As a couple of you may know ive been hunting for a beefy radeon lately, 9700pr/9800pro to replace my loyal but weak Gf4mx440...but with them comes beefy power consumption...and i pressume that the need for a beffy PSU to power my 2.2xp,DVd,Cd-rw,512ram,2 HD's and soon to be beefy GPU is important.
Where ever i go i hear the cries of Antec and Enermax where PSU's are concerned, these both seem to be the market leaders in PSU's, as with all market leaders with a good reputation they have high prices
I noticed this little fella:
"QTEC 550 Watt PSU P4 ready Twin Fan Retail Boxed" on ebuyer fot £25
Is this a fake with just 550 for packaging or the real thing (i understand most psu's cannot actually stay at their peak of 450/550 as displayed on the box for an amount of time)
I also see contradictory reviews of this.. some singing its praises some daming it to hell.....
for example
"The 550w is delivered from the fact that it can peak at a certain amper. However this PSU can only sustain 409w!
O/P - peak - max
3.3V - 30A - 20A = 3.3x20=66W
5V - 40A - 35A = 5x35=175W
12V - 20A - 14A = 12x14=168W
In total this PSU can sustain a maximum of 409W.
If someone presumes this PSU can output a constant of 550W and builds a system to output this amount of power, prepare for the fire brigade!
However for systems that just require a smoothly running PSU without heavy power consumption this will suit"
opinions and experiences on this thingy??
Tah Adam.R
(on seriously tight budget considering i need 2 get card also)
PS: also heard good things bout sparkle which are good and a bit cheaper than antec etc