Need a good PSU suggestions? :)

[Ravens Nest]

Right i've recieved the 450W CWT + SATA Quiet Dual Fan AMD/P4 App Active Fan Control Active PFC.

450W PSU to me and you.

Here are my reading for it, to see what everyone thinks about them.. (They come from motherboard monitor 5)

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total number of readouts: 69 CPU Speed: 1756 MHz |
|Running from: 13/11/2003 11:30:06 until: 13/11/2003 11:40:44 |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Sensor | Current | Low | High | Average |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Case | 35° C | 35° C | 35° C | 35° C |
|CPU | 41° C | 41° C | 42° C | 41° C |
|Sensor 3 | 0° C | 0° C | 0° C | 0° C |
|Core 0 | 1.58 V | 1.58 V | 1.60 V | 1.59 V |
|Core 1 | 1.68 V | 1.66 V | 1.70 V | 1.68 V |
|+3.3 | 2.64 V | 2.62 V | 2.64 V | 2.63 V |
|+5.00 | 4.89 V | 4.87 V | 4.89 V | 4.89 V |
|+12.00 | 12.34 V | 12.28 V | 12.40 V | 12.35 V |
|-12.00 | -12.68 V | -12.77 V | -12.68 V | -12.69 V |
|-5.00 | -5.04 V | -5.04 V | -5.04 V | -5.04 V |
|Fan 1 | 1814 RPM | 1804 RPM | 1834 RPM | 1820 RPM |
|Fan 2 | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM |
|Fan 3 | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+

[Ravens Nest]

Left it slightly longer this time and added Fan for CPU speed which i forgot before..

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total number of readouts: 308 CPU Speed: 1756 MHz |
|Running from: 13/11/2003 12:11:44 until: 13/11/2003 13:02:45 |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Sensor | Current | Low | High | Average |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Case | 95° F | 95° F | 96° F | 95° F |
|CPU | 104° F | 104° F | 111° F | 105° F |
|Sensor 3 | 32° F | 32° F | 32° F | 32° F |
|Core 0 | 1.60 V | 1.58 V | 1.60 V | 1.59 V |
|Core 1 | 1.68 V | 1.66 V | 1.70 V | 1.68 V |
|+3.3 | 2.64 V | 2.62 V | 2.66 V | 2.63 V |
|+5.00 | 4.89 V | 4.84 V | 4.89 V | 4.88 V |
|+12.00 | 12.34 V | 12.22 V | 12.40 V | 12.36 V |
|-12.00 | -12.68 V | -12.85 V | -12.68 V | -12.71 V |
|-5.00 | -5.04 V | -5.04 V | -5.04 V | -5.04 V |
|Fan 1 | 3792 RPM | 3792 RPM | 3924 RPM | 3843 RPM |
|Fan 2 | 1795 RPM | 1785 RPM | 1939 RPM | 1848 RPM |
|Fan 3 | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+

[Austin]

How quiet is it and how does it compare to other PSUs? In terms of the rails you should use the mobo BIOS or a prog specific to your mobo rather than trust a 'Jack of all trades' like MBM. I doubt the reported voltages are correct. How stable is your system, what spec and how o/c'ed?

[Ravens Nest]

Im not overclocking at the moment (was earlier though) i have my rig as follows :-

Athlon XP2200+ (Thoroughbred A) at 133FSB
Epox 8RDA+ motherboard
2 X 512MB Twinmos 2700 DDR
Radeon 9700np
DVD
CDRW
IBM 120GXP HD 100GB
Floppy drive
2 X 8cm fans
1 X system blower


What i think of the PSU is it's very quiet at the moment
(dont know if i'll be saying the same in the summer)

Well compared to my Generic it is heavier has 2 fans instead of one, same colour (aluminium) except the grills they are gold

Compared to my Q-TEC it looks very similiar except the Q-tec is gold coloured all over and is a little smaller.
CWT Homepage is
http://www.cwt.com.tw/

Here's a picture of it and the details..
http://www.cwt.com.tw/CwtEng/product...cwt-450bdp.htm

Here are my rails from the BIOS
Vcore 1.60-1.69
Vdimm 2.62
+5V 4.89V
+12V 12.34V
Vdd 1.60
Vbat 3.05-3.12
5VSB 5.01V
-12V 12.69
-5V 5.04


And here's the results from the official Epox 8RDA+ software

Vdd:1600,
VCore:1680,
Vdimm:2640,
+5V:4892,
+12V:12342,
-12V:12692,
-5V:5049,
Vbat:3104,
5VSB:5018

Have noticed my CPU fan is more powerful than before, the Q-tec must not have give it enough juice..(is supposed to be 550W)

[Ravens Nest]

Oh forgot the CWT has a power switch at the back but the Q-tec didnt, cant tell if it's a rebadged Antec or not though..