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i've heard that raidmax psu's are known to go out, is this all of them or is this raidmax rx-700 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ok?

i was also looking at this ocz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... any ideas on that one?

I would like to stay modular and around 6-700 watts as i will be for sure getting a 4850 or 4870 depending on price changes soon, and possibly will crossfire later on, thanks!

kurt

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A good quality 450W PSU can easily handle an HD4870. Neither of the 2 PSUs you linked can handle 2 4870s due to a lack of necessary PCIe connectors. Corsair TX750 would be a good choice.
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^ +1
If you are thinking of xfire in the future, make sure the psu has the needed PCIe connectors.

Stick with brands such as corsair, antec, pc power & cooling, and OCZ.
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ok, so is the ocz unit i have picked a good one? I've read a couple reviews most of them said they were great but one said it failed at 50c i plan on having a ton of cooling in my case and i dont really understand what that is other than when kept at 50 celsius it didnt provide the power it said it would,although i'm nowhere near what the unit can produce.

Personally, stay away from Raidmax. I have had 2 of them, one of them the Volcano modular series, 630watt. One of them died in about 3 months, the Volcano died in about 2 years. But, long before it died, I started having some stability and drive problems for quite a while, and I just could not nail them down. Began to think maybe my motherboard was going south. After the install of a new BFG 680 LS series, all my little "bugs" simply vanished, literally.
PC and Power Cooling makes some very good power supplies.

pc power and cooling is owned by ocz and they both use the same shop to make their respective products, so i guess i'm gonna go for the ocz then, the other would have saved me liek 80 with my case choice (combo on newegg) tahnks guys

kurt
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kurtyboh said:
pc power and cooling is owned by ocz and they both use the same shop to make their respective products, so i guess i'm gonna go for the ocz then, the other would have saved me liek 80 with my case choice (combo on newegg) tahnks guys

kurt


PC P&C and OCZ are not built by the same OEM.
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kurtyboh said:
i read it on hardocp when i read their review of the modxstream 700, that after ocz purchased pc p&c then they switched all production to sirtec.


OCZ production, not PC P&C.
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