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ArcTan
04-08-2005, 09:34 PM
Hi,
I'm looking at buying a new psu and initially had my eye on a 500w Fortron Blue Storm until I spotted this.
Here's a review on the psu:
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/cases/TTGI_PLUG-N_550W_1.html


The thing that's swaying me towards this is the adjustable pots for the 5v/12v and the modular connectors. My budget is limited so the OCZ 520w powerstream is out of the equation since it's double the price over here(au$129 for the superflower vs au$232 for the 520w Powerstream).
Since I'll probably be moving to the DFI nf4, venice 3200 and 6600GT soon, I'll be needing a new psu soon so why not replace it with my Antec 430w Truepower now.

So some of my questions:
Does anyone have this psu and care to comment?
Will a 24pin psu work in my current 20pin nf3(Gigabyte K8NS-939) board?
My budget is au$150(~ us$120) so roughly the choices I have are Superflower 500w Modular, Topower P6 520w, Tagan 480w, Fortron FSP 500w Blue Storm, Antec 550w Truecontrol.
Unfortunately the 530w Fortron/Aopen is very expensive here retailing at us$185.

ingentingmendeg
04-11-2005, 01:41 PM
if your buying a new psu, i would go with the antec NeoPower 480watt psu

skate2snow
04-11-2005, 05:23 PM
Yes, TTGI is good:).

STAY AWAY FROM ANTEC PSU! SUDDEN DIYING, LOW POWER, BAD RATING.

eva2000
04-11-2005, 05:34 PM
Mate why not get the 550W GTR 38A/12V from www.auspcmarket.com.au $137 bucks if you need higher amped 5V get the 550W Coolmax CR-550B http://www.hdaudiovisual.com.au/pc/coolmax_cr550b.htm which also has 1x PCI-E connector

priced at http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=550W+Coolmax

zA.Gosu
04-11-2005, 09:11 PM
Perhaps cause it looks dodgy. i considered it and, well, didnt really trust it. 38amp 12v rail for 137?

ArcTan
04-11-2005, 09:26 PM
yeah I'm on a antec at the moment but I'd like to move away from antec's

eva,
I heard they weren't that good and not that much better than generic
Someone posted here I think that those brands were to be avoided

eva2000
04-11-2005, 09:54 PM
yeah that was in my thread on this forum but works fine for my 2x 6800GT PCI-E SLI rig oc'd