Psu

[myth]

Well the Tagan is supposed to be as good and its 480w and i do like the sound of tagan.

tagen and OCZ... tagen = OCZ with nicer leads and cool led indicators... There are romers that OCZ is made by tagen... So personaly I prefer OCZ for there features!

[Betty_Swallocks]

The Tagan 480 came top in a recent roundup of PSUs in Custom PC magazine. They were very complimentary about it.

[myth]

The Tagan 480 came top in a recent roundup of PSUs in Custom PC magazine. They were very complimentary about it.

Well as far as wich is the best then it would be PC power and coolings 510 deluxe... But I dont think he can aford that... but the tagen is an ok power suppy, so is Antec and FSP for a buget...

[nvening]

bloody hell im not getting two ultras, i dont need so much power myth, anyway how is ur tv card going? I just wnat something v stable, not too noisey, and will supply be enough power.

[BlueMagician]

I have been looking at the OCZ520 myself now.

It looks like a soundly spec'd bit of kit and I'm wondering if it's worth the little extra money. Considering I'll be o/c'ing a 3500+, with 2 6800GT's, 2 10k HDD's, 2 optical drives, and 4 12cm fans...

Do you think this is overkill and will be just as well served by the NeoPower480?

S.

[Fresco]

I quite like the look of the OCZ Modstream range. Reduces the clutter in your case by removing the need to tidy unused cables.

Bit more expensive and I dont think you can adjust the power rails on these models.

[Thorsson]

It's also a bit tight on the supplied cables compared to the Neopower.

[BlueMagician]

I've heard people say that both the Tagan 480 and Antec NeoPower 480 wont give much headroom in an SLI o/c'd system with a fair few drives and fans.. The NeoPower is tidy and nice to look at, the Tagan seems well spec'd but reliability issues have been raised.

The OCZ Powerstream 520 seems nice, if a little tight in connectors, and an awful green light. And, the OCZ Modstream is even tighter for connectors, and doesn't offer the voltage tweaking that makes it's predecessor desirable.

So, I guess, the only important question is "Is the NeoPower man enough for the kind of system I, and indeed a fair few other people no doubt, are looking at."

Reviews reviews reviews - dual power rail this, voltage feedback that... Urrgghh... Head hurts..


S.

[nvening]

i have heard people saying that thier tagans hav blown up, like all PSUs, some of them do. Tagans are supposed to be very well made.

[Fresco]

Generally speaking you get what you pay for, and if you stay clear fo the real cheap PSU's there should not too many problems. Maybe choose one with a good warranty, Tagan's is supposedly pretty good.

But what sort of power do you require for say an SLi based system, with 2 6800GT's, couple of DVD drives, couple of hard drives and some minor mods?

And when you say tight for connectors, do you mean not many available, or that the cables are not long enough?

[BlueMagician]

...when you say tight for connectors, do you mean not many available, or that the cables are not long enough?...

Yeah, I was just picking up on, and agreeing with what Thorsson said earlier - I meant tight as in not many branches - therefore necessitates buying splitters and creating often unnecessary length.

...But what sort of power do you require for say an SLi based system, with 2 6800GT's, couple of DVD drives, couple of hard drives and some minor mods...

Well that's exactly what I'd like to know - I'd rather be overkill, than under tho, as I'm sure most would.

The NeoPower and Modstream are impressive for their modular cabling system, but I don't know much about the reliability of the Modstream, and wonder if I really need that extra 40W anyway...

S.

[nvening]

hang on is the tagan tight on connectors?

[rob_65]

I'd go for OCZ/Antec myself

[nvening]

im gunna go look on thier sites

[rob_65]

Okay mate, i can highly rate both, i've owned the 480W antec and the OCZ 520 currently, and they both hold rails very well. The attraction with the OCZ is the adjustable rails though, definitely. Go OCZ They also do the modstream [modular] and a 600W variety of the powerstream now

[BlueMagician]

Forgive my being a lemon (again).. Does the Powerstream520 offer 'dual rails'? Is it a vastly different supply to the NeoPower in the way that it does it's job, with regards to 'what component should be attached to what line' etc?

Sorry for the babble, but I hope you get my question.
S.