Whats a good 400w and above Powersupply? thermaltake?

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Thermatakes hermaltake W0014 Silent Purepower 480W seems to be a good buy. I
mean the brand isnt that unknown and its cheaper than the main brands
ENERMAX and ANTEC. But i dont know much about PSU's and its reliability. I
basically have 5 fans, 1 optical drive, zip, disk, 2 harddrives in a 2.4ghz
machine. What will i benifit on a 480w over my current 350w enermax ps right
now? will i see a better performing machine?

Any other brands you can suggest? my budget is $70 - below




Thermaltake W0014 Silent Purepower 480W with Black housing - Xaser Edition
ATX 2-Fan Power Supply. Designed for AMD K7 and Intel ATX +12V 1.1 and ATX
2.03 version (Fully Support Pentium 4). (with Serial ATA connector.) Peak
Output : 550W. 2 adjustable manual fan speed controls in the front and rear
side of the case. For details please click on Product Link. Please see
images. Retail. More...


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The best is PC Power & Cooling but that's out of the $70 range.

I'm using an "Inspire" 450W supply that I picked up locally at the corner mom &
pop computer store for 50 bucks. It's very quiet, has two fans and when I
monitor the voltages under a good load they look stable...

--Keith
 
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Thermatakes hermaltake W0014 Silent Purepower 480W seems to be a good buy. I
mean the brand isnt that unknown and its cheaper than the main brands
ENERMAX and ANTEC. But i dont know much about PSU's and its reliability. I
basically have 5 fans, 1 optical drive, zip, disk, 2 harddrives in a 2.4ghz
machine. What will i benifit on a 480w over my current 350w enermax ps right
now? will i see a better performing machine?

Any other brands you can suggest? my budget is $70 - below
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The best power supply - period - is the new PC Power & Cooling Turbo
Cool 510. Above your budget, but the best nonetheless.

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/power_supplies/index.htm
 
Antec _ either the solutions series or the true power will be fine. They do
have a pp series but stay away from those as they are just adequate.

Lane
 
I'm not knowledgeable about power supplies, but there's a new roundup
review:

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841

The Thermaltake model that you mention was the quietest. The PC Power &
Cooling Turbo 475 was more than 20 dB louder. The PCP&C was the clear winner
in providing +3.3 and +5 V current, though, and it runs the coolest. (I'm
not the sort of person who *likes* to have his PC sound "powerful", so I'd
prefer silence and adequate cooling to superior, but loud, cooling.)

The FSP400-60PFN (sold under both the Fortron and Sparkle names) is a good
dark-horse contender, although Newegg's prices on them aren't particularly
low: the Sparkle is only a few dollars cheaper than the Thermaltake. There's
a certain satisfaction, though, in buying generic Taiwanese gear that
performs as well as, or better than, higher profile kit.

Are you looking for a new PSU to fix a known problem? I have read claims
from serious overclockers that better power supplies can buy some more
megahertz. I haven't experimented, myself. (I have a Powmax 400W supply,
running a P4 2.6c at 13*250 = 3.25 GHz, plus a Radeon 9700pro. As far as I
can tell, the PSU is adequate.)

On the other hand, $70 won't be a life-altering expense. (On the other other
hand, you could buy the fastest Lite-On CD-RW drive for less than that. That
might be more worthwhile, if your burner is ancient - say, six months old.)

Have fun.

Bob Knowlden

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