Got Juice? (PSU Querries)

[Zedmeister]

Got a PSU query. Looking to get a decent psu. Thing is, I'm not sure what wattage I should go for? Currently my MasterMachine looks thus:

Asus A8V Deluxe S939 mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
OCZ 1Gb PC3700 EB RAM
Asus ATI Radeon AX800 pro 256Mb
Maxtor DiamondMax 250Gb SATA Drive
Creative Audigy ZS Platinum Pro

All I need is a power source. Now I'm not sure what wattage PSU to go for. I have been looking at getting one of the OCZ PowerStreams or one of the new CoolerMaster realpowers (When they are released). Any advice/suggestions for me? Maybe recommend other PSU makes?

[GreenPiggy]

Seeing as that PSU is going to have a fair amount to do i'd recommend one of the high end jobbies around 500W.
My personal favourite is the 480W Tagan but there are lots of others to pick from.

[BUFF]

Yup, not used the OCZ but very happy with Tagan 480W

[Rythmic]

Sounds like you need around 4-500W, you could probably get by on a 350W - but going a bit higher gives you some headroom, and will generally give you a more stable supply.

Never had a problem with an Antec - most people here like the Tagans - generally you get what you pay for, don't skimp and don't get a Qtec.

[Shogun]

don't skimp and don't get a Qtec.

Are you sure?

[Apex]

CWT 550 from scan

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=59492

[SarG]

Dont fall for the wattage myth... check out its amps per rail aswell, avoid anything supplying less than 20 amps on the 12v line.

[Platinum]

I would recomend Antecs, cant really go wrong with em, also not really had any probs with Enermax in the past, Get a Qtec and ill drive round your house and personaly remove it from your PC

[Shogun]

I would recomend Antecs, cant really go wrong with em, also not really had any probs with Enermax in the past, Get a Qtec and ill drive round your house and personaly remove it from your PC

Ive got a q-tec, Im taking up your offer.

[Zedmeister]

Hmm looks like I'll be avoiding Q-Tec then! As a matter of interest Rythmic, why not Q-Tec? Do they burst into flames or something?

Thanks for the help gents anyway, going to get a nice high power one, most likely the OCZ 520W job (Seen some good reviews on it)

[GreenPiggy]

Hmm looks like I'll be avoiding Q-Tec then! As a matter of interest Rythmic, why not Q-Tec? Do they burst into flames or something?

10 points to that man. Thats exactly what they do, blow up, catch on fire and generally destroy your motherboard as well.
I got rid of my last one after it started making an orrible whining noise which I thought might lead to scarier things.

[Zedmeister]

10 points to that man. Thats exactly what they do, blow up, catch on fire and generally destroy your motherboard as well.
I got rid of my last one after it started making an orrible whining noise which I thought might lead to scarier things.

Oh bugger, my mates got a Q-Tec in his machine. And the fan makes grinding noises when it starts up! Time for a new PSU. Or maybe a new machine. Or maybe a new house depending on whats happened recently...

[GreenPiggy]

All depends on the system really but any system with a load of high power stuff like yours will murder a Qtec

[nimbu]

Just bought a 480W Tagan to replace my 380 Antec, but gotta say with either of those u should do fine. The 380 was powering an o/c'd p4 (2.4@3) fx5900, 3 HD (2xraptors) and 3 opticals. Only reason I upgraded is i wanteda balck psu, .

GL

[Ashen]

Antec true 550 will last you about 2-3 years until your geforce 10k requires a 800 watt psu to run properly. This is assuming that Intel realizes it's stupid BTX standard is only worthwhile if you're using your computer as a dutch oven or if you're the sweating owner of a prescott.

[Platinum]

Ive got a q-tec, Im taking up your offer.

Where do you live again?