-TOP Power
Dynapower
Eagle Tech
Enlight
ePower
Hipro
InWin
JPAC
Kingwin
Linkworld
Logysis
Powertek
Sigma
Spec-Research
Startech
Sunbeam
Winsis
Xigmatek
XION


^

Don't buy. (yes I wrote all of those ^_^)

The entirety of that list wasn't expected, however, I do greatly appreciate it. I haven't had much experience with PSU's so this quick reference guide will help greatly, again tyvm :clap:

To Omison:

Lol, nice. Actually, I wasn't really looking at brand and the one Earthwatts i saw, I didn't think had free shipping on it. I stand corrected and thank you for the heads up. One last thing i would ask, is, would this be adequate wattage for the specs listed above? I know Abit recommended a 400W PSU.

[hafa]

Dude, even if it is a cheap system don't buy crappy PSUs EG.
...
Sunbeam (emphasis added)
...

^

Don't buy. (yes I wrote all of those ^_^)


Bit of a thread resurrection, as I ran across it while doing another search and noted this inclusion.

Waaaaaay back in 2006, we used the Sunbeamtech NUUO 550W in many of our builds, due to the fact that it was jonnyGURU recommended (http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=9). I'm happy to say that nearly three years later, they're all still going strong; we recently had a unit come in for cleaning and the PSU was still putting out nice and steady voltages.

I'd say that not all Sunbeam PSUs have always been crap, although this one has long since gone out of production. Of course, now we have Corsair 450W units for $72 (http://www.mwave.com/mwave/externalTracking.asp?TrackingID=pageInfo&scriteria=BA24128), so even though they're not modular, they have largely taken the niche formerly occupied by the Sunbeams.