Newbie
My psu is er, screwed, it started smoking last night, and probably the day before [i could smell it] but yesterday after installing a liquid cooling system (bigwater se) i saw the smoke coming out.
I have an Orion XP400 with 350watts, i have 3 hds, 1 gig ram, fx5600 nvidia, what kind of psu should i buy? with arond what watts?
Elite Member
should be 400 to 450 watts. make usually isnt that important, just make sure you cooling system is adequate, should be if your water cooling...lolOriginally Posted by Lord
Junior Member
Hi,
I would highly recommend to you that you buy a quality power supply when replacing yours. The best ones at a reasonable price today will cost about 100 bucks or so. My recommendation to all my customers and students is that you buy either an Enermax or Antec in the 450 watts or greater range if you want quality that will last for years. Cheap power supplies do not put out a sufficient power stream within the 5% +- range for each rail and they simply do not last.
If you hadn't just installed a water cooler, I would have recommended that you take a look at the Antec Sonata II case with the 450 watt power supply. You could have purchased one of those for around 100 bucks and it is a great case with a great power supply.
That is my personal opinion and the recommendation that I would make to you.
Newbie
I went with an Antec 430 TruePower recommended by... uhm...i only know his irc nameadb22791, him ;P
thanks for your advice(s) though
Valued Member
I went with an Antec 430 TruePower recommended by... uhm...i only know his irc name
thanks for your advice(s) though
That would be me! Good luck, I have a TruePower 430 in my antec case, and it has been running 100% for 2.5 years now. Enjoy!
Junior Member
Hi,
That power supplly you purchased is an excellent supply. So glad it worked out for you.
