I just can't get over this fortron 530, best purchase I'v ever made

sandman001 · 02-07-05, 06:05 PM

I'm running 2 fans, 3 Cold cathodes, an A64 @ 1.7V and 2.25ghz, 2 hard-drives, 2 DVD drives, an audio equalizer, a 6800GT, a TV-tuner, a PCI Raid card, and an 80watt TEC. This fortron is still on the lowest fan setting, and my 12V voltage rail is rock solid.

Just decided to throw this out, because this PSU just absolutely rocks. I bought it for $50 over a year ago, with 3 days usage on it.

fuzzba11 · 02-07-05, 06:39 PM

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and an 80watt TEC.

Holy hather!

Tech · 02-07-05, 06:40 PM

Yeah it is a nice PSU. Too bad no PCI-E though or new motherboard connectors though.

Tech · 02-07-05, 06:41 PM

Yeah it's a nice PSU. The lack of PCI-E and new motherboard plugs is a problem though.

Oklahoma Wolf · 02-07-05, 06:58 PM

Glad to hear of another happy 530w owner... if ever I had any doubt it could meet that 28A peak rating, I don't doubt it now.

crimedog · 02-07-05, 07:04 PM

have you tried measuring the lines with DMM?
I feel same way about ocz 600w

man_utd · 02-07-05, 08:11 PM

Wow, very nice purchase. Glad to see your investment is keeping you happy.

sandman001 · 02-08-05, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by crimedog

have you tried measuring the lines with DMM?
I feel same way about ocz 600w

Yep, and adjusted them with the pots inside.

Holding steady at 12.45V, 3.46, and 5.3. I've found that slightly higher voltages seem to help keep a highly overclocked system stable.

moz_21 · 02-08-05, 06:03 PM

Lowest fan setting? Why the hell does mine kick up to full speed when my room gets a little warm???

sandman001 · 02-08-05, 08:31 PM

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Lowest fan setting? Why the hell does mine kick up to full speed when my room gets a little warm???

Mine did that before I dusted it out, it's probably due for another.

When it kicks into high mode, it gets pretty loud.

Oklahoma Wolf · 02-08-05, 08:39 PM

Moving my intake fan to the outside of the PSU case helped its cooling quite a bit - I can tell the difference already, though mine has never kicked the fans into high gear yet.

Gautam · 02-08-05, 08:54 PM

Mine used to for the first week when I was using an ultra low speed fan that was putting my CPU temp into the mid 50's...but it takes something extreme to get it to do that. Will be getting a new video card shortly, so I'll be able to put it through its paces.

SantiMun · 02-08-05, 08:58 PM

sandman, how much did you pay for your PSU??? I just bought the Fortron Bluestorm 500W for a total of $98 from newegg. If its not much more than that I might consider cancelling the bluestorm for that one.

sandman001 · 02-09-05, 07:43 AM

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sandman, how much did you pay for your PSU??? I just bought the Fortron Bluestorm 500W for a total of $98 from newegg. If its not much more than that I might consider cancelling the bluestorm for that one.

I bought it used last year, and since then the price for it has gone up. The blue storm is a better PSU too.

NightStalkerX6 · 02-10-05, 06:07 AM

just got mine in...been up all night building

- luckily my 6800gt came with a pcie adapter, so no worries there...but i didnt realize it only had 1 sata connector, i bought new sata2 drives with only sata power connections i was hoping to run in raid. i assume i'm going to have to buy an adapter for the second one? i really dont want to wait for another shipment!

it's almost as bad as the thought of having to deal with compusa and their crappy employees and 500% markups.

02-07-05, 06:05 PM	Thread Starter #1
sandman001 Just Freeze It Join Date: Mar 2003	I just can't get over this fortron 530, best purchase I'v ever made I'm running 2 fans, 3 Cold cathodes, an A64 @ 1.7V and 2.25ghz, 2 hard-drives, 2 DVD drives, an audio equalizer, a 6800GT, a TV-tuner, a PCI Raid card, and an 80watt TEC. This fortron is still on the lowest fan setting, and my 12V voltage rail is rock solid. Just decided to throw this out, because this PSU just absolutely rocks. I bought it for $50 over a year ago, with 3 days usage on it.
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02-07-05, 06:40 PM	#3
Tech Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Chicago	Yeah it is a nice PSU. Too bad no PCI-E though or new motherboard connectors though. __________________ heat
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02-07-05, 06:41 PM	#4
Tech Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Chicago	Yeah it's a nice PSU. The lack of PCI-E and new motherboard plugs is a problem though. __________________ heat
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02-07-05, 06:58 PM	#5
Oklahoma Wolf Senior Warranty Validity Sealed Stick Remover Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Saskatchewan	Glad to hear of another happy 530w owner... if ever I had any doubt it could meet that 28A peak rating, I don't doubt it now. __________________ Asus P8Z68 Pro-V Gen3 2500K @ 4600 w/ Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws Inwin GRone, Corsair AX860i Gigabyte HD6870 Super OC 640GB WD Black, 2TB Samsung F4, 3TB Seagate 7200.14 Lite-On iHAS324, LG BH14NS40, Samsung SH-S223L
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02-07-05, 07:04 PM	#6
crimedog Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: South of Boston	have you tried measuring the lines with DMM? I feel same way about ocz 600w __________________ i'm packing heat
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02-07-05, 08:11 PM	#7
man_utd Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Amsterdam, NL	Wow, very nice purchase. Glad to see your investment is keeping you happy.
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02-08-05, 06:03 PM	#9
moz_21 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: MN	Lowest fan setting? Why the hell does mine kick up to full speed when my room gets a little warm??? __________________ [Win7 x64 Desktop] Asus P8P67 w/ i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz 1.37v, CM 212 EVO, 16GB Mushkin DDR3 (991996) @ 2133MHz 9-11-10-28-39 2T, 2x EVGA GTX 560Ti 1GB SSC, OCZ Vertex3 240GB, Antec P183 gunmetal grey, SeaSonic 850W PSU [Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server] Asus M4A79T w/ Phenom II X6 1090T @ stock, 8GB Kingston DDR3 ECC (KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G), Xigmatek S1284, 8x 1.5TB Samsung MDADM RAID5 array, Fortron 530W PSU [Win7 x64 Media PC] Asus M4A88T, Phenom 2 965 X4 @ stock, 8GB RAM, ATI HD-5450, OCZ Onyx 32GB, Seagate 7200.11 1TB [Win7 x64 Laptop] Acer Aspire 5530, AMD Turion X2 RM70 2GHz, 3GB ram, ATI Radeon HD3200, OCZ Vertex 2 50GB [Smoothwall 3.0] ~~Compaq Deskpro, PIII 833 on an i810 chipset, 512MB CL2 ram, 74Gb Raptor HDD, 2x Realtek NIC~~ Now a KVM on Ubuntu server [My].Heatware
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02-08-05, 08:39 PM	#11
Oklahoma Wolf Senior Warranty Validity Sealed Stick Remover Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Saskatchewan	Moving my intake fan to the outside of the PSU case helped its cooling quite a bit - I can tell the difference already, though mine has never kicked the fans into high gear yet. __________________ Asus P8Z68 Pro-V Gen3 2500K @ 4600 w/ Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws Inwin GRone, Corsair AX860i Gigabyte HD6870 Super OC 640GB WD Black, 2TB Samsung F4, 3TB Seagate 7200.14 Lite-On iHAS324, LG BH14NS40, Samsung SH-S223L
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02-08-05, 08:54 PM	#12
Gautam Senior Benchmark Addict Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hillsboro, OR	Mine used to for the first week when I was using an ultra low speed fan that was putting my CPU temp into the mid 50's...but it takes something extreme to get it to do that. Will be getting a new video card shortly, so I'll be able to put it through its paces. __________________ El<(')>Maxi: I still have your board...and I'm afraid I lost your address so I can't send it back...and my pm box is broken...and I can't remember where the PO is anyway
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02-08-05, 08:58 PM	#13
SantiMun Member Join Date: May 2004	sandman, how much did you pay for your PSU??? I just bought the Fortron Bluestorm 500W for a total of $98 from newegg. If its not much more than that I might consider cancelling the bluestorm for that one.
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02-10-05, 06:07 AM	#15
NightStalkerX6 Registered Join Date: Nov 2004	just got mine in...been up all night building - luckily my 6800gt came with a pcie adapter, so no worries there...but i didnt realize it only had 1 sata connector, i bought new sata2 drives with only sata power connections i was hoping to run in raid. i assume i'm going to have to buy an adapter for the second one? i really dont want to wait for another shipment! it's almost as bad as the thought of having to deal with compusa and their crappy employees and 500% markups.
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