Recommendations between two Antec PSUs?

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Shadowknight
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Recommendations between two Antec PSUs?

Post by Shadowknight » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:39 pm

A couple of months ago, my Antec 350w Phantom died. Today, Antec e-mailed me and said that since they no longer make that PSU, they can't swap out the bad PSU with another Phantom. They even referred to it as a 550w, when mine was the truely fanless 350w. :(

The offered me one of the following PSUs instead:

Antec Neo Power 650w
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=28650

or

Antec Neo Power 650w Blue
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=28651

The first one has an 80mm fan, the other a 120mm fan. As we all know, 120mm is THEORETICALLY better, but it ultimately depends on the fan design.

So... which one should I go for?
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Post by FartingBob » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:58 pm

Havnt heard much about either in terms of noise. Strange that they offer you those 2 when the one its replacing is a low wattage fanless model. Most likely they were just the 2 PSU's that they have plenty in stock or arent selling too quickly.
Id go for the blue. Bigger fan and costs $10 more, so your getting your moneys worth. :)
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