New PSU

Last edited by ChrisMG on Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:25 pm; edited 1 time in total

Anyone have a ton of experience with PSUs?

Looking for something to upgrade my OLD 300W and I'm not too swift on deciphering the hoopla PSU talk. If I didn't think that you guys knew anything about PSUs, I'd just go out and buy one and probably regret it. I'd like to keep it as close to about $50 as possible.

Edit: Oops, put this in the wrong thread methinks.

What will it be powering?

Last edited by Josh on Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:11 am; edited 1 time in total

My guess is a computer ;)

On a more serious note - what you need to look at is mostly the 12V rail. You should get something with at least 20A on it (depending on the system it's for).

Last edited by ChrisMG on Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:56 am; edited 1 time in total

Well, its going to replace the PSU in my workhorse desktop now.

Sempron 3100+ @ default 1.8Ghz (OC to 2.1Ghz)
Asus K8N w/ nForce3 250
Sony DRU-530A
50X Generic CD-ROM
60GB WD EIDE drive (yes, I haven't jumped on the SATA bandwagon yet...soon)
Crucial DDR400 512MB x2
legacy 3 1/4 floppy

And thats pretty much it. But I'm looking into getting maybe a GeForce 6800GT, so maybe that would suck more juice. Really just need something to power all of that.

Thanks in advance for the help.

I'd recommend a Fortron AX450-PN. It's only $51.50 at Newegg and plenty for that system and future upgrades. I have the AX400-PN powering my Sempron rig and it works great.

Hey thanks Drew, I'll throw it on order.

Any good sites you'd recommend for basic info about PSUs? All of my 16 years of computer experience and I never worried about PSUs...I guess now is a good time to start since they're becoming very important.