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malvindo · 04-02-07, 02:42 PM

how compared with OCZ Mod Stream 450w or 520w?
any user here?

pik4chu · 04-04-07, 05:44 PM

Never used the OCZ models but I have a blue storm in my office PC and it has been solid for over a year on a mild OCd CPU and GPU, havent tried to push it higher, besides I think it is board limited, not PSU so all in all a great PSU from my experiences.

Misfit138 · 04-04-07, 05:52 PM

FSP is one of the best values in PSU's in my experience.
Heres something else to consider:
If you open the case on an OCZ Gamestream 700, printed right on the circuit board is "fsp700 80glc". Thats right, the highly regarded OCZ gamestream is actually a rebranded FSP 700 80 glc, (which sells for $40 less BTW).

I have used FSP for the past 3 years; 3 different units, one of which ran 24/7 folding for > 1 year, all with 100% stability.

Dermen · 04-04-07, 08:03 PM

I have been using a bluestorm for almost two years. It powered my main rig with a A64 3200+, then I upgraded to the X2 3800+ last August. Been working great, I even measured the rails with a DMM and they were solid. If you search you can probably find the exact DMM results I posted.

burebista · 04-05-07, 02:28 AM

Try to get a FSP Bluestorm II. Some thoughts about BSII here and here.

mortimer · 04-05-07, 11:28 PM

Should be fine. For another $10 or so you could get an Enermax Liberty 500 or Seasonic s-12 500. They seem better.

malvindo · 04-06-07, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mortimer

Should be fine. For another $10 or so you could get an Enermax Liberty 500 or Seasonic s-12 500. They seem better.

but they seems not bringin enermax or seasonic here in indonesia

mortimer · 04-06-07, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by malvindo

but they seems not bringin enermax or seasonic here in indonesia

That sucks.

malvindo · 04-07-07, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mortimer

That sucks.

yeah, big time

malvindo · 04-07-07, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burebista

Try to get a FSP Bluestorm II. Some thoughts about BSII here and here.

nice link!
very2x informative

Neuromancer · 04-07-07, 04:35 AM

Yah every company has exceptons. As a genral rule of thumb... Fortron is good (not always true though...) and and comapny that is known for making something else... is usually not good and making whatever the new product is..

OCZ/ThermlTake are perfect examples. Both have changed those opinions recently and Corsair jumped into the PSU game feet first. Granted all of these companies dont build their own PSUs and you can get the same things cheaper with out hte brand name... but still... its good to know they try

MameXP · 04-09-07, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neur0mancer

Yah every company has exceptons. As a genral rule of thumb... Fortron is good (not always true though...) and and comapny that is known for making something else... is usually not good and making whatever the new product is..

OCZ/ThermlTake are perfect examples. Both have changed those opinions recently and Corsair jumped into the PSU game feet first. Granted all of these companies dont build their own PSUs and you can get the same things cheaper with out hte brand name... but still... its good to know they try

Thermaltake?

The new Toughpower some how adopted CWT. So i dont think their quality is improving.

However i agree their cooling products has gotten WAY better (Big Typhoon is no joke) . Remember the Golden ORG POS? lol

Super Nade · 04-09-07, 08:13 PM

The CWT built units for TT do not use Fujhyyu caps, so they are far better than the older Antecs.

imposter · 04-09-07, 08:17 PM

Blue storm is flawless of what i hear. never tried the ocz one. Though either one should be fine

imp

meionm · 04-09-07, 08:29 PM

I would probably pick up fsp unit, though I don't like ocz products.

ScottinIndy · 04-09-07, 10:12 PM

I've been using the original Ax500a Bluestorm for almost 2 years now in the wife's rig, Slighlty O.Ced Venice 3400 with a 68gt, Not one single hiccup, Paid about $75 with shipping at the time, Liked it enough that I got another one for this computer a little over a year ago, Again, Not a single issue.

tenchi86 · 04-09-07, 10:15 PM

I have had one in my rig in the sig for probably about 2 years now. It's worked perfectly so far and very stable volts.

Super Nade · 04-09-07, 10:18 PM

The AX series are a step down in quality from the Sparkle monsters, more bling oriented. However as Scott has seen, you should have no problems in an average single card system. The voltage regulation is not too impressive as I found out with 2 x 6800GS SLI (even with an FSP-600GLN), but for a single-card system you should be o.k. A lot of people tend to ignore the power hogging chipset when making calculations. A stressed out 965 can be a bit tricky if you don't have the right PSU.

benbaked · 07-28-07, 10:29 PM

I love the Bluestorm power supplies, I'm running one in an Athlon XP-M and another with an overclocked E6600 micro. They're good power supplies, neither one has given me issue, except that the led on the power rocker switch is dead on one of them. Oh well.

JamesXP · 07-28-07, 10:37 PM

My old FSP 200W is a beast it weighs a ton So yeah should be gurrrd, since OCZ oem is FSP your paying for the name wiht ocz,

malvindo · 07-30-07, 01:54 PM

but i bought OCZ PowerStream 520w, but the Blue Storm

Yuriman · 07-30-07, 04:56 PM

Currently running a 2 year old Bluestorm 500w Rev1 with my quad core, at 3ghz I get 11.9v / 5.00v.

Pretty good IMO.

04-02-07, 02:42 PM	#1
malvindo Member Join Date: Sep 2004	FSP Blue Storm 500w is good? how compared with OCZ Mod Stream 450w or 520w? any user here?

04-04-07, 05:44 PM	#2
pik4chu Senior Yellow Forum Rat Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Highlands Ranch, Colorado	Never used the OCZ models but I have a blue storm in my office PC and it has been solid for over a year on a mild OCd CPU and GPU, havent tried to push it higher, besides I think it is board limited, not PSU so all in all a great PSU from my experiences. __________________ DFI X58-T3EH8 \| I7-920 C0@3.4 (V8)\| 2gb6 Corsair Dominator @1800-7-7-7-18\| eVGA 285 \| 4250GB RAID 1+0 \| Vista Ultimate 64-bit Server: GA-P35-DS3L \| Q6600 @2.8 \| 41GB Corsair XMS \| 3x1.5TB Raid 5 \| 2x1.5TB Raid 1 \| Server 2k3 Ent Office:* Q6600 @3.2\|\| G.Skill RED 41GB \|\| eVGA 8800GTS (640) FOLD!* \|\| Some Windows Networking? \|\| heatware Finished Projects- X-box/PC \|\| Antivirus Benchmarking v1.0

04-04-07, 05:52 PM	#3
Misfit138 Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, TX <-> New York City	FSP is one of the best values in PSU's in my experience. Heres something else to consider: If you open the case on an OCZ Gamestream 700, printed right on the circuit board is "fsp700 80glc". Thats right, the highly regarded OCZ gamestream is actually a rebranded FSP 700 80 glc, (which sells for $40 less BTW). I have used FSP for the past 3 years; 3 different units, one of which ran 24/7 folding for > 1 year, all with 100% stability. __________________ archlinux: Power in simplicity.

04-04-07, 08:03 PM	#4
Dermen Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ohio	I have been using a bluestorm for almost two years. It powered my main rig with a A64 3200+, then I upgraded to the X2 3800+ last August. Been working great, I even measured the rails with a DMM and they were solid. If you search you can probably find the exact DMM results I posted. __________________ Q9550 \| Asus P5K-E \| 2x2GB OCZ PC2-8000 8800GT \| Razer AC-1 \| Corsair VX550 Seagate 250GB \| Dell Perc5/i \| 3x Seagate 1.5TB Heat

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Neuromancer AMD CPU/Mobo & Memory Content Editor Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tau'ri	Yah every company has exceptons. As a genral rule of thumb... Fortron is good (not always true though...) and and comapny that is known for making something else... is usually not good and making whatever the new product is.. OCZ/ThermlTake are perfect examples. Both have changed those opinions recently and Corsair jumped into the PSU game feet first. Granted all of these companies dont build their own PSUs and you can get the same things cheaper with out hte brand name... but still... its good to know they try __________________ My Heat nVidia CEO "How much faster can you render the blue screen of death?" "For me it's temps, then price, and looks are wayy last. It's just a computer, not a dancer at a strip club." - Conumdrum "Ted Jones messed with the wrong melon farmers... THUG LIFE" Want to see your name on the front page? Ask me how!

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04-05-07, 02:28 AM	#5
burebista Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Romania	Try to get a FSP Bluestorm II. Some thoughts about BSII here and here.

04-05-07, 11:28 PM	#6
mortimer Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Spokane...	Should be fine. For another $10 or so you could get an Enermax Liberty 500 or Seasonic s-12 500. They seem better.

04-09-07, 08:13 PM	#13
Super Nade † Forum Moderator † Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis	The CWT built units for TT do not use Fujhyyu caps, so they are far better than the older Antecs. __________________ Code for the week: KillrBuckeye is an exploder. Motherboard Repair Tutorial \|\| Power Supply Repair Tutorial \|\| A Closer Look at PSU Signals \|\| Understanding SMPS Technology \|\| ASUS P5K Capacitor mod Current Hardware Zippy G1 600W \|\| Q6700 @ 3.7 GHz \|\| Maximus II \|\| 2 x HD4870 (BIOS Mod) \|\| Intel X25-M SSD \|\| OCZ Flex 2 x 4Gb

04-09-07, 08:17 PM	#14
imposter Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bronx,newyork	Blue storm is flawless of what i hear. never tried the ocz one. Though either one should be fine imp __________________ HeatWare <--Coretemp Slave tester!!!!--> Have one on the house. GET rid of the ads... "Its prefectly good minus all the bad stuff" -Ben333

04-09-07, 08:29 PM	#15
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04-09-07, 10:12 PM	#16
ScottinIndy Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Indy	I've been using the original Ax500a Bluestorm for almost 2 years now in the wife's rig, Slighlty O.Ced Venice 3400 with a 68gt, Not one single hiccup, Paid about $75 with shipping at the time, Liked it enough that I got another one for this computer a little over a year ago, Again, Not a single issue. __________________ Phenom II 550BE, Gigabyte MA790XT,AC Freezer 7 Pro, Corsair XMS 1600 2x2 gigs, Visiontek 4850, Seagate 320 Hd, Corsair 520HX, Antec 300 Illusion case. Windows 7 64bit HP

04-09-07, 10:15 PM	#17
tenchi86 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Smoky Mountains, NC	I have had one in my rig in the sig for probably about 2 years now. It's worked perfectly so far and very stable volts. __________________ "Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why." -Bernard Mannes Baruch Mobo: MSI Neo2-V CPU: 2.8a Prescott @ 3.2 PSU: Blue Storm 500 Watt GPU: Geforce 6600GT HS: Zalman 7000 Ram: Kingston HyperX 1024mb 3200

04-09-07, 10:18 PM	#18
Super Nade † Forum Moderator † Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis	The AX series are a step down in quality from the Sparkle monsters, more bling oriented. However as Scott has seen, you should have no problems in an average single card system. The voltage regulation is not too impressive as I found out with 2 x 6800GS SLI (even with an FSP-600GLN), but for a single-card system you should be o.k. A lot of people tend to ignore the power hogging chipset when making calculations. A stressed out 965 can be a bit tricky if you don't have the right PSU. __________________ Code for the week: KillrBuckeye is an exploder. Motherboard Repair Tutorial \|\| Power Supply Repair Tutorial \|\| A Closer Look at PSU Signals \|\| Understanding SMPS Technology \|\| ASUS P5K Capacitor mod Current Hardware Zippy G1 600W \|\| Q6700 @ 3.7 GHz \|\| Maximus II \|\| 2 x HD4870 (BIOS Mod) \|\| Intel X25-M SSD \|\| OCZ Flex 2 x 4Gb

07-28-07, 10:29 PM	#19
benbaked Folding/SETI/Rosetta Team Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington State	I love the Bluestorm power supplies, I'm running one in an Athlon XP-M and another with an overclocked E6600 micro. They're good power supplies, neither one has given me issue, except that the led on the power rocker switch is dead on one of them. Oh well. __________________ Maximus Formula SE \| QX6700 \| 4 GB ECC DDR2-800 \| Dual HD4850 in CFX \| TX750 GA-EP35-DS3R \| QX6700 \| 4 GB DDR2-800 \| 8800GT \| SST-ST56ZF GA-965GM-S2 \| E6600 \| 1.5 GB DDR2-533 \| 9800GT-U \| AX500-A PowerBook G4 12" 1 GHz \| 1.25 GB DDR \| 160 GB HDD HEATWARE (22-0) \| my quads \| OCF's first Folding/SETI/Rosetta triple millionaire (crunching BOINC as the ben.World.order) "I think a nerd is a person who uses the telephone to talk to other people about telephones. And a computer nerd therefore is somebody who uses a computer in order to use a computer." - Douglas Adams

07-28-07, 10:37 PM	#20
JamesXP Epic Fail Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England	My old FSP 200W is a beast it weighs a ton So yeah should be gurrrd, since OCZ oem is FSP your paying for the name wiht ocz, __________________ HTPC: A64 3200+ / 1024MB RAM / 320GB HD / 8600GT Main-Laptop: Travelmate C300 / 1.6GHz P-M / 512MB / 60GB My Saitek Eclipse III Review

07-30-07, 01:54 PM	#21
malvindo Member Join Date: Sep 2004	but i bought OCZ PowerStream 520w, but the Blue Storm

07-30-07, 04:56 PM	#22
Yuriman Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The OCFORUMS	Currently running a 2 year old Bluestorm 500w Rev1 with my quad core, at 3ghz I get 11.9v / 5.00v. Pretty good IMO.