i just bought a coolermaster 460W PSU. it buzzes like my acbel.

2HDDS,

What PSU can i get at price <RM220 to run a HD4850? Really need help here asap.

I thought of getting CM extreme 550 watt, its only RM185. Fits my budget perfectly 

What do you guys think?

cm dun go for extreme..go for real power...below rm220 is a tight budget to get a really good ones

my budget is around rm200-250...probably i'll try to get a new psu by nex week..wut type of psu would u like to suggest?

thnx in advance!!  

erm...for me...st50f is another revolution of st40f based on the specs..

SilverStone Strider ST50F provides one of the best cost/benefit ratios for users looking for a good mainstream 500 W power supply. First, it can truly deliver 500 W at 50º C, which is outstanding. Second, the number of power plugs this unit has is more than a mainstream user will ever need: two 6-pin auxiliary power plugs for video cards, six SATA power plugs and six peripheral power plugs. And the third highlight from this power supply is its efficiency, above 85% if you pull up to 300 W, 84% if you pull 400 W and 80% or 82% if you pull 500 W, depending on the load pattern. And fourth we could make this power supply to deliver up to 598.5 W.

Compared to other 500 W power supplies we have reviewed recently, Antec EathWatts 500 W and Corsair VX450 W (which is the same power supply as this model from Antec but with a different housing) are better products because they provide a little higher efficiency, have overloading protection up and running, and provide a lower level of noise and ripple.

On the other hand, SilverStone Strider ST50F is a better product than Enermax Liberty DXX 500 W, which, amazingly enough, is more expensive than the reviewed product.

When you compare prices, this unit is unbeatable: it costs only USD 67 at Newegg.com, while Antec EarthWatts 500 W costs USD 90, Corsair VX450W costs USD 75 and Enermax Liberty DXX 500 W costs USD 100. It is also cheaper than Zalman ZM460B-APS (USD 85 at the same store), a power supply that uses the same project as the reviewed unit and we suspect that they might be identical (we will review this power supply from Zalman very soon to see if this is true or not).

The only problems we can see with this power supply is the lack of a MOV on the transient filtering stage and the lack of an overload protection circuit, and that is the only reason we are giving it our “Silver Award” seal instead of our “Golden Award”. But, like we said, this is a terrific product.

how can i know that PSu was true power or not? how to know just looking at price list? need to read at the box also? or the review?

today i bought Glacial Power GP-AL 650A power supply 650watt...is it this good psu ?

thats mean on +12V, if 18A ....then it must be true power?

for my glacial power 650A spec...this is can consider as good psu?..i confius abit 1 rail & 2 rail combination...

for your sample VX450W..this psu got 1 rail with big amps...my psu got 2 rail which each 20 & 25A...so i got 45A total is it?

Cooler Master's UCP 700W



80 Silver Certification ? Is it for real?
If its real, then i planning to get one. Although the price is abit  , but in the long run my electric bills would be cheaper
Price: RM515 by Lalaman

wow....nice psu..it is modular one?

guys, is there any other recommendations for PSU which is on the same level as Silverstone Strider ST50F?

Guys, I need some help over here. Hope that some of you sifus here can help me a bit for me in choosing PSU for my rig. Well, here's my spec:

proc: Intel C2D E8400 3.0ghz
mobo: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L
ram: A-Data 2Gb DDR2 800
HDD: Seagate 320gb 7200rpm
GPU: Powercolor HD4870 PCS+
optic drive: LG 22x securdisc DVD-RW

So my options are:
1) Silverstone ST50F 500W or,
2) Gigabyte Superb 550W

So, which one should I choose between those 2? In terms of performance and reliability? I'm inclined more towards Silverstone but hey, maybe u guys got some other opinion? Help me out guys T_T

need help here 

what the best PSU for my rig? this is the spec

-AMD athlonx2 5600+
-Mobo M2N
-4 casing Fan
-Geforce GTX260
-XMS2 DDR2 2GB

900w is more tan i need yah, but i ask.. it not going on full power all time izzit?
my comp burn say 300w idle, psu going give onli 300w? or give the full 900w no matter

Vantec ION2+ is really true power eh?
like silverstone???

its actually 405w true power ... selling at Rm179

Author: Gabriel Torres Date: December 23, 2008 - 12:23 PM PST

I completely forgot to comment this with you. This story happened a while ago, but today I’ve got a new e-mail from them about the same subject. Right after I posted the Huntkey Green Star 450 W review Huntkey contacted me saying that they would like me to take down the review and that they would start advertising on Hardware Secrets.

But one thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other. First we are completely unbiased: we do not accept any kind of financial compensation for writing our articles and our advertisement contracts aren’t bind to the publishing of any kind of article about the advertiser. This is so true that sometimes we publish negative reviews about products from our advertisers (e.g. OCZ ProXStream 1,000 W) and they know that our editorial content must be unbiased, otherwise our readers will never believe in us when we say that a given product is good. Our articles and reviews are completely spontaneous and the results do not have any sort of interference from the manufacturers.

Unfortunately we know several publications, both inside and outside the internet, that do all sorts of dirty business, like charging for publishing an article, charging for giving an award seal, publish an article only if the manufacturer advertises with them, and not publishing negative reviews in order “to keep a good relationship with the manufacturer”. These are just some examples of biasing that happens all around the world, a.k.a. “payola” (read this excellent article exposing this) – and you, our critic reader, should start paying attention to the websites you read. We don’t do anything like this and we repudiate publications that do it (we simply cannot respect this kind of publication). Start suspecting of any publication that only tells good things about all products they review and never writes a single negative line.

Apparently on this case maybe Huntkey thought we were one of these websites that accept removing bad articles in exchange of advertisement.

The funniest thing was that they said our results were very different from the results achieved by other publications. Well, besides what I already explained above, there is simply no way to compare our power supply reviews to these lousy reviews posted all over the web, where the guy gets a 450 W power supply installs on a PC that is pulling 150 W and says that the power supply is amazing. With the first Huntkey review we posted we bought a second unit and the results were absolutely the same. According to Jon Gerow, founder of JonnyGURU, Huntkey power supplies are known in the industry for having a real wattage of 100 W below their labeled wattage.

It is really funny how some companies instead of being worried about improving the quality from their products try to vanish with the reviews that tell the truth about them. All serious companies use negative reviews to fix their products.

yea..juz like acbel e2 power..e2 power 470w is actually 420w true power

Forumer here still favor the so call True Powers, actually its just another marketing gimmick from the PSU manufacturer to cliam their PSU have the 'True power thingy'.

All we need is just calculate the output of the PSU, if output is same with what they claim/advertise and have 80% efficiency then its a good PSU.

Output Power 420W
Max. Power 470W
Efficiency 80%@115/230Vac

# Measured maximum power: 435.8 W at 50º C.
# Labeled efficiency: 70% minimum.
# Measured efficiency: Between 76.5% and 82.5% at 115 V.

Bad PSU:
- claim have 500W output, but real output is only 350W.
- low efficiency.
- low 12v rail output (put more out put on 5v and 3 v rails to fool users).

enermax FMA II better or tomahawk better? and wat different with ATX 12V V2.2 vs V2.3? what improvement from v2.3?

can anyone  tell me what are the good psu for this spec?
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
GigaByte GA-EP45-UD3R mainboard
4GB Kingston DDR2-800 Value RAM (2 x 2GB)
GigaByte HD4850 OC 1GB GDDR3
WD 320GB SATA HDD
please help me?

Guys!!
I have cap ayam I Cute PSU  wiz 2*12+  bring means 15a*2 ,180w each . So i got 30a .. Can i use HD4850?
lets say i cabut all fans, neon everything.. can i?

All the while the SST560W were running fine, without any problem, out of the sudden one. in  the mid day, PC just shut down by its self.
then try to boot up, cannot. The green led light at the mobo (intel DG31PR)  are on. even without switching on the pc.
Switch everything off, waited for 5 minutes, then power up the rig again. Switch on, all fan running, all UV CCFL show uv light, then less than 15 second,
my rig power down itself again. later than tried to power up again , cannot anymore (its show sign of trying to power up the rig less than 3 second than its just died)

Waited for another day, try the same method again, same result, its power up than less of 15 second its just die, tried to switch on the rig, less than 3 second its tried to power up the rig then it die.

I dont really want to open up my SST560W coz its still under warranty. I just want confirmation from others that has used SST560W, have they face this kindda Symptoms on their SST560W?

If you asking perhaps its other component from my rig, I have unplug & plug it back and tested with my friends, they working fine.
If you asking to test my SST560W with Different PC (not yet, I malas nak bukak dan test kat PC lain)
If you asking I should test my rig with Different PSU ( Yes I got spare PSU Corsair VX550W) but currently with my friend in Rawang, borrow to do some testing with his rig.

Hoping its my SST560W fault so I can send it for RMA. Can anybody confirmed it or did anybody face this kindda symptoms on their SST560W before? would really appreciate it tho.

is it true??
i plan to buy new gc, but my pc power supply is 450w only
is tat means my pc can use gtx 260 or 4870 without any problem??

hi~~guys~~is vantec ion2+ 600w enought power for change my ati4850 to ati4870 on my rig?
my rig spec on my siggy~~thx and happy cny~~  

acbel iPower 660W & silverstone ST56F....which are better??

helo. need to know somethin.
single rail is better than multiple since it can draw power to just one single rail n dont have to divide to multiple.
this is what is confuse me,
if single rail is better, why modular PSU like HX620W n Acbel M8 got multiple rail.
i'm thinking on taking modular PSU but some forummer tell me single rail is better. (TX750W is recommended).
can u clear the confusion in my head?

Guys, I wanna know whether my build (check my siggy) has enough power or not. I have some problems lately whenever i boot up, sometimes the HD is detected and sometimes the DVD rom is detected. But the PC always boots up.really pening. Just wanna reconfirm before i go out and buy a 700w PSU. zzzzz

Thanks for the prompt reply lex. But I just wanna confirm the symptoms before i go rushing out to buy a bigger psu...LOL...

enough which means cukup2 makan isnt it? huhu. thinking of upgrading to TX750 750W.

I just bought a nvidia 9600gt graphic card. On the box it says that i need psu of 400w with 12v x 26A. Can i use a PSU of 550w with dual rail (12v x 18A)? I'm abit worried about cant reaching the 26A requirement. Thank you

How to know whether the PSU got all the basic requirements connector?
Such as SATA, 6 pin PCI-E connector (certain graphic card require this), IDE, etc.



Also, Cooler Master Extreme Power 430watts enough for AMD AM2 X2 3800+?

btw, while using CM real power 550W, i ran the OCCT software.when my system stresses at 100% load, the 12V meter shows reading around 3v only. ripples that much.now, my corsair psu also shows that reading.what happen actually? is it my house electricity gone crazy?  

actually my friend is using 4670..but the driver is 'faulty'..while downloading the driver, we tried with my old 3870..the problem happen..

update : now after using 4670 again, the game now smooth already..that 3870 eat more than 4670..haish~

what is the best and how much watt do you need to run a Single GTX 295??

1. Is it 680w PSU overall?? I mean the whole PSU power is power is 680w (extreme power or real power)??

2. Can i Use a 700W or 750W Psu wif efficiency (65% to 70%) which is actually 490W and 525W?

3. Can I use a 700 or 750w psu wif efficiency (80% to 85%) which is actually 560W and 600W??

4. Or does it mean i need 680w minimum to run gtx295 single whatever the efficiency is? So if i consider a real power psu with efficiency rating of 80% so that means i need an 850W Psu real power?? Is that right?

80% of 850w is 680Watts??

So it really confusing to me if i can run gtx 295 in total 680w psu only the best choice would be Gigabyte odin pro which is 720w with efficiency of 65% to 70% and is RM 260 at czone is it possible?

anyone here use Tagan??
during last week, the czone salesman recommended me Tagan n even ask me to search review for its psu
is it reliable n stable??

I need some help regarding PSU issue. I have a Pentium D system and now I'm want to add on a new component - GPU, HIS x1650 Pro DDR2 256MB to it, but I worries if it is sufficient to run on my current PSU - ayam brand 300W.


Here's my specs:

Pentium D 2.66Ghz
Foxconn P4M800P7MA
1GB DDR2 RAM
160GB HDD
Creative SoundBlaster
BenQ DVD-RW
ayam 3.5" Floppy
ayam Network Card

Hi fellow LYNtians, currently im looking for a PSU which supplies enough power for my old athlonx2 system. Few days ago it has been causing some trouble like unable to boot into windows or having BSOD and showing memory errors, turns out the PSU is the culprit, well it's reaching near its time i think.

I'm thinking of getting the Acbel E2 510w since i no longer do heavy game on that PC.
Is it enough for my system? My budget is around RM250 max. (i know i'm cheap abt it)

The specs are there on my siggy, the Athlon64 X2 system together with two 12cm fans with 4 bright LED on each fan. 2 SATA HDD + 1 EXT HDD.

can recommend me any true power 500W psu with sleeving ready?

Is Coolermaster Extreme Power 650W at RM 290 a good buy for stock usage. No overclock intentions.

Is it reliable and stable? Is it a good brand (gigabyte) as Coolermaster ones?

i visit the website and take a look at the details. it stated there peak power 720W. and max combine power is 610W. which power this psu can support?

anybody knows a good 750W psu that range 400-500? what brand and price?

but the price is RM 500 above... 400-500 is just 650w.. but too bad corsair 650 no stock for weeks... 

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
GigaByte G31M-ES2L mainboard
4GB Kingston DDR2-800 Value RAM (2 x 2GB)
Sapphire HD4830 512MB GDDR3
Lite-On SATA DVDRW
Western Digital 320GB SATA HDD
Can some1 tell me how many watt should i choose? Cooler master prefer. Thanks.

For coolermaster can get extreme power 550w or else gigabyte superb 550w both price almost the same but Gigabyte gives you an edge with sleeve cable to look tidy

E8400
EP35-DS3
Seagate 320GB and 160GB
2GB*2 800mhz
DVD-WRITTER
CM690(3 fans)
CM Real Power Modular 520w 80+
Samsung 17' 740N

I m using 9600GT now. If i change to GTX260+ and 22' or 24' monitor,
My PSU enough or not?

Is Gigabyte Superb 720W with 610W true power enough to power Intel Q9400 + EP45-UD3L, 1x Seagate 500GB + 1x WD 640GB + GTX260+ DVD writer + 6x 12cm fan.

enough?

Do you guys know about any PSU that have only 10pin on the plug connect to Mainboard? Or that is very old version?
Coz i have a mainboard is using 10pin need a new PSU. feeling very weird of it...

@vampiremax
I suppose that is AT PSU which is quite rare, I suggest you upgrade your PC.