Recommended PSU for $150ish

[Cereal Killar]

Whilst I believe you would quite possibly get a few of these threads, I still thought I would start this thread.

I will have approximately $150 saved away from work to spend on a new PSU in a couple of weeks and I wondering what to get. My current one is a 320W ICute, and with what I have heard from these forums alone on cheap power supplies, I'm have put serious thought into purchasing a new PSU, especially considering I intend to add some additional components to my PC in the near future.

Enermax and Leadman are the two brand names I keep hear being referred to, but I'm still unsure on which I should look at purchasing.

Any advice on which PSU to look at purchasing would be much appreciated, so spare a little time and help me out.

Thanks in advance.

[mpc]

I've only ever had an Enermax so can't compare it to a Leadman but I believe you will be fine with either of those two brands. There have been a few threads on power supplies recently so use the search button, you'll find heaps of useful information.

[Valium]

id get the enermax 460W that casemodder is selling.

or if its a bit dare go for a enermax 350 its a great psu.

[tarmac]

The Thermal Take ones aren't suppose to be too bad either, exept for the silly lights they provide a good rail.

[Forgiven]

With $150 I think you should go either Enermax or TT...

[mird-OC]

leadman don't have a very good track record for long term reliability. although they're awesome PSUs, they seem to have a tendency to die young (around 18 months it would seem).

so yeah, an enermax oughtta do you well. Tt are essentially the same powersupply with a few more bells and whistles, if that's your cup of tea.

[Ragnor]

I'd stick to the brands with well known reliability: Zalman, Enermax, Thermal take. Antec... Avoid hyena, foxconn, leadman and no name generic like the plague!