Q6600 and STOCK fan - do I need to upgrade the fan?

[Verran]

Generally in my experience, high quality power supplies are higher powered. Its rare to find a low power high quality PSU these days isnt it? By low I mean under 500W.

I would say this is really not the case. I just did a search on newegg for PSUs with wattage between 400W and 500W and then sorted by the brands I trusted. I found all of these:

 

Corsair 450

OCZ Mod 500

OCZ Stealth 500

PCP&C 420

Plus 6 SeaSonics (430, 500, 500, 430, 500, 500)

 

I know that PCP&C has one in the 300's too. I also have a Zalman 360W that's gotten REALLY solid reviews from real PSU testers as well. There's good supplies of all sizes out there if you know what to look for.

[Waco]

There are a few OCZ supplies (PCP&C) down in the sub-300 watt category too.

Edited April 7, 2009 by Waco

[Onion]

Verran, where's antec in all that? You don't trust them?

[Waco]

Verran, where's antec in all that? You don't trust them?

After having 3 die on me...I certainly don't.

[Verran]

Verran, where's antec in all that? You don't trust them?

Antec is not bad, but they're nowhere near my favorite either. Honestly I often think they get more credit than they're due.

[Onion]

After having 3 die on me...I certainly don't.

 

 

Antec is not bad, but they're nowhere near my favorite either. Honestly I often think they get more credit than they're due.

 

 

Wow, I must be really lucky. 3 antec power supplies and 1 case, no problems at all except for the big case fan makes a weird noise when it spins. I called antec and left a message but no reply yet (called this morning).