Temporary PSU: Antec Neo HE 380w or TruePower TPII 380w?

[Trey22]

My Qpack case arrived with a dead PSU (stock 420W). I will eventually replace it with a nice PSU, but for the next week or so (until NE gets my RMA'd case/PSU back to me), I wanted to go ahead and setup my system on the bench.

So I ran out to Fry's this morning, and they had pretty limited options when it came to high end PSU's. They had no Sparkle of Fortron, and just one Enermax.

Question 1: What's the difference between the Neo HE and TruePower TPII? They were both the same price and wattage rating. NE has the TruePower TPII for $59.99 though.

Question 2: Should I just keep this PSU (cheaper than NE due to no shipping charges), or should I order the Fortron AX450-PN I've had my eye on. It's $28.49 cheaper than the Neo HE.

 

[tjpark1111]

the fortron should serve you perfectly fine, although our master around here would say otherwise. the difference between the neo and the TP is that the Neo has an 80mm(actually much quieter)and the TP has a 120mm. I believe also the Neo has higher efficiency, as well as having a a big bias toward the 12v rails(3 of em)for modern systems than the TP.

 

[Trey22]

Well I'm only running the following components, so any of those PSU's should do just fine. I wouldn't mind saving a little $ and going with the Fortron, provided it fits in my case w/out any modifications needed.

AM2 Sempron 3000+
Wintec 512MB DDR2 533
Asus M2NPV-VM
WD 200GB
Lite-On 16X DVD Burner
Mitsumi Floppy/Media Reader

 

[Trey22]

Oh, and how do multiple 12v rails come into play? What's their advantage?

 

[netguru42]

The more 12v rails you have, the better you can distribute the power among high-power compnonents. your first 12v rail will be on the 24-pin mobo connector, then you will have two more 12v rails to split among the rest of the components. A good choice would be to put your video card on one of those and your hard drives and fans on another.

Benefits = greater volatage/system stability

 

[orangat]

If you're going to spend that much, might as well get the Enermax Liberty.

 

[Trey22]

Yeah saw that one on NE. I'll probably go with the Fortron and save a few bucks. Hope it fits.

 

[Shyatic]

Run run run from Antec

 

[Trey22]

Originally posted by: Scribe
Run run run from Antec

Funny how I was just reading up on people complaining about Antec PSU's, especially the Neo HE just dying on them or taking out their components.