Which power supply would you go with?

[classy]

I have narrowed down my choices to either an Antec 550 TC or an Enermax. For the price of the Antec though it equates to 460-470 watt Enermax. I just want a good psu. I went cheap last year and it died. I know about all the other psus, but I have decided it will be one from either of these two. Does the Enermax warrant being chosen over the Antec? I would really appreciate folks' personal experiences. Even a lil chime in from the one who did the Anandtech review would be nice as well . Lets say I don't wanna buy another power supply for 4-5 years. But performance is at the top of the list. As always thanks for any advice or info.

 

[Anubis]

i have an antech truepower 430 nd its been solid for 3 years nopw

 

[CrucialLabs]

I like Antec, they make good products and last a long time. I have a few friends that have Antec and they like em alot. The truepower runs real quiet too.

 

[Duvie]

Have you looked at the newer 470watt enermax with the dual independent 12v rails??? looks sweet and the price is just at 100 dollars....

Unless you have duallies or ocing to 3.5-4.ghz levels with a power hog vid card and plenty of drives the 550 is likely overkill....

I am looking at the 470 one above for my new Dual Xeon/Opteron Rig

 

[KDOG]

Another vote for Antec, I have the TruPower 430 and its runs flawlessly...

 

[Conscript]

I've been leaning towards buying the 560W thermaltake one.

 

[SickBeast]

eeew...thermaltake.

i would get the enermax that duvie reccomended.

 

[chr6]

im using the antec true430. works fine. my enermax before it also worked well.

my good friend swears by his superflower 550w. it's a great one too, i believe he got it at directron.com.

gl

 

[HappyCracker]

I <3 my 2 enermaxes. The Antec seemed to have weaker rails comparatively; ie. the Enermax was usually overspec, while the Antec was under

 

[Baldy18]

Originally posted by: Duvie

Unless you have duallies or ocing to 3.5-4.ghz levels with a power hog vid card and plenty of drives the 550 is likely overkill....

I'm running a Dual Athlon XP 1800+, Asus A7M266-D, MSI Geforece 3 Ti200, 2 HDD, 2 optical drives, and a couple PCI cards with an Enermax 330W for 1.5 years now. Used it for a year before that with a single XP 1800+ rig.

 

[InlineFive]

I wouldn't get the Antec because it's rails are lower and it's noisy. I like the Fortron models because they are on (or above) said voltage and are very quiet.

-Por

 

[buleyb]

I'm another Fortron guy, but if those two you listed are your picks, Antec all the way.

 

[Brian48]

Antec.

 

[Conscript]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
eeew...thermaltake.

i would get the enermax that duvie reccomended.

thermaltake 560W = more quiet, less expensive, more power, wrapped cables, sata connectors, and it's black . Why would i buy enermax, because it is a better known name brand?

 

[Gravity]

I like the Zalman 400 or the Seasonic 350. Do you really need all that power? How much hardware are you running? Is noise a factor for you?

 

[Kuznetsov]

Originally posted by: Conscript

Originally posted by: SickBeast
eeew...thermaltake.

i would get the enermax that duvie reccomended.

thermaltake 560W = more quiet, less expensive, more power, wrapped cables, sata connectors, and it's black . Why would i buy enermax, because it is a better known name brand?

i like the sunon fans too

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Kuznetsov

Originally posted by: Conscript

Originally posted by: SickBeast
eeew...thermaltake.

i would get the enermax that duvie reccomended.

thermaltake 560W = more quiet, less expensive, more power, wrapped cables, sata connectors, and it's black . Why would i buy enermax, because it is a better known name brand?

i like the sunon fans too

Best thing about the TTs . . . doesn't sound like a DustBuster inside your case . . . i'm VERY satisfied with my TT 480w. . . . but feel free to choose a "better" name.

 

[caz67]

Don't waste your time, with anything other than the Antec series.