Raidmax Built In PSU and 8800 GT

[abnospam]

Hi all,

I am building a rig with a raidmax case and 500 watt PSU (I think 22 amps on +12v rail, if I have the lingo right). It also has a 8800 GT card in it, but I was told that card wants > 26 amps. Any truth to this? Anyone running 8800GT with this case stock PSU without issues?

If I did have insufficient ampage there, what would the symptoms look like?

 

[mike99]

That case and PSU are too cheap for that to be a good quality PSU. You can try it and see, but if system unstable, buy a better PSU.

Mike.

 

[abnospam]

by unstable you mean freezing and blue screens?

 

[doglips]

Raidmax is not known for Quality psu's..If it blows it can fry that nice gpu and other parts also. Dont take a chance. Never go cheap on psu's.Get a good Corsair.

 

[bobbknight]

I stay with tier 1 and but PCPower PSU's
I had a cheap raidmax years ago and it killed a system of mine.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088

 

[Achtungbaby]

Depends what Raidmax psu it is. I have the Raidmax Volcano 630w modlar psu and have never had a problem, plus all the reviews of the model i read rated it very highly.... would never have bought it if it wasnt rated highly Try google the make and model of the PSU and see what comes up, hopefully reviews as they are often more reliable! But never buy a case that comes standard with the PSU... rather select a case and PSU separately! Good Luck

 

[abnospam]

This is the case and PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156062

My last rig was with an Antec 400w PSU stock and I had no problems running 2 drives, 2 burners, an Radeon 9500 Pro and a lot of USB (4 devices).

 

[abnospam]

I have only built about 4-5 computers, so by no means a master. I want to run 2 GB ram, 1 dvd, 2-4 HDDs and this nVidia 8800GT. Overclocking probably won't happen and if it does it is becuase I found the time and I will probably stay conservative.

Given all that and that I am cost conscious, which PSU would you all recommend? I am not running SLI or some other crazy stuff. Would classify my machine is average gaming rig.

 

[leo2kp]

PC Power and Cooling 750-Quad ^.^

 

[abnospam]

I mentioned cost conscious, right? Looking for under $100.

I see some folks saying they are running Fortron 450w 2x12v/18a rails with my setup just fine. That thing is $55.

 

[Achtungbaby]

Hey there, I bought the Smillodon and psu separately although both are raidmax. I love the case and the PSU i bought. My PSU is one of their performance range and had great reviews all round. I got the 630 w version as I wanted modular and all modular psu's lose a bit of power through the connectors. All the test reviews of the raidmax PSU I bought were great. I have not had a problem, eventhough my card is an extreemily power hungry little bast*rd due to the TEC and i do not overclock I see that the 500w psu that comes with the case is a modular psu and is not one of their performance range. I would not get that psu if i was u! Get the case and take a look at Raidmax's performance range, as they are budget friendly and mine has not given me one hassle

 

[abnospam]

Yeah, I have been reading the 1,000+ reviews of the case on newegg and quite a few people slam the PSU.

 

[Onus]

The FSP PSUs are decent. They're on tier-3 of the list at http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiered+PSU+Listings?t=anon.

I've used three of them recently without issue, and have a 4th I may use sometime soon.

If I got a case with a RaidMax PSU in it, that PSU would make it into the trash without ever tasting 120 VAC.