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I'm rebuilding my PC and I was stuck on finding out if this PSU fits on top or on bottom because the picture on newegg shows on top but when I google it I see it on the bottom.
Would this fit in my Case ????????????
hec X-Power Pro 650 650W:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817339024
I have a coolermaster cavalier 3 Case
with a ASRock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi MOBO ( About to Get)
Where the PSU mounts is a function of how your case is designed, so in the Cavalier 3, the power supply mounts up top. The X-power would fit, because power supplies are virtually all made to standard form factors, and cases are made to accommodate them.
One problem with inexpensive power supplies is that often times the power connectors are really short. And yes, that may cause problems getting everything connected. Mainly, though, cheaper PSUs tend to be built to a "just good enough" standard or even "barely good enough". If I were you, I'd spend at least another $20 and move up to an OCZ 700. Sparkle, Thermaltake, Corsair, and Seasonic are good brands.
Not only is cable length more reasonable, you get more reliable performance. A PSU that has a catastrophic failure can take out the motherboard, CPU, and other components. You really don't want to cut corners here.
I've been all over and around newegg and I can't a good reasonable price psu can you recommend me one + one that will go good with the mobo.
This is likely a pretty decent one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-003-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-038-_-Product
Are these two psu for the top. Because they look like there for the bottom.
What is it exactly that makes you think they fit at the bottom?
I thought if there's a fan on top o needs to be in the bottom otherwise you would be blocking the air??? WAIT!!! You mean to tell me every fan I was looking at with the big fan on top was fit fo the case top ??
the fan points down but the power supply fits at the top.
Frankly I have never seen a case with the power supply in the bottom
Here's a few picturesQuote:
Originally Posted by Ferrit
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...=&aqi=&start=0
The power supply on bottom layout is getting increasingly popular. Antec uses this design in their Performance series and their gaming cases. Lots of these cases use an internal air dam to isolate the power supply from the rest of the case and provide dedicated airflow for the PSU.
For lots of cheaper power supplies, that can be a real problem. I worked on a home-built system recently than was in an Antec 300 case and included a Coolmax 650 PSU. The power leads were so short that it would have been impossible to connect the motherboard, except that Coolmax had included extenders and adapters with the power supply. My primary office machine is in an Antec 300, and my OCZ 700 had plenty of length for the power connectors.
I decided on a Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W It seems to have a positive feedback on and off newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371015
I believe that Antec power supplies are currently manufactured by Seasonic, which has an excellent reputation, so I'd say you made a good choice.
:thumbs: YEA !!!!! :thumbs2:
Well I received my Antec EarthWatts EA650 Worked for 5Hr and died (So I lost fate in that Antec) . I sent it back to newegg.. Can somebody give a idea difference between a top and bottom psu do they both look alike? Because I'm planing to change my case and it require a psu at the bottom. but I don't have any idea how a bottom psu look.
Can you tell me if this psu will work with this case....
Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811196035
PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182191
Tough about the defective PSU! Once again, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "TOP" OR "BOTTOM" POWER SUPPLY. All that matters relative to the mounting issue is whether or not the cables reach. In a pinch, you can buy extenders.Quote:
Originally Posted by spawn1980
Pricing for award-winning PSU's like Corsair, OCZ, etc. is very little more than the Rosewill. I'll tell you straight out that based on a couple of Rosewill PSUs I've dealt with in customer machines, that I will never, under any circumstances ever buy, let alone sell, any of Rosewill's power supplies.