Looking to Buy high quality PSU 450W+

blade5545 · Dec 29, 2003, 12:22 AM

Ok my PSU has been reliable but its showing sings of strain with the configuration that I am running and its time to get something better and more powerful, if anybody has high quality used PSU with 450 or more watts than I am intrested. Anybody with less than 100 posts dont bother responding I am not looking for somebody to take off with my money I know whose a regular and whose not, I am ok with using paypal and I am in US.

EnJoY · Dec 29, 2003, 02:31 AM

Why don't you just buy one at a store?

www.newegg.com has Foltron 400-533w PSU's. The Foltron 400 and 500 watt series are excellent quality for a great price. I suggest you pick up the 533w for only 60 bucks, I myself am ditching my Antec True550 and getting one of those, mainly since it already has pots on the rails allowing easy tuning.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 29, 2003, 11:48 PM

sorry I only buy mainstream poswersupplys and mod them for better quailty....
(at the chip level most are just fine you just have to understand the watt rationg system, a psu rated at 400w means it can hande 400w for a short time only then deth, most 400 can handle mabe 300-350 under constant load, partally comes down to quailty of parts but the biggest effectiong factor is cooling thats wer i come in) i've only got mooded elcheapos in 350-400w ranges right now.
they do work great i've never paid more then $30 for a PSU, i wste moy mony on other more important things like a beter cpu,ram,mobo, etc...

WildChild · Dec 30, 2003, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by blade5545
Ok my PSU has been reliable but its showing sings of strain with the configuration that I am running and its time to get something better and more powerful, if anybody has high quality used PSU with 450 or more watts than I am intrested. Anybody with less than 100 posts dont bother responding I am not looking for somebody to take off with my money I know whose a regular and whose not, I am ok with using paypal and I am in US.

I would personallly recommend Enermax.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Dec 30, 2003, 12:26 AM

enermax is great

ive heard many problems with those damn antec true power ones. there was a roundup of a bunch of good psus. i cant find the newspost or thread wutever it was. but it was a clear one... something called levin? dont remember

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 30, 2003, 01:55 AM

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Originally posted by BiGBrOWnPimpsta
enermax is great

ive heard many problems with those damn antec true power ones. there was a roundup of a bunch of good psus. i cant find the newspost or thread wutever it was. but it was a clear one... something called levin? dont remember

i've hard of people that had problems with enermax.. it's all fuzzy.... all of them have problems just some less then others

~~craig588~~ · Dec 30, 2003, 02:23 AM

Enermax overrates their PSUs, their 550 watt PSU has terrible rails that fulxuate terribly on my system.

I finally fixed my fluke multimeter, and I took measurements. The enermax PSU would go from 11.80 to 12.03 on the 12V rail, and the 5V rail would only reach 4.98 at its peak, and fall as low as 4.70.

On my PC power and cooling all of the rails stay at EXACTLY 12.14. (The rails are raised slightly to compensate for the voltage loss that occors from the connector)

zerodamage · Dec 30, 2003, 02:53 AM

Go to newegg and take a look at the Coolmax PSU's. I've been using them on the Athlon 64 systems I've built and they run great. I've been getting the 450 Watt one with the 2 Ball Bearing fans and Tri-Led Fan light (or some such thing).

dipstick · Dec 30, 2003, 03:28 AM

I have a Antec TruePower 550w I was lookin to get rid off if you'd like. It works fine, although I did have to replace the fans in it not long ago due to them drying out. I was lookin for about $45(shipped) if interested.

blade5545 · Dec 30, 2003, 01:53 PM

I dont know about the Enermax one since I head one burn out on me before, those Coolmax PSU's look intresting, hey Kakarot what made you choose to use the Enermax 431 watt psu instead of the Antec one ?

dipstick · Dec 30, 2003, 02:19 PM

I had some cold start problems with the Antec and my rails were not exactly solid during heavy use. I got the enermax recommended to me by a few people so I gave it a go(this being my first Enermax PSU) It was a wise choice to say the least; no more cold start probs, solid rails, and it turns out to be a 460w although Enermax rates it at 431w. Also rail voltages are much higher on the Enermax. Pretty weird since its rated over 100w less

Antec 550w
+5v=40a
+12v=24a
+3.3v=32a

Enermax 431w
+5v=35a
+12v=33a
+3.3v=35a

BWX · Dec 30, 2003, 09:05 PM

More suggestions.

Best-

pc power and cooling turbocool 510

you can't go wrong with sparkle power either.

I mod cheap ones like Neon and rig up dual PSU settups too-

DriveEuro · Dec 30, 2003, 09:56 PM

TTGI, very effective. 3 fans. Very incredibly strong rails. If you rip it open there's an adjustable potentiometer for the 5v and 12v to give you more voltage if needed.

Dec 29, 2003, 12:22 AM	#1
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	Looking to Buy high quality PSU 450W+ Ok my PSU has been reliable but its showing sings of strain with the configuration that I am running and its time to get something better and more powerful, if anybody has high quality used PSU with 450 or more watts than I am intrested. Anybody with less than 100 posts dont bother responding I am not looking for somebody to take off with my money I know whose a regular and whose not, I am ok with using paypal and I am in US. __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Dec 29, 2003, 02:31 AM	#2
EnJoY DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: Looking to Buy high quality PSU 450W+ Why don't you just buy one at a store? www.newegg.com has Foltron 400-533w PSU's. The Foltron 400 and 500 watt series are excellent quality for a great price. I suggest you pick up the 533w for only 60 bucks, I myself am ditching my Antec True550 and getting one of those, mainly since it already has pots on the rails allowing easy tuning.

Dec 29, 2003, 11:48 PM	#3
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	sorry I only buy mainstream poswersupplys and mod them for better quailty.... (at the chip level most are just fine you just have to understand the watt rationg system, a psu rated at 400w means it can hande 400w for a short time only then deth, most 400 can handle mabe 300-350 under constant load, partally comes down to quailty of parts but the biggest effectiong factor is cooling thats wer i come in) i've only got mooded elcheapos in 350-400w ranges right now. they do work great i've never paid more then $30 for a PSU, i wste moy mony on other more important things like a beter cpu,ram,mobo, etc... __________________

Dec 30, 2003, 12:26 AM	#5
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	enermax is great ive heard many problems with those damn antec true power ones. there was a roundup of a bunch of good psus. i cant find the newspost or thread wutever it was. but it was a clear one... something called levin? dont remember __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Dec 30, 2003, 01:53 PM	Thread Starter #10
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	I dont know about the Enermax one since I head one burn out on me before, those Coolmax PSU's look intresting, hey Kakarot what made you choose to use the Enermax 431 watt psu instead of the Antec one ? __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Dec 30, 2003, 02:23 AM	#7
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	Enermax overrates their PSUs, their 550 watt PSU has terrible rails that fulxuate terribly on my system. I finally fixed my fluke multimeter, and I took measurements. The enermax PSU would go from 11.80 to 12.03 on the 12V rail, and the 5V rail would only reach 4.98 at its peak, and fall as low as 4.70. On my PC power and cooling all of the rails stay at EXACTLY 12.14. (The rails are raised slightly to compensate for the voltage loss that occors from the connector)

Dec 30, 2003, 02:53 AM	#8
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Go to newegg and take a look at the Coolmax PSU's. I've been using them on the Athlon 64 systems I've built and they run great. I've been getting the 450 Watt one with the 2 Ball Bearing fans and Tri-Led Fan light (or some such thing).

Dec 30, 2003, 03:28 AM	#9
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I have a Antec TruePower 550w I was lookin to get rid off if you'd like. It works fine, although I did have to replace the fans in it not long ago due to them drying out. I was lookin for about $45(shipped) if interested.

Dec 30, 2003, 02:19 PM	#11
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I had some cold start problems with the Antec and my rails were not exactly solid during heavy use. I got the enermax recommended to me by a few people so I gave it a go(this being my first Enermax PSU) It was a wise choice to say the least; no more cold start probs, solid rails, and it turns out to be a 460w although Enermax rates it at 431w. Also rail voltages are much higher on the Enermax. Pretty weird since its rated over 100w less Antec 550w +5v=40a +12v=24a +3.3v=32a Enermax 431w +5v=35a +12v=33a +3.3v=35a

Dec 30, 2003, 09:05 PM	#12
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	More suggestions. Best- pc power and cooling turbocool 510 you can't go wrong with sparkle power either. I mod cheap ones like Neon and rig up dual PSU settups too- __________________

Dec 30, 2003, 09:56 PM	#13
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	TTGI, very effective. 3 fans. Very incredibly strong rails. If you rip it open there's an adjustable potentiometer for the 5v and 12v to give you more voltage if needed. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024