what kind of PowerSupply?

**silence911** · January 22nd, 2006, 03:21 AM

Hi i currently have an Asus p4p800-e deluxe, 3ghz p4(overclocked to 3.6), a thermaltake bigwater cooler, 1gig ram, 256mb nvidia, 2 maxtor HD(40g and 160g), one sony DRu-810A,, couple of fans. what kind of power supply would you guys recomend me to use, how many watts? cuss i had a 680w Chiefmax power supply which blew up yesterday after i used it for only a couples of months. thank you in advance

**xpuser357** · January 22nd, 2006, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by silence911

Hi i currently have an Asus p4p800-e deluxe, 3ghz p4(overclocked to 3.6), a thermaltake bigwater cooler, 1gig ram, 256mb nvidia, 2 maxtor HD(40g and 160g), one sony DRu-810A,, couple of fans. what kind of power supply would you guys recomend me to use, how many watts? cuss i had a 680w Chiefmax power supply which blew up yesterday after i used it for only a couples of months. thank you in advance

I built my system three years ago and I am using 400 watt power supply
which cost me $130. I have about the same you have except water cooler.
You can probably go with a GOOD power supply 500 watt and PAY more than
100.00 and I believe you will be ok. I also blow mine out every two months.

**Ferrit** · January 22nd, 2006, 11:34 AM

I have about the same as you except add 1 dvdrom 1 cdrw Koolance water cooler
I am uising a 560 watt Enermax without issue for quite some time now

**xpuser357** · January 22nd, 2006, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Ferrit

I have about the same as you except add 1 dvdrom 1 cdrw Koolance water cooler
I am uising a 560 watt Enermax without issue for quite some time now

Just curious did you pay over 100.00 for it?

**silence911** · January 22nd, 2006, 04:16 PM

so should i use enermax or antec, and which one should i get? it doesnt matter what the price is or it silent or not. just sumthing that i can use with reliablitity.

**xpuser357** · January 22nd, 2006, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by silence911

so should i use enermax or antec, and which one should i get? it doesnt matter what the price is or it silent or not. just sumthing that i can use with reliablitity.

You should go ahead and get enermax.

**silence911** · January 22nd, 2006, 07:58 PM

which enermax should i get cuss i see a whole bunch

**xpuser357** · January 22nd, 2006, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by silence911

which enermax should i get cuss i see a whole bunch

Go for EG701AX-VE(W)

**silence911** · January 22nd, 2006, 08:22 PM

dang cost so much i'll c if my mom can buy it for me

**silence911** · January 22nd, 2006, 08:27 PM

i can only hav the maximum of 70 bucks 2 spend so yea

**Ferrit** · January 22nd, 2006, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by xpuser357

Just curious did you pay over 100.00 for it?

No but then I buy at wholesale anyways

**silence911** · January 22nd, 2006, 10:25 PM

should i get this one? it an antec

http://www.ajump.com/ajump/product.a...dept%5Fid=2151

**CeeBee** · January 23rd, 2006, 09:43 AM

Don't overclock (that much) and you should be ok. The power consumption of a device grows very much with the frequency. At a certain point the circuits simply short your power supply - transistors need a certain time to switch off. Put a bigger power supply and something else will blow.

**jimmm33** · January 23rd, 2006, 07:16 PM

I too recommend the Enermax (I thinK). I had a Enermax 356W for only about a year. I was having trouble loosing video signal in mid game (BF2) and also in 3DMark2005. After testing all other parts (thinking it can't be my Enermax), I swapped with a 350W Antec and problem is gone. I plugged the Enermax into a old machine for the kids and it popped a cap right away. I know the Wattage is a bit low but my gaming machine is not that hardcore. A7N8X, XP 3000, 2GB DDR400, 6600GT.

Regarding the Antec. I'm also a big fan of them. However about a month ago I was building a machine for a customer with a new Antec SLK2650-BQE. As soon as I powered up I could hear a fairly loud high pitch squeal. It was the 350W Antec PS. I swapped it out. I am now considering using some different case but have not yet found a suitable alternative.

Newegg has a great deal on a Thermaltake power suppy. Also consider a Seasonic or Power PC and Cooling.