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Message 1076693 - Posted: 13 Feb 2011, 5:13:28 UTC

I started to poke around some more on Power Supplies - Thinking I'll need a small sub-station
to power one of those 590s......

There is a very interesting article over on Tom's :

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/psu-manufacturer-oem,2729.html

Looks like Corsair and PC Power and cooling use some of the same OEMs, anyway I also
looked up the UL reference for Cosair:
http://database.ul.com/cgi-bin/XYV/template/LISEXT/1FRAME/showpage.html?name=QQGQ2.E307858&ccnshorttitle=Power+Supplies,+Information+Technology+Equipment+Including+Electrical+Business+Equipment+-+Component&objid=1078378885&cfgid=1073741824&version=versionless&parent_id=1073787374&sequence=1

Bottom line is don't cheap out a power supply.
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Message 1076701 - Posted: 13 Feb 2011, 5:34:59 UTC - in response to Message 1076693.  

I started to poke around some more on Power Supplies - Thinking I'll need a small sub-station
to power one of those 590s......

There is a very interesting article over on Tom's :

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/psu-manufacturer-oem,2729.html

Looks like Corsair and PC Power and cooling use some of the same OEMs, anyway I also
looked up the UL reference for Cosair:
http://database.ul.com/cgi-bin/XYV/template/LISEXT/1FRAME/showpage.html?name=QQGQ2.E307858&ccnshorttitle=Power+Supplies,+Information+Technology+Equipment+Including+Electrical+Business+Equipment+-+Component&objid=1078378885&cfgid=1073741824&version=versionless&parent_id=1073787374&sequence=1

Bottom line is don't cheap out a power supply.


Read any of my past posts about power supplies.
I have always recommended PC Power and Cooling Silencers.
Anything with a single 12v rail is better than without.

I learned that lesson the hard way a looooooooong time ago when I could not get a rig to boot that otherwise should have been fine.

Turns out I was using all the connectors on one rail.......half of the PSU was not being utilized. Took me a long time to sort that one out.

About 6 weeks......

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Message 1076715 - Posted: 13 Feb 2011, 6:50:02 UTC

I have always liked PCP&C ever since they first showed up (at least that I recall) a few years ago. They were expensive, but worth every penny from what I read and researched about them.

I recently discovered that I do enjoy the newer Corsairs, as well (even if they are a re-branded something else). I don't know what exactly my Rosewill is a re-brand of since that changes every now and then, but it has been rock solid for the four years I've had it running 24/7 at above 85% of it's capacity. Only the Stallion series though. Those "green" ones just fail too much (based on the reviews).

Funny part is that I bought my 600w Stallion at a time when there were a lot of recent reviews stating it would either be DOA or fail within 30 days, and well.. four years later and it's still going. No complaints from me.
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Message 1076852 - Posted: 13 Feb 2011, 16:50:10 UTC

Enermax has never once disappointed Me, not once. Of course their molex connectors could use some improvement and I told them so too, As do their fan grills for not being recessed enough on the Revolution85+ models.

Revolution85+ = not compatible with Cooler Master HAF cases... There's another reason I went with Silverstone for My unsponsored(yay!) HAF-932 project PC...
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Message 1076875 - Posted: 13 Feb 2011, 17:15:33 UTC

Back in my younger days I had problems with Power PC, Coolmax & OCZ. You only get one chance with me. Lost a mb to Coolmax and the other two burned out in less that a month. Went to Ultra about eight years ago and have never looked back. Right now I have it in all three of my systems and will be putting one in the system that I am building for my stepson. As I upgrade my PSUs for any reason, I always use the replaced one as a spare.
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Message 1076925 - Posted: 13 Feb 2011, 18:38:06 UTC - in response to Message 1076715.  

I have always liked PCP&C ever since they first showed up (at least that I recall) a few years ago. They were expensive, but worth every penny from what I read and researched about them.


LOL They've been in business since 1984. ;-) They were the premiere provider of PSUs in the old Computer Shopper Magazine, and have always been the best-of-the-best. :-D

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Message 1077026 - Posted: 14 Feb 2011, 1:16:12 UTC - in response to Message 1076925.  

I have always liked PCP&C ever since they first showed up (at least that I recall) a few years ago. They were expensive, but worth every penny from what I read and researched about them.


LOL They've been in business since 1984. ;-) They were the premiere provider of PSUs in the old Computer Shopper Magazine, and have always been the best-of-the-best. :-D

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They drew my attention back when Alienware was still a small niche shop producing high end machines for gaming. Started looking into building a comparable machine and found out they used PC&C for their supplies. So the first chance I got I replaced my burnt out Antec for one and haven't looked back. When it comes times again (doesn't happen but every 4-5 years) that I need a new PSU the market will have changed again. But as of right now PC&C, Corsair, or Seasonic are the only ones I would strongly look at. Antec's would be a consideration in workstations if i wanted something a bit cheaper.

As far as PC&C being the premier brand, they were, but only because Seasonic produced them with their P12D platform. ;) Seasonic was the original king of the hill. Since then they have moved over to a different platform with the SKII OCZ owned line. Time will tell how well they match up to the original silencers.
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Message 1077053 - Posted: 14 Feb 2011, 3:11:21 UTC - in response to Message 1076925.  

LOL They've been in business since 1984. ;-) They were the premiere provider of PSUs in the old Computer Shopper Magazine, and have always been the best-of-the-best. :-D

(No, I am not paid for by endorsements and I do not own stock in the company.)

Yeah, I first heard about them around the time when AMD went 64-bit. I think the reason I heard about them was because when all the other major brands were just getting to a massive 600 watts, they were hitting 1kW.. and people were laughing at how outrageous it was that anyone would ever need that much power.
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Message 1077056 - Posted: 14 Feb 2011, 3:19:20 UTC - in response to Message 1077053.  

LOL They've been in business since 1984. ;-) They were the premiere provider of PSUs in the old Computer Shopper Magazine, and have always been the best-of-the-best. :-D

(No, I am not paid for by endorsements and I do not own stock in the company.)

Yeah, I first heard about them around the time when AMD went 64-bit. I think the reason I heard about them was because when all the other major brands were just getting to a massive 600 watts, they were hitting 1kW.. and people were laughing at how outrageous it was that anyone would ever need that much power.

They were ahead of the curve, But then they must have seen where the hardware was heading, somehow.
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Message 1077420 - Posted: 15 Feb 2011, 4:41:48 UTC

Thanks for all the info I got my PSU and got my machine up and running. I had to buy what I could afford which was the coolmaster
The Ultra just was under amperage on the single +12vail of 38a
while the Coolmaster single +12v rail at 60 amps.
The Ultra I got about 2008 so it lasted about or less than 3 years it did good until I got my gtx 460 card and within a month the 12v rail burnt up. I think the cool master will hold up better and it can take another gtx 460 card. I am back and crunching since the 10th 4 days later.

I have had this ULTRA 650 watt atx power supply output
+5v @32a and +3.3v @ 24a =190w
+12v @38a = 456w I think this was were it burned out not enough watts
-12v @0.6a = 7.2w
+5vsb @ 2.5a = 12.5w
My new one is
Cooler Master GX Series 750W ATX Power Supply RS750-ACAAE3-US
Sold by: TigerDirect, Inc.
single rail
+3.3v @ 25a and +5v @25a = 150w
+12v @ 60a = 720w notice the beefier wattage this plugs into my gtx460 card
-12v @ 0.5a = 6w
+5vsb @ 2.5a = 12.5w

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