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    New power supply options

    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/r...-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.

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    if your buying a new psu, i would go with the antec NeoPower 480watt psu

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    Yes, TTGI is good.

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

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    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/...q=550W+Coolmax
    Last edited by eva2000; 04-11-2005 at 04:37 PM.
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    Perhaps cause it looks dodgy. i considered it and, well, didnt really trust it. 38amp 12v rail for 137?

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    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

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    yeah that was in my thread on this forum but works fine for my 2x 6800GT PCI-E SLI rig oc'd
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