I have around 60-70 bucks for a powersuply.

darkcow · Jul 17, 2006

ok, so i have 60-70 bucks as stated in title. i want it as quite as possible with around 500-600 watts. i was looking at a few but they're mostly 110 and above. (antec neo and seasonic) (30 dba on full load max)

i also looked at skyhawk's stuff. but couldn't find pricing (i didn't look hard enough i guess. but im not sure which is a good site to buy from, so just a link to a store where to buy it from will be fantastic, because these look promising)

also just so you know i don't need that fancy stuff where you can change the amount of cables (modular i think i dunno tho). or what skyhawk was talking about play cd's with your computer turned off. i don't need fancy stuff like that. but i don't mind it.

and i want to plug up the usual.. 2 cd-drives, 1 floppy, 2 hard-drives, 2 vidcards (im going to get another dx10 vid card when it comes out) and 6 or so fans.

thanks in advanced.

ryanmartini · Jul 17, 2006

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937

PWatterson · Jul 17, 2006

ryanmartini said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937

Yep, that is pretty much your only option at your price range. It looks like a very nice unit and it has modular cables, too.

Fr3@k3r · Jul 17, 2006

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103459
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103928

and you could also grab a nice Fortron 400 if yo feel like it

altho i highly recommend saving what you have now and adding more too it and buying a beefier card for it will be alot easier on upgrades in the long run..

darkcow · Jul 17, 2006

ok then, how much would it be for a "beefier" future proof powersuply thats quiet.

getting a quiet psu is the only reason why im buying this. so i gotta be sure its quiet.

edit: i got this power suply recomended to me by the Extreme overclocking forums.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189005

what do you think of it?

Fr3@k3r · Jul 17, 2006

LMFAO unless you get a reply from David Hammock on ECF dont bother with them noobs

as for beefier thats quiet..

well from the looks of it your setup and future upgrading purposes you might not find a quiet psu. you should be able to get a very nice psu under $125 but as for quiet, it probably wont happen unless you mod the psu with a quiet fan

Oklahoma Wolf · Jul 17, 2006

The XClio will be pretty much the same thing as the Antec SP2 - same OEM anyway.

Fr3@k3r said:
LMFAO unless you get a reply from David Hammock on ECF dont bother with them noobs

I post there once in a while

Fr3@k3r · Jul 17, 2006

Oklahoma Wolf said:
The XClio will be pretty much the same thing as the Antec SP2 - same OEM anyway.

I post there once in a while

yeah but david is really the only person i would trust on that site with psu questions.. but thats just me..

the enermax noisetaker 600w for $125 modded with silent fans should last quite a while.

darkcow · Jul 17, 2006

well, what about this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151024

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003\

and whats up with the price diffrence here?

and also whats the DBA on the xclio (or antec)

orionlion82 · Jul 17, 2006

i really think you need to save up some more to raise your budget.

ive allways wanted a seasonic S12 of some sort just for fun and to compare to my bluestorm.

ive heard nothing bad about them, and i bet with that big slow fan, youll enjoy it. start checking the sofa cushions!

it looks like the enermax will be louder, at least the ones with the 80mm fans...

darkcow · Jul 17, 2006

looks like im going to have to pay the extra money and get

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151024

looks perfect except for the cost. so im going to suck it up and get one.

inkfx · Jul 17, 2006

Why not get an OCZ 520w for like $109?

darkcow · Jul 17, 2006

whats the dba on it?

i found the powersuply on www.case-mod.com for ~$115 after shiping. looks like my best bet. but im going to have to borrow some money first lol.

orionlion82 · Jul 17, 2006

allso consider that my "500W" bluestorm AX_500A has 17.5A on each 12V rail., and is "rated" at 460W ill tell you - its quiet. ill allso tell you its bulletproof. ill allso tell you that my specific unit can be dead shorted out on the DC side time and time again and all my hardware still lives.
ill allso tell you that it took me over a year to find its limits. 4 water pumps, 2 optical drives, a hard drive and an overclocked prescott, to be exact.
i would look for a used AX 500-a to compare directly with the S-12 500.

EDIT: the OCZ 520 is loud in the older versions, and much less loud in the newer ones, from what i have heard around the forums. its well liked around here, but do you want performance or quiet?

Will Eatforfood · Jul 17, 2006

Too bad you're not in Atlanta. The Fry's here have Silverstone Strider 500w for $69.99. I picked one up. Ridiculously good quality stuff. Online they are about 80-130.

darkcow · Jul 17, 2006

well, to be exact i am in atlanta. ill check fry's prices.

and i want quiet over performance here, right now i have a no name 450 watt powersuply that does the job. but i want 500 watts now and i want it quiet.

darkcow · Jul 17, 2006

WOW. http://shop1.outpost.com/search?cat=-51722&pType=pDisplay

antec neo 550w for only 100 bucks. sounds like a plan.

looks like im on the road again to the store.

I have around 60-70 bucks for a powersuply.

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