PSU

[Mazza]

Okay my PSU is slowly dieing, my parents said they would buy me a new one for my birthday ( 6 Dec), So I was thinking of getting this : http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?mai ... s_id=11224

Looks good, cheap, good reviews and preforms very well!

Any thoughts on this?

I'm trying to keep low cost and at least 650W 

[Slotback]

Get a Corsair TX-650, Corsair HX-650, or VX-550. Antec Earthwatts series, Enermax, Seasonic, and Pc Power & Cooling are all fantastic also.

http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_li ... &sid=41189

The HX-650 is one of the better power supplies... Better than the TX-650, but more expensive. The Seasonic X-series is extremely good but expensive.


Also, use www.staticice.com.au to search for the best prices in Australia.

What system is this powering anyway? What do you plan on powering with it in the future (overclocked hardware, SLI)?

Even 650 watts is excessive for most systems.


Slowly dieing?


I would not buy that OCZ, when there is better products on the market.

[NickN]

the single 12v rail corsairs or seasonics are good..   either one

[SubZer0]

I got my PC POWER & COOLING 750w for like $120...

[ApplePie]

If you do go for that one I would suggest buying it from newegg.com. You can usually get a pretty good deal on electronics there...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341023&Tpk=OCZ%20Fatal1ty%20700W%20SLI

[Slotback]

I wish we had a Newegg in Australia.

[Mazza]

Thanks for the suggestions, but the other PSU you guys suggested are more $$ from this one down here

So I will be getting this, and I want this to run the system in my specs, and maybe a new Phenom II and 4870 and 4Gb in future (I have no $$)

[Slotback]

tx650 is better and cheaper, hx650 is much better and $9 more, or same price on some websites.


Most enthusiasts wouldn't power their system with an OCZ Fatality psu even if you payed them.

Plenty of Antec, Seasonic, and Enermax PSU's are cheaper and better also. PC CASE GEAR doesn't have them though. Good site, I buy from them, but they don't have everything...

Antec TruePower New 650W is worth looking at. Cheap, modular, good performance.

[Mazza]

Okay looking at Corsair HX-650 and TX-750 (it's on sale, cheaper than 650  )

[jaime]

tx650 is better and cheaper, hx650 is much better and $9 more, or same price on some websites.


Most enthusiasts wouldn't power their system with an OCZ Fatality psu even if you payed them.

Plenty of Antec, Seasonic, and Enermax PSU's are cheaper and better also. PC CASE GEAR doesn't have them though. Good site, I buy from them, but they don't have everything...

Antec TruePower New 650W is worth looking at. Cheap, modular, good performance.

agreed, I actually was offered one free (to test it out and use my rig as a demo unit for it) at the WSVG and I flat out said no, I know it seemes "god" but in reality when I had one of there power supplys...lets just say that was the first and ONLY mistake I would make by getting an OZC, ok so they may have given me a unit that slipped past QA but still, not a chance to be taken, I found the Antec 1000 true power (and they say its energy star compliant so I would figure its a bit better on using only what it needs when it needs it) and its lasted me at least a year or more...and I have three hard drives, two 8900GSO video cards (sli), fatality sound card from creative (got it free so thats why I have it) and a DVD burner with lite scribe, two 80mm fans, two 10mm fans (some thing that goes on the RAM bays to move air over your RAM) and a multi card reader on my system, plus the other extra USB devices hook to my rig and it runs pretty stable

I think I only had to pay about $100 for it from compUSA (when they were in business)