#4,985 thread of "help me decide on a PSU" (OCZ520W, 600W, or Seasonic 600W)

[jivetrky]

#4,985 thread of "help me decide on a PSU" (OCZ520W, 600W, or Seasonic 600W)

I'd like a little help deciding on which of these three to get.... it comes to price vs. performance.

Seasonic 600W $162.98 Including Shipping
-OR-
OCZ 520W $127.68 Including Shipping
-OR-
OCZ 600W $189.49 Including Shipping

Another MINOR thing between the 2 OCZs is that on the monarch website they show the 600W with a green fan and the 520W with a blue fan ......my case is lit in blue. Minor..but a thought.

Please help me out....I'd like to order tonight so i can get it this week! (hopefully)

 

[madhatR]

i thought the SLI ocz psu's had the blue fan ..

anyways i have a 520w .. bought it from monarch .. except i paid 133 for it .. great psu

 

[dicecca112]

they do, that picture is from the old 600W, ie the one in my sig with dual rails. I'd go with the 520 or the 600W. The split rails of the 600 people seem to not like

 

[LordDarik]

I would just wipe the OCZ 600w off the list right now, and depending on personal tastes both the Seasonic 600w and the OCZ 520w would be great choices. If you need alot of power than go with the OCZ, but if you like your rig to be quiet go with the Seasonic.

 

[darksparkz]

OCZ Powerstream520. Rock stable rails, especially that single rail 12V+.

 

[jivetrky]

Well I'm definitely interested in quiet... is the 520W not quiet?

Would you say that the 520W is enough for the rig in my sig (overclocked to 2.8Ghz CPU, and the vid cards will be upgraded to either 512MB 7800's or the 7900 if it's out by march End then OC'ed to the max)

 

[Pntgrd]

I keep reading about how loud the OCZ or The Bluestorm I had before is. I guess LOUD is relative to the person in earshot. I have the system with the OCZ in a case with 4 Yate Loons and it is all I can do to hear that system at all over the fan noise of a PIII box I use as a file server sitting 4 feet awat tucked in beside an oak rolltop desk. I think it is quite quiet and so was the Bluestorm.

 

[d94]

get the ocz powerstream 520
paid $102 shipped for mine off monarch a little while back

 

[Nexus Realized]

get the ocz powerstream 520
paid $102 shipped for mine off monarch a little while back

Same here, I wasn't even expecting them to have it in stock since they never stocked it before that I know of. $30 cheaper than Newegg too at the time
I'd go for the OCZ 520 jive.

 

[madhatR]

i had a 510 sli pcpc and a 1kilowatt and the ocz 520w is beyond quiet to me .

 

[LordDarik]

Well I'm definitely interested in quiet... is the 520W not quiet?

Would you say that the 520W is enough for the rig in my sig (overclocked to 2.8Ghz CPU, and the vid cards will be upgraded to either 512MB 7800's or the 7900 if it's out by march End then OC'ed to the max)

Hmm, you may want to think about going a step up if you plan on having dual 7800's and high overclocks. Check out the Silverstone ST56ZF, PCP&C 510, Sparkle FSP550-PLG-SLI, and other high-amped single rail PSU's.

 

[R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3]

Seasonic if you want absolute quiet. OCZ Powerstream 520 for performance, but even silentpcreview calls this OCZ "moderately quiet" so it can't be loud, SPCR has high standards for what they call quiet.

 

[darksparkz]

Ehh, if your going for 2x7800GTX512MB or the high end 7900s, I don't think the OCZ Powerstream520 will do. You may want to consider the PCP&C 510 for $200 for complete stability for almost any video card configuration.

 

[jivetrky]

Hmmm....maybe for now I'll get the OCZ 520W and see if I need to upgrade when I upgrade vid cards.

Thanks for the input everyone...I'm going to order from monarch right now!

 

[xnewnx]

Wow, upgrading from dual GTX's, thats going for it. I think for the system in your sig that the OCZ 520 should be enough power, even if you upgrade to the 7900's or the 512 78's

although on a side note, i'd say there wouldnt be a big enough improvment to warrant the upgrade (from the 256 gtx's to the 7900's or the 512 78's) to begin with, thats some serious money.
anyway, i say the 520 would be great

 

[mcoleg]

jivetrky, both my ocz's have a green fan, not sure they make them in blue... only the outside fan in lit though.

 

[Turtle Shell]

the sli certified version has a blue fan

 

[mcoleg]

yes, sry, it's 520 version, to clarify...

 

[Alchemy1]

Ehh, if your going for 2x7800GTX512MB or the high end 7900s, I don't think the OCZ Powerstream520 will do. You may want to consider the PCP&C 510 for $200 for complete stability for almost any video card configuration.

I have a PC P&C 510 and it was the best purchase I made other than my watercooling and maybe my 2005FPW. The fan has been replaced and I never run the PSU unmodded, so I cannot comment on how loud it is stock. I can tell you the rails never move. I am putting a pretty decent load on the PSU and even during gaming the rails never dip (measured with DIMM). Unless the mobo connectors change in the future and I cannot use an adapter I will be using the PSU for a long time.

BTW, that is a good price on the 520 Powerstream. When I was looking I was having a hard time finding it on sale. That is the main reason I ended up with my PC P&C 510.

 

[jivetrky]

Wow, upgrading from dual GTX's, thats going for it. I think for the system in your sig that the OCZ 520 should be enough power, even if you upgrade to the 7900's or the 512 78's

although on a side note, i'd say there wouldnt be a big enough improvment to warrant the upgrade (from the 256 gtx's to the 7900's or the 512 78's) to begin with, thats some serious money.
anyway, i say the 520 would be great

It's really not going to be too bad cost wise. The reason I am upgrading is to take advantage of eVGA's Step-Up Program. So, since I already paid $550 each for my GTX KO's...I won't have to pay that much more to upgrade.