Power Supply Question: Need Quick Advice!

Rasta Monsta · Sep 29, 2005, 05:32 PM

Here are the specs for my PSU:

Do you think this is enough juice for two Raptors, a DeskStar, two CD drives, 4 case fans, 2 Gigs of RAM, an EE Pentium 4, and an X850XT?

Seems like I might be cutting it a bit close, so I am considering this one:

Note the big swing in the 5v category, 40 vs 28 amps...

TIA

rasta

CDsDontBurn · Sep 29, 2005, 05:44 PM

NO!!!!! c'mon dude. 15A on the 12v rail? you're seriously under powering all your equipment! Any PSU w/more than 22A on the 12v rail will do MUCH better for you. Not only that, you will be able to OC higher

EDIT:
nm, i just saw it had 2 12v rails. one at 15A and the other at 16A. i guess that is sufficient. what brand is your PSU? a generic PSU that came w/your case?

CDsDontBurn · Sep 29, 2005, 05:47 PM

in reply to your edit.....the Antec is a MUCH better choice in PSU any day dude

Rasta Monsta · Sep 29, 2005, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

what brand is your PSU? a generic PSU that came w/your case?

It's a Fortron Source "Blue Storm" - gets pretty solid reviews, but I have a lot a shit in there drawing a lot of current.

rasta

CDsDontBurn · Sep 29, 2005, 05:51 PM

yea dude, go w/the antec PSU. it's a much better choice over what you have in your rig right now. just keep that PSU lying around as a back-up PSU or for another rig or something. always nice to have another one as a back up just in case you know?

Rasta Monsta · Sep 29, 2005, 05:53 PM

what happened to the delete posts button?

CDsDontBurn · Sep 29, 2005, 05:59 PM

dunno about the edit/delete button. i'm not a mod in this forum. i can only edit my post(s) here in this forum.

**dj_stick** · Sep 29, 2005, 07:05 PM

you delete your posts in the edit window

as for the PSU, go for the well known brands - most of the time you'll be drawing cleaner power and have a more efficient PSU. IIRC the Antec you mentioned is also quite a quiet model

Rasta Monsta · Sep 29, 2005, 07:49 PM

Alright, I pulled the switcheroo.

We'll see if things settle down a bit over here!

rasta

Dyre Straits · Sep 29, 2005, 10:30 PM

Here's a link to a review of the PSU I have in my gaming rig. I've been very pleased with it so far. This has been in here for several months now. It's the SOYO Raptor 400W and comes with a cool monitoring panel that fits in one of the front CD bays. It allows you to make adjustments right from the front panel.

http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...id=278&catid=9

Lowfat · Sep 30, 2005, 02:52 AM

I'm a fan of Fortron so, that would be my recommendation. Its cheaper, and that are one of the best built power supplies out there.

Judas · Oct 3, 2005, 01:57 AM

IMO, an generic. Jober part has it's specs blown outa purportion... your asking for trouble if you figure "saving" a few bucks here will save you bucks in the end, when actually, 99% of the time, it cost you either twice or 3 times as much sadly.

In any case. Brand names are good, or should be, there are always going to be your "sony" products out there that are crap but "brand name" and costs all your limbs to get it.

I'm in a fight with Ultra Produst atm over there pos 500 watt psu. So caution there, Enermax makes excellent psus, antec, Sparkle are probably your BEST cheap PSU you can probably ever find.

and of course, the almight OCZ PSUs

Sep 29, 2005, 05:44 PM	#2
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,849 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	NO!!!!! c'mon dude. 15A on the 12v rail? you're seriously under powering all your equipment! Any PSU w/more than 22A on the 12v rail will do MUCH better for you. Not only that, you will be able to OC higher EDIT: nm, i just saw it had 2 12v rails. one at 15A and the other at 16A. i guess that is sufficient. what brand is your PSU? a generic PSU that came w/your case? __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Sep 29, 2005, 05:47 PM	#3
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,849 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	in reply to your edit.....the Antec is a MUCH better choice in PSU any day dude __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Sep 29, 2005, 05:51 PM	#5
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,849 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	yea dude, go w/the antec PSU. it's a much better choice over what you have in your rig right now. just keep that PSU lying around as a back-up PSU or for another rig or something. always nice to have another one as a back up just in case you know? __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Sep 29, 2005, 05:59 PM	#7
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,849 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	dunno about the edit/delete button. i'm not a mod in this forum. i can only edit my post(s) here in this forum. __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Sep 30, 2005, 02:52 AM	#11
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 3,951 Rep Power: 61	I'm a fan of Fortron so, that would be my recommendation. Its cheaper, and that are one of the best built power supplies out there. __________________ i7 920 on phase change * EX58-UD5 * 6GB @ 1600MHz * HD4550 * X25-M RAID0 * Enermax Revo 85+ 1050W * Silverstone FT01BW Q8200 @ 3GHz * P5Q Pro* 4GB @ 878MHz * 9500GT * Auzen Prelude * 30GB Vertex * 11.5TB * Seasonic 420 M12-II * Silverstone LC17B * LG GGC-H20L

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