Fortron 460W. !!!

[Reality]

Hi,
tomorrow I`m getting a new PSU and i was thinking of getting the Fortron 460W. What do you guys think about it ?
Right now I don`t need such power cause my system doesn`t require that much power, but in the near future I`m going to get a new rigggg based on the new socket 939 Athlon 64 with nForce 3 pro 250 mobo and 2x512 Corsair PC4400 ram with Raddy X800Pro and a very nice water cooling system so i think for my future PC i will need this PSU, cause I`m thinking of OC it very nice.What do you think about it? is there anything i should consider before buying it ?
Thanks in advance to everyone.

[LilGator]

Originally posted by Reality
is there anything i should consider before buying it ?

The Fortron 530w ?

[charlie]

A little off topic I'm afraid... but why on God's green earth would you burden a S939 A64 with PC4400 DDR???

Come on man....
Grab some nice PC3200/3500...or if you can't find any BH-5/6 try some of the OCZ EB series...

C

[Reality]

Yup first i thought of buying the 530W., but it`s currently out of stock till the end of the month and i can`t wait anymore so i`ll have to go for the 460W.

[Reality]

Originally posted by charlie
A little off topic I'm afraid... but why on God's green earth would you burden a S939 A64 with PC4400 DDR???

Come on man....
Grab some nice PC3200/3500...or if you can't find any BH-5/6 try some of the OCZ EB series...

C

Well i really can`t find any BH-5 chips in Bulgaria, it`s really hard to find any and mine are PC3000 ...

[enzoR]

i dont think the 460W has internal POTS

[Poki]

It may have pots, the last 350w fortron i got had all the pots in it... Dunno why the 460 wouldn't?

[trueplaya4ever8]

what about the sparkle 530, has the same product id thing as the fortron 530.

[blinky]

Originally posted by trueplaya4ever8
what about the sparkle 530, has the same product id thing as the fortron 530.

same PSU

[stasiu]

I'm sure the Fortron 430 would do the task...but as Charlie mentioned...ditch the RAM. There may not be any BH-5 from vendors now...but BH-6 still OC's well with voltage (it's like the red headed step child...would have been praised if BH-5 never existed), and now there's the OCZ EB stuff and Corsair's new 2-2-2-5 stuff coming down the road.

[CrashOveride]

I would look around for the 530w Fortron (or Sparkle) and not just settle.

[Tedinde]

As the resident Fortron Fanboy. Get the 530 watt. It's not too much more. Newegg Mysteriously raised the prices on these when they got popular. Newegg is $81 shipped now. They used to me $72 shipped.

I've been getting them from dealsonic.com

Fortron page.

http://www.dealsonic.com/fofgr.html

$66.99 + $5.95 shipping.

http://www.dealsonic.com/fofs53dufana1.html

They are OEM, you dont get the box.

All the fortrons have pots in them. Even the cheap $18 fortron HiQ model.

[Reality]

Guys everthing is very nice but I live in Bulgaria and newegg doesn`t ship to Bulgaria.. so I`ll have to do with the local dealers what can I do.

[Crankster]

I does not matter if your BH-5 was factory binned as PC3000... At all. 5:4 is a little dodgy on the a64 if i recall correctly. PC 4400 is never optimal, most reviewers don't V-mod. Thats all there is to it.

[JWB]

Originally posted by Crankster
I does not matter if your BH-5 was factory binned as PC3000... At all. 5:4 is a little dodgy on the a64 if i recall correctly. PC 4400 is never optimal, most reviewers don't V-mod. Thats all there is to it.

Dont you mean the 4x cpu multis?

[CrashOveride]

Originally posted by Reality
Guys everthing is very nice but I live in Bulgaria and newegg doesn`t ship to Bulgaria.. so I`ll have to do with the local dealers what can I do.

Have you looked for any dealers that do ship all over? (Checked out that dealsonic place for instance.)

If ordering isn't an option (shipping might be pretty bad I guess) what are all the options you have for PSUs? The Fortron is probably the best bet but you might want more wattage and if you could get a high wattage Antec or PC Power and Cooling that might be worth it.

[Walrusbonzo]

FSP Group make Sparkle and Fortran PSUs.

So if you see a FSP, Sparkle or Fortran 530w it will most likely be the same PSU.