Armor or no armor psu or PSU?

garu

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Hi all
I am planing to build when the new gf cards from ATI and NVidia come out so gf is still undecided. But it will be single card.

Rest of the build :
Samsung 20" SM 204B,monitor LCD, 800:1, 300cd, 5ms, DVI-D, 1600x1200,
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
DDR2 Corsair 2048MB Twinx XMS2-6400 2x1gig, cl5
gigabyte 965p-ds3p rev3,3
2xSeagate Barracuda 3.5" SATAII300 320GB, 2x
LG GSA-H42L, LightScribe
Arctic-Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
VA8000BWS
GF card pending release

1) I am still deciding between the Thermaltake VA8000BWS Armor or Thermaltake VA8003BWS Armor. I am not sure that i need the extra side fan. I am mainly worried about the extra noise on the other hand if it would help to keep the northbridge and southbridge cooler than it would be worth considering. So i could use some input on this.

2) Having a real problem choosing a PSU. So far i am deciding between theese
Zalman ZM600-HP 600W
Corsair HX620W
Fortron Epsilon FX600-GLN 600W
I want a quiet and stable PSU but there is problem with price and AVAILABILITY because i live in central Europe. Fortron is the cheapest out of theese but i cant find a good review or detailed specs. Again help needed.
 

garu

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well when i say cheapest i dont mean cheap it costs about 3200 crowns which is about $139 but you have to subtract the tax which is 19% so about $112. In my opinion that is not cheap for a 600W PSU.
 

garu

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yes i have seen that list unfortunately most of the brands that are listed there are not available here or ridiculously overpriced i am talking $200+ for 600w PSU.

That is why i would like to pick one of theese models.
 
If you look on the third page of the PC cases and power supplies threads, you'll see a post call PSU reference list (UK). It lists mostly top tier, quality and reliable brands. Out of the three PSUs that you listed only the Zalman is in the list. I would trust mpilch on this and go with the Zalman.

See here:
PSU reference list (UK)