Originally posted by: Insomniak
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: Insomniak
God why is everyone so stuck up SeaSonic's A$$ these days? Sure they're good, but there are other awesome PSUs which can be had for much less money.
I'd look at Enermax and OCZ before I went straight to SeaSonic, mainly because of better bang for the buck. I'm also still leery of dual rails due to the low amperage.
Also, it's not like that rig in his signature needs 600W. A quality 480-500W should give him PLENTY of cushion.
you're talking about different quality levels of power supply. Seasonic is a whole notch above your Noisetaker/Modstream. It competes with PC Power Cooling and Zippy, etc.
Seasonic is QUIET and STABLE.
Sure you can argue that 480W is enough, but we're talking about RAILS here. I can't believe everyone just figures they only need 300W tops and get a piece of crap PSU. No! You want to look at rails. I didnt' buy the 600W version because I needed 600W. I bought it cuz itw as on sale for less than the 500W normally retails (500W was not on sale).
Seasonic's rails aren't exactly the strongest, and it takes about 600W to make the 12V rails really powerful (18A per rail I believe).
Patriot should work with a DFI board. Just none of the cheap corsair crap.
18A per rail ain't cuttin' it in my book. You won't see me on a dual rail PSU until they're pushing 20A per 12v, minimum. I still recommend people just look for a good single 12v @ 28A or more these days. With modern high end graphics cards chewing power from the 12v, I'd not be willing to go low on the amps there.
In reality, he'll probably be fine, but I'm just psychotic about that.
Consequently,
this Tagan is the model I'm considering upgrading around come this christmas. Supposedly a 480W supply, but works out at around 600W with 30A on the 12v when the 12v rails are combined, and over 800W (!) when the 12v rails are left seperate.
Being that Tagan is well known to be a respectable PSU manufacturer and this thing is stickered so much lower than what the math says, I'm betting it's a beast in disguise.