The latest in a long line of silly computer disasters is that my Q-TEC 550 blew up. Looking for a cheap/decent 550W to replace it ASAP. I am not a big OC'er so i don't worry about the voltages too much. What can you recommend? Thanks in advance......
how about spending a nice amount of £££ so that you can take it along to ur new rig someday???....cheap psu's are not good! they never put out wattages that they are rated for... on a related note i have my Antec Truepower for sale... http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=99300
your spec doesn't look like you need 550 watts :/ [Abit NF7 Ver 2] [AMD 2000xp, 1 gig crucial ram] [Ati Radeon 9800 Pro AIW] [2x WD SE 8 meg 120 gig]
Seasonic are supposed to be good. Efficient and stable...bit on the pricey side though... CustomPC mag did a huge review of PSU's this month...quite scary that the majority of them did not even pass ATX specifications...
Erm, you could run that system on a quality 350W PSU... anything from Antec, Tagan, Enermax, Seasonic, or Hiper would serve you well. If you really do need 550W for a new system or something, then Hiper do a 580W modular supply that's a bit cheaper than the competition.
Thanks for the info guys. I got the q-tec because i needed another PSU after blowing up a generic 250w when adding a 9800 pro to my system! I will probably go for a decent 350w, maybe an Antec. Cheers again
I just moved into a new place and am low on cash......... but a little more on the credit card cannot hurt! I just new this would happen when i started looking about, just hit the buy button on a shiny new Antec Neopower 480 .
Ok, got the neopower! Installed it yesterday, its very quiet compared to the crappy qtec i used to use. All the auto fan controlling stuff is quite impressive too. It also has a 3 year warranty which should keep me in good stead for a few years yet. Initial impressions, Great!
Yea! what was even scarier was that out of 31 tested, 15 failed and 9 EXPLODED! Go to custompc.co.uk if you didnt catch the mag off the shelves... they usually post thier reviews online...
A qualified PSU at 450 Watts it is better than a noname 550 Watts.... Antec are good but Enermax + OCZ are better.
I noted with interest that an Antec TruePower 350W has equal available +12V current to the Ebuyer Extra Value 650W, and what's more, the Antec will provide all 18 amps reliably, as opposed to smouldering.
330W antec. Nuff said. Edit: Just noticed MrSeanKons post, I would strongly disagree about OCZ and Enermax being better. OCZ are made from the same stock as Tagans which aren't as proven as Antecs or Enermaxes. But while Enermax have a great reputation, I've been hearing some serious rumblings that there have been some really bad recent batches, so I'd avoid them for a year or so.
