hello...i'm new here..
i plan to get a new pc in either this month or early of may
spec:

c2d e6600
gigabyte 8800gts 320mb
hdd WD 160gb
17" LCD
mushkin 1gb 667 ram (x2, total 2gb)
1or 2 dvd rewriter
any mobo will suit my processor..possibly gigabyte 945p-s3 or better one

i plan to get a igreen cooler master 500w... will it be sufficient for my pc? or do i need to get a 600w or even better ? thanks..

hmmm...ic.. thanks guy

but i see the silver stone strider 560w which cost me RM 399 in the last week price list.. where u get the RM 320 ??

hmm..ic, i maybe going to lowyat on this sun see again

to be the safe side..better dun buy this one la.. since the psu label didn't show the total wattage for +12v rail. you will need at least 22A to power up your pc.

izzit fan noise? last time my psu also had that problem..went rma and bought another better one

wasn't using chapalang.. sumore cm lagi.. 380w. now put there din touch edi. dunno what series liao..din go see.

yeah..according to the PSU label, it should be enough to power up your pc.

frankly, i don't get what u mean if as 0168257061 said:

+3.3v and +5v rail isn't needed much for today's pc so 2A doesn't really affect. they mainly for hdd, ram and other part which use smaller power. anyway i would not say any words on that enermax as i din read any review from it and don't know the exact value for it's +12v rail.

i see. anyway..we shouldn't look at the wattage itself la..need to take consideration of the amperage. anyway through the psu label, both also a good psu.

yes.

if only look into cm igreen 500w, it shows a better psu than silverstone, with higher energy efficiency. anyway i din go find the review (lazy ). just the down side is..lower amp for +3.3v.. anyway i don't think recent pc need much power from +3.3v rail.. again..looking through psu label, the igreen looks better than silverstone.

btw mtbf is something like a method of testing how long the psu can be use... erm something like that..or testing how many unit before the failure.. go google around you will get the answer.

unsure ur situation.. but buzzing maybe the electric component inside have some problem.. better send for warranty asap if it's still under warranty (but chap ayam psu also got warranty? ) or open up and see..whether got something inside or any of the component failure.

oh ya thats the exact answer. but also got article wrote it is pretty much useless...

what is your pc spec?

acbel 470w should be enough. or silverstone 400w RM 180

ask the shopkeeper sign in a contract and make sure it's bind in law, stated that: if the psu which recommended by the shopkeeper fail to funtion within 1 year or malfunction of the psu within 1 year causes any of the pc hardware fail to function, he have to replace all the affected hardware and replace a better psu (silverstone 560w). then the shopkeeper sure will afraid.

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Added on November 27, 2007, 6:34 pm1.it will fix to meet your pc power requirement, like when it use 300w only, then it will provide 300w output only. unless it's chap ayam psu then i not sure la...
2. & 3. sorry i can't answer you.

This post has been edited by stanley85: Nov 27 2007, 06:34 PM

hmm..got a question here.. abt silverstone 750w. from other forum. some said it used unqualified capacitor .. how reliable is silverstone and enermax in m'sia? (i heard they said those branded psu also got 偷工减料 in m'sia.. )
http://chinese4.cari.com.my/myforum/viewth...&extra=page%3D2

lol i also not sure abt that.. from other forum also got ppl said ..

有些好像ENAMAX阿，某些款的silverstone
已经证实是偷工减料的了
选购一个足料的PSU，经验是很重要的，文章固然必要看
但是PSU这个东西，没有自己拆来看，真的是很难说
有些PSu，在这个国家给的料石这样
另外一个国家又不一样


http://www.jbtalks.cc/viewthread.php?tid=2...&extra=page%3D1

eh when i bcome 高级会员 i also din notice

hmm..maybe.. hopefully they didn't do so...

lol no worry..your rig won't kaput la.. at most your pc keep restart if the psu can't supply enough power.. like blue screen while gaming, or the vga have to reduce it's performance in order to keep your pc running. but some chap ayam psu will pop la..dunno whether silverstone will or not.. maybe not gua..cos the quality is still there. so not enough power = can't power up your pc or restart or vga reduce it's performance. so..use it first la..

ah..you so evil

well i have a doubt here. i see there are few cases on PSU go "kaboom" while they using their pc... those are refer to those chap ayam and ICUTE psu izzit? and those quality psu such as enermax, silverstone, etc..even if you using a under power psu, at most the psu will shut down or not even boot up the pc but not going to blow...right?

ya..1 of the reason for those chap ayam psu to blow is because the use of they using lauzy component part..or not qualified. so i assume that those quality brand won't have such problem (blow up)..

try to use the pro version (paid version) in order to get more accurate for every single rail amperage.. the overall result doesn't help much. cos some old psu might have more amp on +3v and +5v rail. just a suggestion here.