thermaltake make good SATA-ready 550 watts PSU?

[Grummer]

or should I got for a more expensive Enermax? or what other brands are build with similar quality for more reasonable price?

and erm, where?
Pricespy seems to overlooks the high wattage PSUs.....

:(

ps im getting rid of my Hyena 500 watts so far, no trouble but my latest creation well, I wanna have 'insurance' against that horrid PSU failings to give a massive jolt to spike dead the system...

trick part is,
how do i sell the Hyena without Bull****ing?
the buster conned me unwittingly to a **** brand, he just doesn't really 'digs' quality but a "she'd be right" attitude, to him is enuff, but to me, I dont think it cuts it...agreed?

doh I should have learnt to do it myself....io was a bit frightened of dealing with HIGH voltages of the caps inside the PSU, that was 2 years ago, I let him, but I didn't know who can show it to me......
maybe I'd try find someone at a local university' computer Lan club to help me along.....( I'm in Massey )

thanks in advance
Craig

[Buster]

Originally posted by Grummer
the buster conned me :eek: HELP. Not Me, Not Me :( :confused:

[swiftynz]

It would be nice if you told us what sort of system this PSU will be powering. A Hyena 500W "should" have the "specs" to power the average PC, but I guess it's reliability that you're concerned about, and rightly so.

Thermaltake aren't bad at all, much better than the generic brands. But they tend to over rate their PSU's, especially when compared to brands such as enermax.

Pretty much all personal systems can get away with a well balanced 300W power supply. If you have a relatively standard desktop PC but still want a reliable and high powered PSU, I'd take a look at the enermax noisetaker series. They reportedly have one of the highest efficiencies of any computer PSU (~85% as tested by silentpcreview.com).

FYI: high efficiency = lower temps = better reliability. In the case of the enermax it also means less noise. :)

[WhiteDragon]

Anyone know anything about the Task 520W Ultra Silent Blue LED PSU?

StylesPC has them and I was kind of interested, but unsure as to the quality. I couldn't find out any info from google.


More info: 3.3V = ?A, 5V = 34A, 12V = 28A, 3.3V and 5V combined = 262W.

Task 520W Ultra Silent PSU, with 120mm crystal Blue LED ball bearing fan (900RPM silent operation), SATA power connector, piano black casing, compatiable with 24 pin MB (Xeon.Plug ).

/scuse thread hijack, thought it might be relevant

[evilangel]

i have been curious about those task psu's aswell but i havent had time to ask john about them over msn. would be good if he sees this thread and answers with some info

[evilangel]

Originally posted by WhiteDragon
Anyone know anything about the Task 520W Ultra Silent Blue LED PSU?

StylesPC has them and I was kind of interested, but unsure as to the quality. I couldn't find out any info from google.

just finished talking to john about the task psu's all the info i could get for the time being was that the task psu's come with a three year warranty so obviously the manufacturer really backs up their product. also as for the info not showing on google we may get additional info shortly. i may consider getting one of these myself and trying it out as it has got to be better than my leadman

[swiftynz]

I got a Task case with a Task 420W PSU off John a couple of weeks ago. Obviously I can't comment on reliability, but it provided good stable rails, and was very quiet until it warmed up, and even then it wasn't obnoxiously loud (fine for anyone but silence freaks :p).

It wasn't exactly a high end system though, and could have easily run off a quality 300W. I did note that the 12V rail was greater than the 17A my rev 1.0 350W enermax puts out, but from a semi-decent 400W psu you would expect that.

The 520W rating is a bit of a farce, but as long as it performs as well or better than a 350W enermax at a lower noise level, it shouldn't really matter.

[mattnz]

The thing about buying an enermax is that you just can't go wrong.

They are not cheap, they are not the quietest, they are not the most powerful, they don't have the highest specs.

But they just work the way they should all the time without any fuss.