Id say other way round, and i really wouldnt reccomend it other than as a temporary measure. could you maybe stretch to something like thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Pealy
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Id say other way round, and i really wouldnt reccomend it other than as a temporary measure. could you maybe stretch to something like thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Pealy
Can I just pont you to this: http://www.vadim.co.uk/news/The+sile...+6500+3dmark05
SLi system, dual core, 2 Gigs of high end RAM, and a Seagate Barracuda.
ONLY 300W!
I am also in the market for a new PSU.. I currently have a 300w..but I am planning on upgrading here in the next few months, so I know I will need a good PSU.
I looked at some of ya'll recommendations in regards to Tagan and found something called ePower/Tagan (as described on Pricewatch). Is this basically a Tagan repackaged under the name ePower? Have any of you heard of this and is it any good?
Here are the specs for a 450 watt version:
http://www.epowertec.com/power_cheetah_450g.html
Hehehe, justifying it is easy, I spend 60£ now to get something that is high quality and more than adequate NOW because it'll be 60£ and done with, not 35£ now then another 35£ in 6~9 months, then another 35£ in 12~18 months. Thus long term you save money. That one works for me :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pealy
Tagan is a brand of Epower, which doesnt mean all epower psus are good, most of them are pretty mediocre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drugar
Hmmm...thanks for the info...I will look for something that has the Tagan name..just to make sure
I've had enough PSU's to finally realize that a brand name 420 will most probably never let you down.
Q-Tec is a brand name! I know what you mean though, sometimes you can go too deep into making your choice, I like the 'choose a brand you trust' approach, it's often pretty reliable.Quote:
Originally Posted by azzkicker_9002
Deer is a brand name too. Guaranteed to explode within 3 years.
Tagan power supplies at Scan, has the bottom fallen out of the power supply market or what?
I could only find ratings for the 480W but they look good:
+3.3V 28A
+5V 35A
+12V 25A
-5V 0.5A
-12V 0.8A
+5vsb 2.5A
400W Silent pPFC AMD & P4 12cm Silent Fan - £8.81 inc vat
450W as above, £11.16 inc vat
480W as above, £13.51 inc vat
550W as above, £17.33 in vat
Cheap as chips!
The unbranded ones, yes. But you won't find Tagan at that kind of price :p
Cheap as chips usually ends up frying like chips too.
I would recommend going for branded, and lowering your wattage to cut costs. That said I went for an XClio (meridian) PSU which isn't exactly a quality brand, but there's a sudden improvment in the hi end ones (480 and 550W) which made me consider them.
How right you are kalniel, I should look more closely in future..Quote:
Originally Posted by kalniel
The XClio 480W PSU is actually pretty good, with identical internals to the Antec Trupower series. It's recommended by many and has had some good reviews.
And you can get it from Scan on Today Only for £35. I've got one in my system and it's great.
Any links to the information?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rohan
A couple of years ago I used to hear CWT and Chieftec had same internals as Antec's. Not sure how true it was.
Thanks.
Edit: The Silverpower 400 (I think) had a good rating from Custom PC magazine recently and it is around £30 (form the top of my head) from Scan. I use a Seasonic 400 Tornado and usually recommend them or the Fortron's.
There's a review of the 550W xclio PSU here:
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/r...o_550BL_1.html
Note that my 480W doesn't have any rubber coating (that I'm aware of) and the cables are different than described in that article, but the rest is the same as the 480 and 550 are both based on the same tech, which as the article says, is identical to the antec true power 2.0 PSUs.
I've got a similar setup running on a 480 Enermax Noisetaker, very realiable, and fairly quiet too, especially when the fans turned down, although I keep it turned up all the time.