PSU suggestions

cr0ss · Feb 3, 2007

way way way way way long ago. i bought a thermaltake tr 550w. lasted me a life time. now i want to hit it and burn. it makes so much noise. its like most noise out of every part of my pc.

anyways, any suggestions?

meionm · Feb 3, 2007

If you looking for quiet and good psu seasonic either s12 or m12 series will be enough. Corsair 520w and 620w are made by seasonic, they are modular and pretty much are same as seasonic s12 series.

RollingThunder · Feb 3, 2007

cr0ss said:
way way way way way long ago. i bought a thermaltake tr 550w. lasted me a life time. now i want to hit it and burn. it makes so much noise. its like most noise out of every part of my pc.

anyways, any suggestions?

Cross,

I'll vouch for the Corsair HX520, quiet as a church mouse, nice nylon velcro pouch for unused modular cables.

cr0ss · Feb 3, 2007

everybody says that the corsair psu is god like..

i was looking at the antec phantom and the zalman moldular psu. any good?

RollingThunder · Feb 4, 2007

cr0ss said:
everybody says that the corsair psu is god like..

i was looking at the antec phantom and the zalman moldular psu. any good?

No experience here with the Zalman. Have had a couple Antec TPs, both were RMA's. No experience with the Phantom model but I have bashed Antec enough here. Whether the Phantom is made better than the TP models is unknown to me.

Looking at the prices here:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=273504

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=373100

Not much to guess about.

Lance Thornton · Feb 4, 2007

I can't vouch for the newer Antec, but as of a little over a year ago, almost all of them gave me problems with cheap capacitors. Seasonic has United Chemi-Con caps in them and a 120mm fan. It's quiet and reliable. Good luck!

meionm · Feb 4, 2007

cr0ss said:
everybody says that the corsair psu is god like..

i was looking at the antec phantom and the zalman moldular psu. any good?

I probably would pass on antec,

Spcr recommended quiet power supplies
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article699-page2.html

Zalman looks like it doing well in tests. Stays quiet too but not as quiet as corsair/seasonic.

Jonnyguru review
http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=46

Spcr review of zalman 600w
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article688-page1.html

Oklahoma Wolf · Feb 4, 2007

RollingThunder said:
Whether the Phantom is made better than the TP models is unknown to me.

Not better enough. CWT used Panasonic caps in the critical areas, but these are still filled with Fuhjyyu in other places. Using Fuhjyuu in a PSU with a slow fan is bad enough... it's inexcuseable in a fanless unit.

cr0ss · Feb 4, 2007

i guess i'll be picking out a corsair unit XD. im convinced enough. :santa:

just a question.. would it be enough? im overclocking these days.. plaining to get sli. getting another pair of 1gb ram soon.

Oklahoma Wolf · Feb 4, 2007

cr0ss said:
just a question.. would it be enough?

Easily - the 520W would even do the job.

cr0ss · Feb 26, 2007

one more question would it support the latest graphic cards? im getting a 8800gts 320mb. i wanted the 620w but i dont have enough money... would the 520 be enough and stable?

Oklahoma Wolf · Feb 26, 2007

Definitely.

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