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65-75$ PSU Advice. (three candidates)

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IWillLight   10-24-2009 at 06:43:49 PM

Hi all! This is my first post, from reader I`ve become the writer. I'm an amateur overclocker & gamer, though I work most of my free time in other domains, like electronic music prod/master.
My 470W Thermaltake died after 1year and I didn`t do anything, didn't forced it too much, voltages & other stressful factors :(
I have a limited budget from 65$ to 75$max and I`ve recently chosen 3 candidates:

a) OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W
b) CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W
c) SILVERSTONE ST50F 500W

I would recommend myself the corsair psu, but there's something to the other 2..... Even if my budget is limited, I'm looking for 2 main qualities @ a PSU:

(1) long life (quality int built)
(2) silent under no pressure.


I want all of your opinions, piece of advice - I'll be more than grateful..
Peace ;)

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PS: srry if my english sucks :??:

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Silver CPUs badge JohnnyLucky   10-24-2009 at 08:53:36 PM
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+1 for Corsair - high quality and 5 year warranty.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.p [...] ry&reid=64

If you are in the USA the final sale price after mail-in rebate is $49.99 plus shipping at newegg.com. The VX550 is $10.00 more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] gesize=100

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IWillLight   10-24-2009 at 09:36:56 PM
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thanks for your answers... I think I`ll go for Corsair, though I like OCZ soooo muuuch for being modular and having 2 rails of 25Amp... (chosing Corsair will be mostly for the seasonic parts, which means quality for some long time now)

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redgarl   10-24-2009 at 09:47:20 PM
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The warranty of 5 years is not a good point for a 50$ power supply, it will cost you 20$ to ship back and wait for a RMA, better buying a new one when that happens.

 

I don't know in USA, but here the latest OCZ Modxstream are really cheap and they got an awesome efficiency at 60% of their power, over 85%.

 

59.99$ cad

 

http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] omoid=1059


Message edited by redgarl on 10-24-2009 at 09:49:43 PM
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Bronze CPUs badge jsc   10-24-2009 at 10:06:57 PM
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IWillLight wrote :

... though I like OCZ soooo muuuch for being modular and having 2 rails of 25Amp...


Not quite true. It has two rails, each capable of a maximum of 25 amps. That's not the same thing as two 25 amp rails. If it had two 25 amp rails, it would be at least a 600 watt PSU (50 amps X 12 volts).

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xbonez   10-24-2009 at 10:10:41 PM
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How about this:

OCZ 700W PSU for $70 after rebate.

http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-700MXSP- [...] =de_a_smtd

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Silver CPUs badge JohnnyLucky   10-24-2009 at 10:50:37 PM
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redgarl - Did you read the technical review I linked to?

xbonez - It's an adequate power supply. Originally there was a problem until it was discovered that model had incorrect advertising about it's capability at high temperatures.


Message edited by JohnnyLucky on 10-24-2009 at 11:03:14 PM
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IWillLight   10-25-2009 at 12:14:09 AM
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i`ll go with corsair, why not...modular in another life maybe ..lol
i hope it will handle OC with voltage changes...

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johnnyq1233   10-25-2009 at 02:20:18 PM
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Corsair all the way...I love my vx550...sooooooo quiet!
I sometimes have to put my hand on the back of it to make sure the fan is runnung!...lol
JQ

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wiinippongamer   10-25-2009 at 03:01:44 PM
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IWillLight wrote :

Hi all! This is my first post, from reader I`ve become the writer. I'm an amateur overclocker & gamer, though I work most of my free time in other domains, like electronic music prod/master.
My 470W Thermaltake died after 1year and I didn`t do anything, didn't forced it too much, voltages & other stressful factors :(
I have a limited budget from 65$ to 75$max and I`ve recently chosen 3 candidates:

a) OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W
b) CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W
c) SILVERSTONE ST50F 500W

I would recommend myself the corsair psu, but there's something to the other 2..... Even if my budget is limited, I'm looking for 2 main qualities @ a PSU:

(1) long life (quality int built)
(2) silent under no pressure.


I want all of your opinions, piece of advice - I'll be more than grateful..
Peace ;)

-----------------------------------------
PS: srry if my english sucks :??:




go for the corsair vx550, its just 4$ expensiver than the 450

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IWillLight   10-25-2009 at 03:18:41 PM
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thanks to all of you for the input - corsair chosen!!! \m/ :)

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