Possible power supply upgrade.

[BigR]

Been thinking of getting a new power supply, and i want something bullet proof. I was going to go with seasonic but i found this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703022. I dont have Much experience with these guys but they get good reviews. I know they are owned by OZC, but this thing is getting rave reviews and the numbers are impressive. The $30.00 promo + the $30.00 rebate is what perked my interest. I have dealt with ozc before and they honored their rebate so i trust that they will again. You guys think i should save a little money and go with this or go with my original plan?

[Chalenge]

Bullet proof should be 80 Plus Gold... not Silver.

[Masherbrum]

Been thinking of getting a new power supply, and i want something bullet proof.

Look no further.   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087

[Chalenge]

They also make an X-850 which might be better for you since you wanted the 910, or look for the X-1050. I dont know of an X-950.

[Skuzzy]

PC Power and Cooling is just a name now.  OCZ gutted them and all you are getting is a middle of the road type of power supply not even designed by them.

[TequilaChaser]

PC Power and Cooling is just a name now.  OCZ gutted them and all you are getting is a middle of the road type of power supply not even designed by them.

I agree 100%, I have the PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver, that I bought back for my AMD build last year.....

Chalenge helped me diagnose my problem down to it having "ripple"  I sent it back, they ( OCZ - the warranty Center I had to send it ), pulled a remanufactured identical model off the shelf and sent it back to me...... the remanufactured replacement had a different problem , I refer to it as dirty power.......

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on another  "old" Silencer 750 watt PC P&C  PSU I had,  I had lost the 12V 4 pin/8 pin  section of the PSU after using it for right up to the 5 year warranty ( was 3 days past )...... I had an ID10T error while taking it apart and cleaning the insides out causing it to ground out that section I am assuming....

they fixed this PSU instead of swapping it out, and sent it back  free of charge or repair charge.....   this PSU is still going strong in another AH Players computer still today

since then, I have switched to Thermaltake, myself................  particularly the following model

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153106

and I am very satisfied, even though I have only used 2 of these in 2 different builds ffrom last year around  April/May  then the 2nd build was around  August sometime........ no problems at all.........

Good Luck, BigR


TC

[YamaRaja]

I use a Corsair AX1200 PSU.
More than enough power for even a 3 vid card setup and future proof.
Using a big power supply that works less and runs cooler because of it will last longer in my mind.
Although the term "in my mind" is a scary place to be

Yama

[Skuzzy]

Have to be careful.  Too large of a supply can cause long term problems.  Switching power supplies run best at about 80 to 90 percent load.  Too light of a load can induce noise into the power, which can actually cause components to run hotter, especially eletro-mechanical ones.

Power supplies equipped with passive PFC protection will have more noise than those with active PFC, but there will be noise in the power of a lightly loaded supply.

[YamaRaja]

Have to be careful.  Too large of a supply can cause long term problems.  Switching power supplies run best at about 80 to 90 percent load.  Too light of a load can induce noise into the power, which can actually cause components to run hotter, especially eletro-mechanical ones.

Power supplies equipped with passive PFC protection will have more noise than those with active PFC, but there will be noise in the power of a lightly loaded supply.

I'm running a 2600K @ 4.8
8 gigs Corsair 1600 @ 1680
2 x HD6950 OCed
4 140mm and 1 120mm fan
4 Spinners
2 SSD's
2 Optical drives
2 Cold cathodes
10 tailed LED's
Joystick, pedals, throttle and one of Valu's boxes
PCI Card for EMU 1616m audio processor

Calculators say I need approx 850 watts min (if they can be trusted)
I think thats light estimate

AX1200 to big? (serious question)

[Skuzzy]

I have no idea.  I use a Watt meter to measure my computers actual power draw.

You need to provide the rated power draw for each device to get an idea of how much power is really needed.  Then you can fudge the startup requirements and load variations, if you do not have a Watt meter.

[Denniss]

Some values to calculate with:
250W peak usage per HD 6950 (assuming HD 6970 level), about 120W peak for the CPU.
Counting in all the other stuff the calculator might have been correct to suggest an 850W PSU.