PSU under Â£25-30?

Soulistic · Post by **Soulistic** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:52 am

I'm trying to find a PSU to supply power to the following configuration:

1. ABIT AI7 Motherboard
2. Intel Prescott 2.8Ghz
3. OCZ 512MB PC3200
4. LiteOn DVD-RW drive
5. 2 80mm case fans
6. Western Digital 160GB Sata drive
7. Maxtor 120GB IDE Drive
8. Seagate Barrucuda 500GB Sata drive
9. Max 80GB IDE Hard Drive
10. ATI AIW 8500 Graphics Card
11. Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music soundcard
12. ICute Coolive QH01-5G1-BB Case with a 250mm fan
13. 3 USB connections live at all times.

It's a plain system in that it has no overclocking done whatsoever.

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks in advance.

mouse · Post by **mouse** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:39 am

The seasonic S12 line of PSU's is top of the line. The S12-430 would provide plenty power for your system, and it's about as quite a PSU as you can find. Can't go wrong with any of the Seasonic's really. If you're interested, they also have a modular line of PSU's, the M12 series.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't read your title for the post too clearly. I missed the price requirement. The S12 line would be slightly more expensive than your range. But if you can stretch...it's worth it.

Bobfantastic · Post by **Bobfantastic** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:34 am

This is the cheapest I've seen them for recently- this is the 330w, but it should probably bo ok for your system (can't guarantee anything, maybe someone else can confirm for a similar setup?)
Hope this helps- the extra few pounds are well worth it!

edit: Just remembered, if you keep an eye out on the Today Only page on Scan, they frequently have Seasonics 15-20% off. Not today though...

Soulistic · Post by **Soulistic** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:24 am

Thanks guys... I've gone with the S12-380W just to be on the safe side. I already had an order placed with them, so, I ended up adding it to the order to save on delivery. Although, looking through, there are some other PSU's there that offer about the same wattage at about Â£20... wondering if this is any good?

kaange · Post by **kaange** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:53 pm

I imagine the Silverstone ST365 would be around that price in the UK.

Lawrence Lee · Post by **Lawrence Lee** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:18 pm

Can you get Fortron/Sparkles in the UK? They're not great, but they're pretty solid if you're on a budget. I'm using a $37CDN 400W Fortron, fan-modded and loving it. Powering a Opteron-165 @ 2.5Ghz, 2GB RAM, 7950GT, 200GB + 500GB HDs, 5 x 120mm fans and 2 x 80mm fans, as well as some cathodes.

Soulistic · Post by **Soulistic** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:30 pm

Well, I got the power supply, and I am very impressed... I must say that the extra tenner I spent on it is absolutley worth it. Although the system is now very quiet, the only silencing I need to do is with the 250mm side window case fan, and maybe got to figure out how to reduce the hard drive noise... I have been looking at the suspension options, but, I have an ICute case:

and with four hard drives, so, suspending the hard drives may not be a good idea. But, thanks for the suggestions.

PS: That's not my computer, just an image of what the case looks like.