Need a new PSU, any ideas looking for modular.

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

Ok was sat at my pc today and i could smell burning, turned it off whipped the sides off and started to have a good sniff round my components :wtf:

lol anyways turns out it was coming from my psu, crappy hiper 430w, took a look inside and it looks as though somthings burned (you can see in the pics it almost looks like paper or foil on top of that wirey thing ? lol)

So im in the market for a new one, now im thinking modular (POS Antec 900 is a bitch for cable management) however my MAX budget is £70 thats the top end, i do want to save a bit of cash if i can although i do want quality first. doesnt have to be sli/crossfire certified i wont be moving to a dual vcard setup anytime soon, im thinking a decent 550-600w would be well sufficient for my rig. anyone got any ideas what i could go for in that price range ?

das müffin mann · Apr 9, 2008

go for a corsair
best one i've ever owned silent cool and just very well designed
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001&Tpk=corsair+psu

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

ill have a look at that your systems pretty similar to mine so should be ok, am i right in thinking the 520w as linked has 40a on 12v rail/s ?

choppy · Apr 9, 2008

i was looking for a more powerful modular psu ut i think what i have wud be enough for a 9600gt which i am planning in the near future. anyhow i cam across the following well priced for performance psu:

520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU £65.55
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=446788

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

yea thats what im looking at or a coolermaster real power 520w, i have put my old old ocz gamextreme 430w which is fine and has never had a problem although it does make a bit too much noise for my liking

panchoman · Apr 9, 2008

i second corsair, a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003 will serve you faithfully.

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

wow thats 3 people for the corsair thus far, so no one take the coolermaster over corsair then ?

panchoman · Apr 9, 2008

corsair >>> cooler master

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

what the hell is this ? dual power supply ? can you run both at same time? (ie one for gpu )

ebay link

panchoman · Apr 9, 2008

looks interesting, i'll see if i can find more info on it, but get the corsair either way.

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

got a feeling its for workstation/servers

GJSNeptune · Apr 9, 2008

Love my Corsair HX520.

panchoman · Apr 9, 2008

mullered07 said:
what the hell is this ? dual power supply ? can you run both at same time? (ie one for gpu )

ebay link

could be for running tecs or for people that are looking to upgrade later etc.

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

meh nm decided to go with the corsair as a lot of ppl on here have it and reccomend it order it tomorrow for next day delivery, btw cheapest i can find it is on ebuyer for £63.23 (out of ocuk, dabs and ebuyer)

Duxx · Apr 9, 2008

Its a brilliant little puppy. I have the 620hx(it was only 10$ more at the time than 520hx). I haven't had a problem once and I definitely can't hear it murmuring at me when i try and sleep

I only wish the modular cables were sleeved and circular rather than straight and stiff as a board. Either way, its amazing. Do you have the old revision of the 900, hence why it sucks at cable management?

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

hmm didnt know there was a rev2, might be the first and yea it sux, i need a dremmel to do some cable managment, thing is after taking out my hiper today and inspecting it, i thought what the hey it was still working when i smelled the burning musnt have affected the performance and proceeded to clean my whole pc and install the hiper again with the wiring more clean etc, took me an hour and then i plugged it in and nothing so when i replaced it with the one thats in now there was no way i was doing that again and now the wires are even messier than before :banghead:

you hahve any pics of yours, is it noticeably different than the earlier 900's

Duxx · Apr 9, 2008

mullered07 said:
hmm didnt know there was a rev2, might be the first and yea it sux, i need a dremmel to do some cable managment, thing is after taking out my hiper today and inspecting it, i thought what the hey it was still working when i smelled the burning musnt have affected the performance and proceeded to clean my whole pc and install the hiper again with the wiring more clean etc, took me an hour and then i plugged it in and nothing so when i replaced it with the one thats in now there was no way i was doing that again and now the wires are even messier than before

you hahve any pics of yours, is it noticeably different than the earlier 900's

They cut out 3 holes in the motherboard tray, one down by where the psu sits, directly under the mobo, and 2 that are vertically along the right side of the motherboard. Id take some pictures if i can find some AA batteries lying around. I dont have perfect cable management(24 pin cable cant quite stay hidden since psu is at bottom, connection at top) but it Definitely helps out

mullered07 · Apr 9, 2008

Duxx said:
They cut out 3 holes in the motherboard tray, one down by where the psu sits, directly under the mobo, and 2 that are vertically along the right side of the motherboard. Id take some pictures if i can find some AA batteries lying around. I dont have perfect cable management(24 pin cable cant quite stay hidden since psu is at bottom, connection at top) but it Definitely helps out

yup mines the one with NO holes in it, what a schoolboy error :banghead:

still sexy, first seen it on qvc when they were selling a "media centre pc" and was like wow thats one sexy case, got one and love it aside from the cable managment or lack of, but hopefully modular will sort that out somewhat and ill get my hands on a dremmel soon

das müffin mann · Apr 9, 2008

also if you dont feel like 520 is enough there is also the 620 version of the corsair

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
the top one isn't modular though, the bottom one is
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002

JrRacinFan · Apr 10, 2008

Not sure if the OCZ StealthXstream 500W is modular but that or the corsair, mullered. Hey panch, who makes OCZ's? topower?

OnBoard · Apr 10, 2008

Corsair is fine, but my Zalman ZM600-HP is more sexy if you want very cool and quiet =) Couple pounds more and a bit more power too.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=480708

choppy · Apr 10, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
Not sure if the OCZ StealthXstream 500W is modular but that or the corsair, mullered. Hey panch, who makes OCZ's? topower?

not modular.
only other decent one i seen is this

Antec NeoHE 500W Modular
http://microdirect.co.uk/(11447)Antec-NeoHE-500W-Modular-ATX20-EPS12V-PSU.aspx

JrRacinFan · Apr 10, 2008

That's what I thought. Thanks choppy! Corsair 520!!!

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