yes well needing a new psu me thinks

nick_lerwill · 30 Oct 2006 at 01:06

ok going to need a new psu, but what one? going to need a powerful one because i am going to be upgrading to core 2 duo.
heard good things about corsair, either that or seasonic or enermax...havn't heard anything bad about themon this forum unlike hiper or tagan. any other suggestions? what power will i need? i don't want any extra unnecessary cable hanging round my case (pc7+) so modular is better i assume.

cheers
nick

nick_lerwill · 30 Oct 2006 at 01:10

oh yea under 100 quid please

Joe42 · 30 Oct 2006 at 01:11

Whats it powering?
Will you be overclocking?

Core 2 is lower power than previous gen stuff.

hp7909 · 30 Oct 2006 at 04:45

nick_lerwill said:
oh yea under 100 quid please

This might be useful

nick_lerwill · 30 Oct 2006 at 12:10

ok well i think thinking around 500watts, and yes i probably will overclock

nick_lerwill · 30 Oct 2006 at 14:57

anyone?

semi-pro waster · 30 Oct 2006 at 15:01

Corsair 520w(basically a Seasonic M12 but a bit cheaper) at ~£90 would probably be my choice at the moment, either that or an Enermax 500w at ~£75.

nick_lerwill · 30 Oct 2006 at 20:45

what's quietest out of them?

Joe42 · 30 Oct 2006 at 21:00

nick_lerwill said:
what's quietest out of them?

Seasonic. The non modular ones.

nick_lerwill · 30 Oct 2006 at 23:35

but i said modular lol

nick_lerwill · 30 Oct 2006 at 23:36

are modular louder than non-modular?

Joe42 · 31 Oct 2006 at 00:16

nick_lerwill said:
are modular louder than non-modular?

Its minor actually, doubt it will be a problem for you, i shouldn't have mentioned it.

Its got a little 50 or 60mm fan in it which goes on at a certain temp and doesn't go off, not satisfactory for the silent pc enthusiast but it'll be fine for you i expect.
Its probably ok at low speeds anyway, just might develop some bearing noise when it gets old.

nick_lerwill · 31 Oct 2006 at 00:43

Joe42 said:
Its minor actually, doubt it will be a problem for you, i shouldn't have mentioned it.

Its got a little 50 or 60mm fan in it which goes on at a certain temp and doesn't go off, not satisfactory for the silent pc enthusiast but it'll be fine for you i expect.
Its probably ok at low speeds anyway, just might develop some bearing noise when it gets old.

are you talking about the seasonic psu?

i think i will go for the corsair unless there is any major flaws with it for any major advantages of other PSUs

Joe42 · 31 Oct 2006 at 18:26

nick_lerwill said:
are you talking about the seasonic psu?

i think i will go for the corsair unless there is any major flaws with it for any major advantages of other PSUs

I'm talking about the seasonic m12 series.
Corsair look good but haven't really been around quite long enough to be proven.
Honestly i shouldn't have mentioned that about the m12 series, i'm sure it will be fine. Just as a silence enthusiast i tend to be overly wary of tiny fans.

AWBbox · 31 Oct 2006 at 18:45

hp7909 said:
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Thanks for the link, that's a very useful tool