Have Antec Truepower 550w - Worth upgrading to Corsair HX 620W?

[roorooroo]

Hi, I have had the Antec truepower 550w for over 2 years and it has served me really well..i tried the power supply calculator and showed i used around 530w on full load which is really close to its limit.
Was going to go for the 700w ocz gamexstream but i heard about the bad rippling..so looks like its down to the Corsair now..is it worth me spending more for the Corsair HX 620w or keep my Antec for now?

Cheers

Roo




Now running e6600@3ghz, 4 sata hd, 8800gts 640, 2gb ddr2, x-fi music, 4 fans, 4usb, dvd burner.etc

[kalniel]

Nope. I'd stick with the Antec.

[roorooroo]

Cheers Kalniel..might route a couple of the HDD's to external enclosures if i decided not to buy the Corsair.
Still mulling it over.

[nvening]

if its running fine then you dont need to upgrade

[roorooroo]

Thought as much, might just keep it until i have even more stuff to power drain! Cheers.

[Zak33]

stick with it...Antec Truepower's are very quiet and very stable.

[Mithrandir]

Stick with the Antec. As the old saying goes: If it ain't broke...

[TooNice]

If I am not mistaken, the Corsair are based on the Seasonic and comparable in noise.. which I found better than the Antec True-series I've previously used. If noise is an non-issue then by all mean stick with the Antec.

[roorooroo]

Noise is no issue here..like the whoosh of my front 120mm fan Looks like i'm sticking with my Antec for now. Cheers.

[EarlGrey]

Originally Posted by roorooroo

i tried the power supply calculator and showed i used around 530w on full load which is really close to its limit.

Which power supply calculator? Those which I have seen massively overestimate your usage encouraging you to upgrade...

If it aint broke don't fix it. Stick with what you have if it's stable.

My rig (Athlon 64 2.0GHz @ 2.6GHz and 7800GTX) is running off a 300 watt power supply (my 450W Truepower died on me and I threw this in on the off chance...) It is currently rock stable - hasn't crashed in any way in months - so I'm not changing it until I upgrade (soon, soon)

I get a warning each time I boot that the graphics card is not receiving enough power (no 6pin PCIE power lead on the power supply) , and I can't overclock it above stock, but since it's stable I don't care for the moment

I'd be interested to know how many others are running on old/cheap/crap power supplies...

[Oh and before anyone mentions it; I redid some benchmarks that I had stored and the graphics card is running just as fast as it always did - despite the warning message suggesting it has been slowed down.]

[roorooroo]

Hi Earlgrey

I used a couple but found this to be the most exhaustive..
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp
Cheers, Roo

[aidanjt]

Originally Posted by roorooroo

Hi Earlgrey

I used a couple but found this to be the most exhaustive..
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp
Cheers, Roo

Yes, as long as you do P/2 after you obtain the result from the site.

[roorooroo]

Originally Posted by aidanjt

Yes, as long as you do P/2 after you obtain the result from the site.

Hi aidanjt, these psu calculators aren't too accurate it seems then! P/2?

[aidanjt]

Originally Posted by roorooroo

Hi aidanjt, these psu calculators aren't too accurate it seems then! P/2?

No, they're horrible. P/2 = P (Power/Wattage) divided by 2.

[roorooroo]

Originally Posted by aidanjt

No, they're horrible. P/2 = P (Power/Wattage) divided by 2.

Cheers aidanjt..i ran it again for kicks and apparently my power output is 583w on my 550w power supply so i can see what you mean. I'm okay if i divide by two though