Power Supply Info

[Xtreeme]

I like my cheap Vantec Ion. Hehe. $60 and 500watt max rock solid. I agree at $70 you expect CLEAN power. We know how touchy CPU's are to fluctuation in the power. Especially when oclocking. And boy do I oclock-heh. 2.4gig XP.

[ASUS MAN]

im useing a ibest 600watt $28.00
runs 9 fans
3 hard drives
2 dvd 1 cd all righters

[Xtreeme]

That seems really, ..........generic. Bad experience with generic psu's. From blown mobos to just plain fried pc's (almost all of it!). I did have one just go-without causing any harm. But I considered myself lucky. I cant find a review on that ibest even. Are your rails steady? I can garunte you one thing. Its not 600watt typical load like antec/vantec rate. ALL generic and some name brands even only list MAX watts which it cant sustain for more then 3-5 seconds without blowing! Vantec lists max sustained watts. 500watt psu does 500watts all the time and peaks at 600watts for a few seconds. This is for surge when booting. They really play games with the rating on watts. So what you really got is a 500watt psu unfortunately. How much does it weigh (just curious).

[ASUS MAN]

+12=12.416
+5 = 4.892
+ 3.3 =3.28
vcore=1.696

all holden within 5%

i hand a 550 rhycom died in one mouth

[haxxorpoop]

Agrees. It seems a little generic, but if it works, it's fine, and you just saved a pile of money

Anyone have experiece with the new fanless PSUs? Comments on them, beucase I want to try to build a less-noisy computer.

[gigahertz205]

how are logisys PSUs?
i was just planning to buy one...

[haxxorpoop]

Their cases seem to be ok, though a little over-the-top for me. Dont know about their PSUs though. Google it and look for some reviews.

[JPMiller]

Well first you would need to explain what particular model logisys your looking at... maybe a link to where your buying from...
and then explain what kind of setup it would be powering

[GameManK]

Originally Posted by haxxorpoop

Anyone have experiece with the new fanless PSUs? Comments on them, beucase I want to try to build a less-noisy computer.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article188-page1.html
review of a good fanless psu
however, the general consensus on that site seems to be that a fanless psu is NOT the way to go to get a quiet system. AFAIK, best you can do is get a Seasonic.

Originally Posted by xtreeme

The only reason the weight thing applies with PSU's is its a good sing of proper heat sinks. Light psu skimp on HS-run hot and usually fail early. Thats today with high watt pc's. I know my Vantec Ion weighs a ton, and for good reason. HUGE HS's, you can plainly see in it. Low rpm fan you cant hear at all, and it doesn't run hot. All those combined demand large HS's and weight will always, with todays psu tech be the side effect.

this is a good explanation/information and i suggest some of it be edited into the first post.

[haxxorpoop]

I've seen reviews of most of the fanless PSUs, but I just wanted a consumers viewpoint on them. Thanks for the link though.