i know its not related coz 80+ is related with power efficiency..save home electric bill..

just wanna give a TS an idea,650 is enuff for CF 5870..

550W is enough.
Avoid getting CM GX series power supply.
They can't stand together with other brand's power supply. (Quality is not so good)
You can get Xigmatek NRP-PC602 600W for RM319.

Source of CM GX series complain/rant/problem please?

I don't know why everybody is boycotting CM's PSU. I've used a few CM's PSUs and no problem before.

Not complaining/problem, but the build quality is not so good.
If you wanted to find out more, you can google, most of the sites didn't give it award in the comparison, while the competitors is being gave award.

Seyz who?? My CM Extreme power 400W can power my 4850 + 4 hard disks with no problem nearly 2 years.

Here's some GX reviews
GX 550W review
More reviews of GX 550W
Review from Indonesia forum pun ada...
A nice review in PDF format

And if there's no complaints/problems/rants...how do you defined "quality not so good"? One look at it with your x-ray vision you know is it? Your myth has been debunked again.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Aug 23 2010, 07:39 PM

matrix,the reviews that you posted aren't good psu reviews.
bearing in mind that most psus in a single range is a modification of a single design,here's the review for the 750w unit.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Coo...y-Review/917/10

as you can see there's too much ripple and noise.if it's a cheap unit like the cm epp,then it's a given but on units with such price you can get better ones like this one
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Sea...y-Review/954/10

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Added on August 23, 2010, 8:10 pmstill,that's not to say it's a bad unit,it's just that for the price you can get better ones.

This post has been edited by Racerx: Aug 23 2010, 08:10 PM

true power?

Ya lor.. o_0
CM PSU is a good PSU what(for me, bcuz i never have any problem with it)

Exactly. This thing I already posted last time too.
Actually, one should know that CM GX is APFC and 80+ but they're cheaper than CM Real Power(also APFC and 80+). So, you know...(quality and performance) I think I no need to explain further already.

For me, when choosing PSU, I would avoid CoolerMaster Brand(even some of it's models are great).
Corsair will be avoided too due to overprice.

and the choice left for silverstone and seasonic..

Yeah

I feel you man. Other brands also have disadvantages lah, but banning CM PSU just for some cases is nothing more than fanboyism that many people hate to admit to be one

What about FSP everst 600W 85+ Real power?????

i have other stuff running also
3 hard disk
7 12 cm fan

can it run with CF 5770???

I didn't boycott all those CM PSU at all.
Just that, some of the models/series are bad. Real Power and Silence Pro Series will always be my choice if their price is as cheap as the other brands.
FYI, I hate Corsair more due to it's stupid overprice.

IIANM skip the FSP Everest 600W i read it has a few probs, if u want FSP brand try looking for FSP Epsilon 600W instead, it is better than the Everest
And yes they can run CF 5770, even SLI GTX460

save the reading, i had one FSP everest 600w, it lasted for 1yr+ before it died out... day by day it is proving harder to turn on, and i hardly press the "power" button for my pc as it is up most of the time. i'd probably blame the power trips for shortening my fsp's life

sucky thing is i only have a 2 year warranty for FSP.

i wont recommend running SLI gtx460 on a 600w psu even on true power, as each card is like 160watts max power consumption... that leaves around 300 watts for your motherboard, processor, hard disks etc etc etc

And that 300w is not enough for motherboard, CPU and HDD? Your GC won't always be operating at peak load.

depending on what motherboard, processor you're using. using low end pentium dual core with regular p43 chipset mobo of course is probably not gonna reach 300w, but if you're talking about 130w stock rated i7 processors which are overclocked and high end motherboards that support 2 way/3way sli and uses multiple 4pin pwm fans and 24pin + 8 pin mobo, then i'd get more watts just to be safe.

although your gc wont always be operating at peak load, no one will be happy when they're having fun playing their games at max settings and OMFG their pc just restarted out of no where.

if you don't care about having the risk of experiencing sudden restarts, then sure, you may SLI gtx460 with 600w rated psu.

Well i thing my system don't eat that much power, i"m running AMD Phenom2x3 710 with 770 c45 mobo

well about the FSP Everest, so far i have use for 6 month, not having any problem just something have thos funny sound like ZZZZZZZZZ

Did u plug in the power cable correctly? In some cases the buzzing noise from psu came from the power connector not connected properly

The sound dose not come from the power plug, is like some from my PSU well not all the time, is like when i im gaming den started to have that wierd sound but just last for 10 sec or so
humm should i bring my PSU for warrently claime

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Added on August 24, 2010, 10:08 pmfor that problem did you off you PSU switch before you main power switch, if im not wrong it affect abit???

This post has been edited by markoton1: Aug 24 2010, 10:08 PM