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Xwz

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I'am thinking about buying a new power supplie, could you plz recommend me with some price/performence good ones my fav. are : OCZ ; enermax ; revoltec and levicom :rockout:


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:p i would take an bequiet they are incredible nice :p
otherwise take an ocz but the bequiet performs very well
 

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I would get the ocz modstream one =P
 
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All of them are at best so so.

try a Silverstone or Seasonic

if you HAVE to buy a OCZ get the Powerstream not the Modstream
 

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Yeh but powerstream is obselete now i think, might be harder to find depending on where you live. Your lucky if you can even find one of those things where i live
 
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Be quit :p
i never had a better one they are silent and take heavy load on graphic and cpu its just my peronals feeling
 

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OCZ also has the a REALLY GOOD customer support if you ever need it which i doubt when it comes to power supplies
 
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or a antec i have no complants with the 450 i have but if u want extras then go with ocz
 

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if you insist on blind recommendations without any information on what its powering
I'll recommend something I know will power most anything and is considered the best in class


PC Power and Cooling 510 SLi (T510ASL)

as far as the Modstream goes, its a seriously inferior supply to the Powerstreams
Id recommend you go research over at Xbit
PSUs are in the "other" category and the reviews are done by Oleg Artamonov.

You could also give me a full list of everything drawing power, down to the number and size of fans and Id give you a good guess as to what your worse case draw would be and some real recommendations based on a short set of questions regarding overclocking, esthetics, sound level, expected upgrade path and price.

In the not too distant future TPU hopes to be doing PSU reviews as well
but keep in mind that 99% of the reviewers out there couldn't find their ass if a cord was leading to it when it comes to PSU's,
the best that can be said is it didn't blow up their box that day.
Some exceptions to this can be found here http://www.psuinquisitor.com/

but as of right now Oleg is the best ;)
 
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