Anyone here got the 500w version? Jus about to order one, and wondered if the cables come braided?
Cheers
Dave
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Anyone here got the 500w version? Jus about to order one, and wondered if the cables come braided?
Cheers
Dave
Well the 600w S12 doesn't so I don't imagine that the 500w does either
hmm, how easy is it to do yourself? or are there as good power supplies out there with braided cables?
Dave
kustom sell briaded cable mate, only takes a few minutes
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Originally Posted by Russ
Bloody hell you must be very good at this. Takes me more than a few mins just to remove the 20/24 pin psu connector.
On average it will take me around 3 hours to braid an entire psu including doing the heatshrink. However the result is very worthwhile.
Anyone with this powersupply? any opinions?
Dave
Why not just get a Tagen Easycon? Even a 480W PSU would be overkill for your rig. I don't know anything about Seasonic, but I've had my Tagen for over a year now and the voltage doesn't fluxuate by even 100th of a volt.
I currently had a 480w psu that I managed to blow up, so looking at the seasonics, that was the closest. Only thing is I plan to turn it to a file server once I move to a laptop - so it will hopefully have some large raid arrays goin in to store all my data.
Dave
hard drive power usage is miniscule, rarealy exceeds 8W per disk, rough guessing from your 'My System' tab you probibly wouldn't use any more than 240W at peak load..
that depends if hes doing the job properly or not :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jimborae
Seasonics have the highest efficiency that I know of and they're very quiet. Other manufacturers are catching up though. They're still my favorite brand. Enermax Liberty would be my second choice but I haven't tried one of those yet. Maybe a PC Power & Cooling kilowatt power supply if I were building a dual Opteron SLI beast but I'm a wee bit short on funds for that.
Well basically I thought there was little point in downgrading from a Hiper TypeR power supply that has served me well 24x7 for the last 2 years - but then user error meant it failed :(
So went for the Seasonic 500w because of the good reviews, and because it is meant to be pretty quiet...
Dave
keep us imformed, im gonna be needing a new PSU in the very near future :(
I\'ve got a 500w Seasonic in one of my works machines - very impressed with it and i\'ll probably swap to one for home. Nice and quiet, 24/7, solid and dependable - thus far anyway.
Not to mention that the system will be far from quiet..Quote:
Originally Posted by Technojunkie
God people are stupid when it comes to power requirements, I don\'t know why I waste my breath.