500W psu suggestions?

[XtremeMaC]

hi there

i'm looking at buying gf6800 card (I hope)

anyways recommended values for psu's are above 300w (which is what mine's now)

so i'm in need of a new and good psu.

i've found aspire for $54

is it a good brand?

if its a bad brand what problems will I encounter??

Thanks

[mentalindustrie]

i have a Hyena 500W not the website is a new zealand site so is $NZ

and have a gf 6800 ultra, 4 hard drives, 2 optical drives, 2 case fans and cpu fan

and seems to have no problems

Mental Industries

[SiMoNsAyS]

levicom it's a good brand (if you can find it ) also the black psu has blue light fan that gives a nice mod-look

http://www.levicom.de/

[Drewdatrip]

Id reccomend looking into an Enermax noisetaker or an antec TruePower

|Drew|

[N1K]

I'm using 460W Enermax, and I'm very satisfied

[buletov]

I'm using 460W Enermax, and I'm very satisfied 

awwww....i want it

[XtremeMaC]

hmm 3 brands i'll have to look at the prices

but i've seen recommendations of enermax

will see

[XtremeMaC]

ok my system is amd and some psu's state that they're for p4's what's the deal with that?

how are they customized for p4 or athlon?

i've looked at Enermax EG465P-VE FC 460W Power Supply For P4 System

Antec True Power 550 550W Power Supply For P4 and AMD System

[N1K]

The P4 or ATX2 power supply has two power connectors just like P4 motherboards have...

@buletov

I had to buy strongest power supply since it has to hold two 80 gigs SATA hd-s, P4 2,8GHz, 2x256 DDR Kingston HyperX, GeForce 3 Titanium 4200, Pioneer DVD-RW +/-, Sound blaster LIVE digital sound card, everything nice settled on my Asus P4C800 Deluxe motherboard and firmly fitted in Thermaltake V1000A Supertower

[MCT]

im currently building a new pc..

P4 3.0E Ghz

1GB Ram (2x256's to start off with, adding 2 more later)

2 - 80GB hdds (SATA)

radeon 9600XT 256MB Ram

Abit IS7 Mobo

i havent decided between these 2.. they are my favs.. just cant pick which 1

Thermaltake Silent PurePower 560W w/ Active PFC (W0023) $146 (this is what ill probly get)

Antec TrueControl 550 Watt ATX12V w/ front control panel $153

those are my suggestions

[XtremeMaC]

well i'd get western digital 10,000rpm hdd if u're getting new hdd's

those thermaltake's do look fancy

and now i'm confused more, have to look at thermaltake!!!

copper fins and 5'25 bay adujustable stuff aaa, this was easy couple of years back

[arkady187]

Wow simons thats a nice looking psu. I myself have an amd 2500+ overclocked to 3200+ using abit nf7. One 120 gig seagate and one 80 gig WD hd. An ati radeon 9500 pro overclocked to 330/315. 7 case fans one cd-rw, fan monitor, a pci fan card (for blowing cool air over the radeon) all of it was ran by a 420 watt true antec. Now its got a 480 true blue antec which I swear by for stability. Not bad for I believe 70 dollars at the time.

Just my two cents

[SiMoNsAyS]

@arkady187 nice, isn't it?

i have myself the levicom 420w (+3,3V 28A, +5V 32A, +12V 19A,-5V 0,8A,-12V 0,8A,+5VSB 2,5A). i've got 5 fans, SATA HD, Audigy2 PCI, Radeon 9600 Pro, CDR, DVDR & CDRW, 2 neons and 3000+@3400+ so i think that it was a good choice.

i must say that i specially like the dark look with the 2 blue fans