ok since im on a marathon to build computers just as good as alienwares yet cheaper in price im lookin for some good psu. i know antec is one of them but tiger direct dont carry them, what are some other good ones, and yes i chose tigerdirect because my dad is familar with them.
Edit: what about this psu? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...4460&CatId=1079
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Id go with an Antec purepower, Id stay away from a company that doesnt specialize in PSU's.....
QUOTE(DarkScorpion @ Feb 5 2005, 02:13 PM)
Id go with an Antec purepower, Id stay away from a company that doesnt specialize in PSU's.....
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So that counts out pretty much every decent brand... Antec makes cases, too. Can't buy their PSU.
This Silverstone seems like a nice, stable PSU, and it's cheaper than tigerdirect.com. http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/pro...f26f74f124ad099
I just got through installing one of the SilverStone PSUs in a rig I built today. Don't have any reading on the rails yet but it certainly looks good on the specs and I needed the EPS12V since this is a dual Opteron rig and it was a few bucks less than the Antec TruePower 550 EPS12V I had used before.
try looking at fortron, antec, enermax, pc power and cooling, or zippy they are all high end cpu's
You can even get a x-connect, if you are not going to be overclocking your system alot, the you might want to get a x-connect.
QUOTE(tjohnson1988 @ Feb 6 2005, 02:05 PM)
You can even get a x-connect, if you are not going to be overclocking your system alot, the you might want to get a x-connect.
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Yeah everyone here seems to be happy with their X-connect except that the mobo cable is said to be stiff
And they come in a variety of colors
Hard to beat an Enermax in my opinion.
what about zippy and pcp&c? 
also while the x-connect might be flashy, thats what you paying for, it is a "decent" psu, it's your average mid-range psu, and you could for the same price get a much better high end psu that wont fry you computer, and will be more "future proof"
also while the x-connect might be flashy, thats what you paying for, it is a "decent" psu, it's your average mid-range psu, and you could for the same price get a much better high end psu that wont fry you computer, and will be more "future proof"
Quote" a much better high end psu that wont fry you computer"
Sorry but a lower end power supply dosn't mean it will "FRY" your computer, as a matter of fact, you have to get an end of the line extreme cheapo to fry your computer, nowdays all but a few psu have over volt , short and over load protection so "FRYING" is not a thing you'll see with a X-connect and btw, it's not a lower end psu
Sorry but a lower end power supply dosn't mean it will "FRY" your computer, as a matter of fact, you have to get an end of the line extreme cheapo to fry your computer, nowdays all but a few psu have over volt , short and over load protection so "FRYING" is not a thing you'll see with a X-connect and btw, it's not a lower end psu
I'd go with one of these. I've got the 400 watt version and it's awexome.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...9597&CatId=1079
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...9597&CatId=1079
QUOTE(kobalt @ Feb 8 2005, 06:15 PM)
Quote" a much better high end psu that wont fry you computer"
Sorry but a lower end power supply dosn't mean it will "FRY" your computer, as a matter of fact, you have to get an end of the line extreme cheapo to fry your computer, nowdays all but a few psu have over volt , short and over load protection so "FRYING" is not a thing you'll see with a X-connect and btw, it's not a lower end psu
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Sorry but a lower end power supply dosn't mean it will "FRY" your computer, as a matter of fact, you have to get an end of the line extreme cheapo to fry your computer, nowdays all but a few psu have over volt , short and over load protection so "FRYING" is not a thing you'll see with a X-connect and btw, it's not a lower end psu
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i never said the x-connect was low end, i said it was a mid-range psu, which it is, and that for the price you could get a higher end psu, also i was implying a low end psu would fry your sys not the x-connect.
coolmax has some amazing psus.
i have this one
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-159-026&depa=0
35A on the 12v rail. that's unheard of. go give it a look.
my voltages are perfectly steady...stay within 0.05v of what's it's supposed to be...it's a dream.
i have this one
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-159-026&depa=0
35A on the 12v rail. that's unheard of. go give it a look.
my voltages are perfectly steady...stay within 0.05v of what's it's supposed to be...it's a dream.
Ooops ! sorry dudde, just a misunderstanding i guess 
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