Is my Rosewill PSU good enough... [Archive]

phi|os

05-09-2006, 07:04 PM

My Rosewill PSU has run good so far, it's a 550W dual rail PSU. It's in my sig. I have been having some issues when it comes to OC'ing. Does anyone know if this PSU is good enough? Is it bottlenecking my OC attempts...?

Mr. Manka

05-10-2006, 07:48 PM

IMO, ROSEWILL PSU's, ram, video cards= complete and utter crap.

Toss that piece and get a powerstream 520.
You WONT be disappointed

sinister1st

05-10-2006, 08:15 PM

IMO, ROSEWILL PSU's, ram, video cards= complete and utter crap.

Toss that piece and get a powerstream 520.
You WONT be disappointed

Mr manka is right I just rma'd a rosewill dvd burner. Had it in a ladies pc for less than six mos. and it dumped. I took one of the rosewill PSU'S out of a 100 buck rosewill case and powered a 1.6 willamette p4 with it and it sounds like it already wants to DIE. The only thing I would buy from them is maybe a cheap case and those are cheap too.

If you can, get something a little better all that good hardware you have you wouldn't want to kill it. The model you have is the 89 dollar model I believe so it is better than the freebies that come with cases. I would use it @ stock but not oc'd especially with a good pcie card.

nn_step

05-10-2006, 09:50 PM

:rofl: maybe if you are running just one LED :rofl:

charlie

05-10-2006, 10:32 PM

I reviewed the RP550 model and it actually survived quite a few DI/FX/Opty adventures... having said that, HOWEVER... the RAILS are crap. 12v routinely drooped to 11.4v on load and 11.8v unloaded...
SO I think it's fine for your average Venice/AIR/x800 type rig...

ex2cib

05-10-2006, 10:40 PM

I reviewed the RP550 model and it actually survived quite a few DI/FX/Opty adventures... having said that, HOWEVER... the RAILS are crap. 12v routinely drooped to 11.4v on load and 11.8v unloaded...
SO I think it's fine for your average Venice/AIR/x800 type rig...

hmmmmm, [checks original poster's rig]

opty> venice
x1900>x800

based on the wise words of charlie and others, it probably would help to get a better power supply:)

phi|os

05-11-2006, 07:31 PM

K, I ordered an OCZ gameXstream 700W'ter. Hopefully it gives my system a bit stability. I've read what I could find on it, and it seems like a great PSU, supposed an exact PSU of the Fortron 700W'ter. I know the Fortron is revered, so I figured the OCZ was a no brainer.

Thanks for your opinions and time.

charlie

05-11-2006, 08:08 PM

K, I ordered an OCZ gameXstream 700W'ter. Hopefully it gives my system a bit stability. I've read what I could find on it, and it seems like a great PSU, supposed an exact PSU of the Fortron 700W'ter. I know the Fortron is revered, so I figured the OCZ was a no brainer.

Thanks for your opinions and time.

congrat's... good choice!

The Dome

05-12-2006, 04:32 PM

Let us know how she is. I personally would have went for a Seasonic for the noise factor. (I suppose though that the OCZ probally isn't that loud)

phi|os

05-12-2006, 07:20 PM

Supposedly, it makes no sound. Then fan system on it looks like my Rosewill's, and the Rosewill is like a whisper.