which psu

[kelticknight]

Corsair Memory 620 Watt
or
00W OCZ GameXStream
looking at replacing my thermaltake purepower 680 watt psu

these are recommended with my dfi mobo
both cost €150
probly get more juice fron ocz

 

[Stryder75]

Have you looked at some reviews? The Corsair is newer to the market and has a lot of nice features. The Gamextreme is a solid performer and has good stability. I would google a few reviews and check the stability and efficiency of the two, and of course the 12v rail configuration and amount of amps on them.

I myself have the TT ToughPower 700w modular and love it. Great stability, 80-85% efficiency and modular cables.

Check out the reviews and look at customer reviews (like on Newegg)

 

[xman2007]

just received my ocz 420 powerstream psu and wow im blown away, its packed with features and oodles of connections and rock stable.

 

[kelticknight]

have TT purepower 680 watt myself
just thinking of changing as recommended for my dfi lanparty cfx3200 as picky about psu's and memory

 

[Polaris573]

OCZ's tech support is top notch. They didn't even put me on hold, that coupled with there quality products makes me choose them over almost any other PSU Manufacturer.

 

[kelticknight]

OCZ's tech support is top notch. They didn't even put me on hold, that coupled with there quality products makes me choose them over almost any other PSU Manufacturer.

cheers
was thinking ocz

 

[Protius]

OCZ all the way

 

[kelticknight]

cheers guy

 

[kelticknight]

looks im getting a ocz
hoping it will cure somrthing with my dfi cfx3200,but at least be better than it

 

[DOM]

700W OCZ GameXStream

just cuz i got it lol

 

[kelticknight]

700W OCZ GameXStream

just cuz i got it lol

thinking the same

 

[trt740]

I have a gamer xstream 600w and its fantastic

you cannot hear it and it has little add on that make it great like easy connect power plugs silent fan and super efficient power. I had a ultra x connect wich was fairly good for how cheap it was but not near this bad boy.

 

[kelticknight]

looks like i will get the ocz gx 700

 

[kelticknight]

got e-mail from dfi support saying my TT purepower 6980 watt psu might be cause of not going into os first time and random reboots
funny thing is when i got it
had the 3 x+12 all on 18 amps
changed to 23amp,14 amp and 15 amp
why did they change ??
any ways
going to get either the ocz gx 700watt pus or 850 watt as that what support suggested

 

[bruins004]

got e-mail from dfi support saying my TT purepower 6980 watt psu might be cause of not going into os first time and random reboots
funny thing is when i got it
had the 3 x+12 all on 18 amps
changed to 23amp,14 amp and 15 amp
why did they change ??
any ways
going to get either the ocz gx 700watt pus or 850 watt as that what support suggested

I could answer that question.
One main weakness (when dual rail PSUs were released) was that they could not transfer Amps over rails.
For example if you have a PSU with 19A on 12V1 and 12V2. You use 15A on 12V1 and need 20A on 12V2. Those extra amps used to not be able to be transferred over to 12V2. Therefore, those extra 3 Amps would be lost and bc you do not have sufficient power on 12V2, your computer would act abnormal.

However, PSU manufacturers looked into this and fixed this. Now PSUs can share Amps between multi-rails. However, there is overhead when this occurs and some Amps are lost (but at least all of them are not).
So your 12V2 and 12V3 rails were not fully utilized and your 12V1 rail needed the extra amps.
So your other 2 rails lent some Amps to your 12V1 rail.

I would say get the 700W. That is way more than enough power than you even need.

 

[kelticknight]

will get the ocz gx700 next week
iwht does thermaltake changet its rails amps spec's so much
at time was the biggest you could get
TT had 3 x+12 rails and the ocz gx has 4 +12 rails
value for money and performance ,the ocz a good deal

 

[bruins004]

The rail specs only show even load on each rail (So this shows the most amps you can get outta the PSU).
However, that doesnt happen often in reality and what you saw was when Amps from 2 underused rails give power to an overused rail.
Yes you lose some amps, but it is a good technique instead of losing all of the remaining amps.
Good choice with the GameXStream.
Now I wish there would be a good modular PSU out there.

It seems that OCZ and other companies always fall short for mod PSUs.

 

[kelticknight]

would even rail psu be better that rails with different rail amps
they seem to be slow there allright

 

[WarEagleAU]

You wouldnt have went wrong with either one. You could have based it off price/watt type deal. The Corsair 620 is an awesome PSU, seems like all of corsairs waiting did wonders for them in this department. They wont ever touch PC Power and Cooling (no one will) but they rank up their with enermax, antec, etc. OCZ is a good one too, but some of their product lines arent that good. I cant recall but CPU and MaximumPC do reviews on PSU and one of OCZ modular ones (the blue neon one I think) got like a 2. OCZ GX got like 4 out 5 so its a damn good. Good pick either way

 

[kelticknight]

will be better than what i have as im finding out
can get the ocz gx 700 for 150 euros
bidding on on in ebay at moment for under 100 euros
even if it doesnt fox it,will be good for another build
but should help

 

[bruins004]

would even rail psu be better that rails with different rail amps
they seem to be slow there allright

Your not understanding what I am saying.
Every PSU with multi-rails has even Amps on each rail.
However, if there are amps on some rails that are not being used, they can transfer that power to other rails.

That is what you are seeing.
Your current PSU has even amps on each rail (that is how all PSU manufacturers do it), however, the others amps on your 12V2 and 12V3 rail that is not being used is given to your 12V1 rail since it needs it.

 

[kelticknight]

OUTPUT

+5V

+3.3V

+12V1

+12V2

+12V3

-12V

+5VSB
Max. Load

30A

28A

14A

23A

15A

0.5A

2.5A
Min. Load

0.5A

0.8A

1A

1A

1A

0.0A

0.1A
PEAK

3.5A (15 sec)
Load Reg.

+5% ~ -5%

+5% ~ -5%

+5% ~ -5%

+5% ~ -5%

+5% ~ -5%

+10% ~ -10%

+5% ~ -5%
Ripple
V(p-p)

70mV

70mV

120mV

120mV

120mV

150mV

70m

here my psu specs

 

[DOM]

heres the Review of OCZ GameXStream 700W by W1zzard

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/OCZ/GameXStream700W/

 

[kelticknight]

Your not understanding what I am saying.
Every PSU with multi-rails has even Amps on each rail.
However, if there are amps on some rails that are not being used, they can transfer that power to other rails.

That is what you are seeing.
Your current PSU has even amps on each rail (that is how all PSU manufacturers do it), however, the others amps on your 12V2 and 12V3 rail that is not being used is given to your 12V1 rail since it needs it.

when i bought it
the TT site showed all even amps on rails and on plate spec with my psu
got e-mail from dfi showing the amps changed on my psu,to 23 amp on +12 -1,14 amp on +12 -2, and 15 amp on third +12 rail
dont know if makes a difference
dfi says it does
i get what your saying
the ocz is recommended by dfi users and by dfi support ,so looks good

 

[bruins004]

Ok so it is this:
12V Line..............Total Amps Available.............Amps Used..........Amps Left Over
12V1.............................18A..............................14A.............................4A
12V2.............................18A..............................23A............................-5A
12V3.............................18A..............................15A.............................3A

What is happeneing is your 12V1 rail has 4 amps left over and your 12V3 line has 3 amps left over.
That is 7 amps total that is not being used by those two lines.
Since they are not being used, another line can use them (IF NEEDED).
Apparently you have more things connected to your 12V2 line and it needs more than 18 amps. It needs 23 amps.
So therefore, the 12V1 and 12V3 rails lend the extra amps they have to your 12V2 line since it needs the extra amps to run your computer properly.

However, please note that there are a total of 7 Amps available but not all 7 Amps can be transferred over. There is some overhead when rails lend other rails power and due to this a percentage of the amps are lost.