where to buy OCZ power supplies in Uk?

[-ChEM-]

Er really?? I very much doubt that, what are you baseing your statement on?

well just stuff ive read i guess, they are decent power supplies but ive not seen anything that impressive, i would go for fsp/sparkle/fortron, silverstone, pcp&p over them any day, maybe also tagan and ocz but theyre a bit more mainstream

better efficiency, and quieter by a couple of dB under high loads.

those are the things the seasonic does best but they dont indicate in any way whether its a good psu, its probably not hard (though ive never tried) to make a psu thats unstable and underpowered but nice and quiet and efficient

i know its not reliable at all as they would have been tested differently but i think they are fairly representative, here the seasonic has dipped under 12V on both rails with 263W load and here the st60f goes up to something like 550w load before it does that, and its still well within ATX spec under 662W load, which is pretty amazing for a "600W" psu

high output, low dipping and low ripple are the things that are going to keep your system stable and that puts silverstone and pcp&p and a few others in a different class, and it doesnt cost any extra

[charleski]

here the seasonic has dipped under 12V on both rails with 263W load

Well the conclusion to the review you cite states "The unit exhibited good voltage regulation with excellent stability and offers a lot of capacity on the +3.3V, +5V and dual +12V rails." - sounds pretty positive to me .

I'm sure there are better PSUs than the Seasonic, but unfortunately PCP&P seem to be really hard to find in the UK.

[Nox]

extremeprometia and savrow sell em.

But even though I have a PCP&C i'd recommend anything else - they are noisy as hell, so much so I modified mine to have a rather large protusion on the back and a 120mm fan inside it sucking air, rather than the 80mm@470,000 rpm and 980dB device it ships with.



Nox

[-ChEM-]

"The unit exhibited good voltage regulation"

yeah well the ATX2.2 standard is +/- 5% which the seasonic will be much much better than, its still a good psu but overrated imo and now a bit overpriced because of all the people buying them

[jimborae]

those are the things the seasonic does best but they dont indicate in any way whether its a good psu, its probably not hard (though ive never tried) to make a psu thats unstable and underpowered but nice and quiet and efficient

i know its not reliable at all as they would have been tested differently but i think they are fairly representative, here the seasonic has dipped under 12V on both rails with 263W load and here the st60f goes up to something like 550w load before it does that, and its still well within ATX spec under 662W load, which is pretty amazing for a "600W" psu

high output, low dipping and low ripple are the things that are going to keep your system stable and that puts silverstone and pcp&p and a few others in a different class, and it doesnt cost any extra

Mate that was a very old revision they tested and the voltage dipped according to the review, because of the adaptor cable which it no longer uses and hasn't done for quite a while. If look at other reviews you will see that it is a an excellent psu really. Then again maybe I'm just a fanboy.

[BUFF]

If anyone's interested, the Seasonics came out ahead of OCZ in spcr's review - better efficiency, and quieter by a couple of dB under high loads.

that's the old Topower OCZs though not the new FSP OCZs.
For ultimate power imo the FSP is better (4 rails @18A as opposed to 2) than the Seasonic but the Seasonic is quieter.

[charleski]

For ultimate power imo the FSP is better (4 rails @18A...)

Whoa! 4 12V rails @ 18A? Do you have a link? How are thye split up?

[BUFF]

Whoa! 4 12V rails @ 18A? Do you have a link? How are thye split up?

http://www.fsp-group.com.tw/english/...d=98&proid=462
It was originally certificated at 15A per rail but since redone at 18A
12V1 - CPU 1
12V2 - CPU 2, PCIe 2
12V3 - Motherboard, SATA, 4-pin molex
12V4 - PCIe 1

[charleski]

Ok, 4 independent 18A 12V rails is pretty nice indeed. That's very good.

[-ChEM-]

it wont do anywhere near 72A 12v though, although they are independent rails the total output is limited

[BUFF]

should be about 58-60A max. across all rails.