safe PSU for a allways on box

[blue..matt]

im building a "allways on PC box" will be based on a shuttle board i have, i will put a duron (or similar) in it

it will have a HD and a DVDR

will allways be on, a little server and a MP3 player

can some1 recommend me a cheapish SAFE power supply

[JokerCPoC]

I use two brands in My 2 PCs, One is an Antec and the other is an Enermax, I'd stay away from the no name type of power supply. And thes 2 computers do stay on 24/7 and You can see My 2 PCs specs down in My Sig too:


Zoom1 Specs:
Chieftech DX-01BD Tower ATX Case
XP-M 2500+ cpu (2.5Ghz Mobile cpu @ 1.95vdc core)
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity A+ motherboard
Thermalright SP-97 + 92mm Vantec Tornado Fan(Neo-Backplate)
Enermax 470 Watt Power Supply
Purple Anodized Aluminum CPU SHIM
OCZ 512MB PC4200EL DDR533 184pin DC(2x256Mb) Ram
eVGA 5700 Ultra 128Mb agp card
2-WD hdds (40+75GB ATA100 EIDE 7200rpm HDDs)
NEC ND-1100A DVD+RW/CD-ROM drive
Microtek 18.1" LCD Monitor(Shared)
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 5-Button USB-PS/2 Mouse(Shared)
Logitech 104-Key USB Keyboard(Has Windows Keys onboard) w/an USB-PS/2 adapter(Shared)
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 v.2180

Zoom2 Specs:
Cyrix 6x86 Desktop ATX Case (17"x17"x7")
XP-M 2600+ cpu (2.0Ghz Mobile cpu @ 1.45vdc)
DFI NFII LanParty Ultra rev.B motherboard
Thermalright SLK-947U + 92mm Vantec Tornado Fan(Neo-Backplate)
ANTEC 350 Watt Power Supply
THERMALTAKE COPPER CPU SHIM
Kingston 256MB PC3200 400 DDR 184 pin Ram(1-Dimm)
Visiontek Xtasy Ti4200 64Mb agp card
Maxtor 20 GB 20GB ata100 7200rpm HDD
56x Acer CD-ROM eide drive
Microtek 18.1" LCD Monitor(Shared)
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 5-Button USB-PS/2 Mouse(Shared)
Logitech 104-Key USB Keyboard(Has Windows Keys onboard) w/an USB-PS/2 adapter(Shared)
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 v.2180

Zoom3 Specs: (Proposed-rev1)
Silverstone Temjin Black SST-TJ05-BT Tower ATX Case
2-Opteron 244 1.8Ghz cpus
MSI K8T Master2-FAR motherboard (Uses P4/Xeon heatsink mountings)
2-Thermalright SLK-947U + 92mm Tornado Fans
OCZ 512MB PC3200LL (2x256Mb) ECC/Ram
Enermax 470 Watt PSU(from zoom1)
eVGA 5700 Ultra 128Mb agp card(from zoom1)
WD 75GB ATA100 EIDE 7200rpm HDD(from zoom1)
DVD+RW/CD-RW drive(from zoom1)
Microtek 18.1" LCD Monitor(Shared)
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 5-Button USB Mouse(Shared)
Logitech 104-Key USB Keyboard(Shared)
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 v.2180

Note: zoom1 will get a 300watt Antec psu and a cheap Ti4200 agp card as I still will be using It to do crunch for seti still.

[Swafe]

fkin hell ! your sigs doubled from already how big it was



get a q-tec mate


actually dont they blow up

[JokerCPoC]

fkin hell ! your sigs doubled from already how big it was



get a q-tec mate


actually dont they blow up

No My sig was reduced, I just displayed My sigs specs thinking that My sig for some reason wouldn't appear, I subscribe to a lot of forums, Keeping all of their sig requirements straight is a pain.

[BenW]

i think there's a 6 line rule here, might be wrong though

[JokerCPoC]

i think there's a 6 line rule here, might be wrong though

There that should be better, It's more than 6, But It's really compact in size.

[BenW]

probably should have waited for someone to confirm that as im not sure

[Swafe]

oh right i thought this was your sig...

Zoom1 Specs:
Chieftech DX-01BD Tower ATX Case
XP-M 2500+ cpu (2.5Ghz Mobile cpu @ 1.95vdc core)
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity A+ motherboard
Thermalright SP-97 + 92mm Vantec Tornado Fan(Neo-Backplate)
Enermax 470 Watt Power Supply
Purple Anodized Aluminum CPU SHIM
OCZ 512MB PC4200EL DDR533 184pin DC(2x256Mb) Ram
eVGA 5700 Ultra 128Mb agp card
2-WD hdds (40+75GB ATA100 EIDE 7200rpm HDDs)
NEC ND-1100A DVD+RW/CD-ROM drive
Microtek 18.1" LCD Monitor(Shared)
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 5-Button USB-PS/2 Mouse(Shared)
Logitech 104-Key USB Keyboard(Has Windows Keys onboard) w/an USB-PS/2 adapter(Shared)
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 v.2180

Zoom2 Specs:
Cyrix 6x86 Desktop ATX Case (17"x17"x7")
XP-M 2600+ cpu (2.0Ghz Mobile cpu @ 1.45vdc)
DFI NFII LanParty Ultra rev.B motherboard
Thermalright SLK-947U + 92mm Vantec Tornado Fan(Neo-Backplate)
ANTEC 350 Watt Power Supply
THERMALTAKE COPPER CPU SHIM
Kingston 256MB PC3200 400 DDR 184 pin Ram(1-Dimm)
Visiontek Xtasy Ti4200 64Mb agp card
Maxtor 20 GB 20GB ata100 7200rpm HDD
56x Acer CD-ROM eide drive
Microtek 18.1" LCD Monitor(Shared)
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 5-Button USB-PS/2 Mouse(Shared)
Logitech 104-Key USB Keyboard(Has Windows Keys onboard) w/an USB-PS/2 adapter(Shared)
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 v.2180

Zoom3 Specs: (Proposed-rev1)
Silverstone Temjin Black SST-TJ05-BT Tower ATX Case
2-Opteron 244 1.8Ghz cpus
MSI K8T Master2-FAR motherboard (Uses P4/Xeon heatsink mountings)
2-Thermalright SLK-947U + 92mm Tornado Fans
OCZ 512MB PC3200LL (2x256Mb) ECC/Ram
Enermax 470 Watt PSU(from zoom1)
eVGA 5700 Ultra 128Mb agp card(from zoom1)
WD 75GB ATA100 EIDE 7200rpm HDD(from zoom1)
DVD+RW/CD-RW drive(from zoom1)
Microtek 18.1" LCD Monitor(Shared)
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 5-Button USB Mouse(Shared)
Logitech 104-Key USB Keyboard(Shared)
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 v.2180

Note: zoom1 will get a 300watt Antec psu and a cheap Ti4200 agp card as I still will be using It to do crunch for seti still.
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Zoom1 Specs:
Chieftech DX-01BD Tower ATX Case
XP-M 2500+ cpu (2.5Ghz Mobile cpu @ 1.95vdc core)
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity A+ motherboard
SP-97 + 92mm Vantec Tornado Fan(Neo-Backplate)

Zoom2 Specs:
Cyrix 6x86 Desktop ATX Case (17"x17"x7")
XP-M 2600+ cpu (2.0Ghz Mobile cpu @ 1.45vdc)
DFI NFII LanParty Ultra B motherboard
SLK-947U + 92mm Tornado Fan(Neo-Backplate)

[Swafe]

hang on, if your getting a shuttle, keep the PSU! firstly an ATX psu wont fit in a shuttle box

secondly shuttle psus really are pretty damn good

[BenW]

get a silentX Shuttle one too

[blue..matt]

hang on, if your getting a shuttle, keep the PSU! firstly an ATX psu wont fit in a shuttle box

secondly shuttle psus really are pretty damn good

no its a shuttle mobo (remmber they were real cheap at BP a while back)

the shuttle mobo will be fitted in a normal case (just dont trust those cheapo PSU's from ebuyer cases )

[blue..matt]

just checked on ebuyer

Antec are 41 quid

Ouch

[blue..matt]

i am guessing http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=47659

would have a antec PSU in it ?????

68 quid

[SilentDeath]

550w, or 450w Meridian from scan, they are the same as antecs, and cost about half.

[PanzerKnight]

get the chieftec 360w from ocuk
i have one and its works fine
only reboot my pc every 2 weeks, never turned it off, cept when adding new hardware

btw they use the same internals as antec

[coco]

try http://www.tradeprice.co.uk they do a INWIN ATX IW-S508-IW case with 300w FSP psu for £34.53 inc pp.
Inwins make nice cases and the FSP psu are really good