Bradan

after christmas im selling my computer, building a new one.

will this Antec SmartPower 500 Watt

power:

Gigabyte S3 - core 2 duo mobo
core 2 duo 6400 (oc'd to 3ghz)
2gb ddr2 800 5-5-5-12
Radeon 1950 pro
250gb western digital hard drive 16mb cache
dvd bruner
3 usb devices
fans/cathodes

if not i need suggestions

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PC eye

That will work for the hardware combo without problems. But the one that caught attention here after just having bought a True Power II 550w model by Antec is the True Power Trio TP3 550w seen for a little more at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371002 That easily takes on the NeoHE 550w model seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103941

ceewi1

As PC Eye said, it will work but there are better choices. The TPIII 550 isn't bad, although i'd disagree about it being a match for the NeoHE.

For the system in question, my $70 would be spent on an Enhance 5150GH.

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PC eye

I knew you would jump in on that one! Why do you think I mentioned the NeoHE model?!

ceewi1

Hehe, To be perfectly honest, I think the NeoHEs are decent medium quality units, but overpriced for what you're getting (with the exception of the occasional discount/rebate offer). It costs more than the Trio for a reason, though, and getting the price down was a key concern for Antec when they went back to Seasonic for the Trio series (hence the reason the Seasonic built Antecs are nowhere near the quality of the 'true' Seasonic units, such as the Corsair, PC P&C and Seasonic's own). The NeoHE also has the modular interface .

All in all, the NeoHE is better, but not worth the extra money (IMO). That $110 will buy you a Corsair HX520W, OCZ GameXStream 600W, or any number of Silverstone units, all of which are better quality.

The Trio i'd put in the 'bang for the buck' category - lots of power (that he doesn't really need) for the price, but not top quality. Undoubtedly better than the Smartpowers, though.

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lhuser

If you want to spend higher, I'd recommend you this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817163112

This is pure quality and good reviews.

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PC eye

Let's see how Silvestone and Antec do on a revised and updated power supply "GOOD vs BADDIE" list.


Good:
Akasa PaxPower - Antec(except Smart Power models) - Astec - AOpen - Channel Well - Coolermaster - Enermax
- Enlight - Fortron Source (Sparkle) - HEC - Hi-Power - Jeantech - NSpire - OCZ Technology - PC Power & Cooling - PowerMan
- Seasonic - SilenX - SilverStone - Tagan - TTGI/SuperFlower - Vantec - Zippy / Emacs - Verax - Zalman
- Corsair

Bad:
Allied - Antec Smart Power models(recommend True Power or NeoHE) - Aspire - CoolMax - DEER - EYE-T
- KingStar - L&C - Linkworld - Logisys - PowerMagic - PowerUp - Powmax - Q-Tec - Raidmax - Skyhawk - Star
- Turbolink - Ultra - ThermalTake

You're safe! Silverstone made the "good side".

ceewi1

You don't have to spend that much for it: http://deadeyedata.com/index.php?mai...products_id=97

It's actually a tough call between that unit and the ST50EF-Plus (both of which are very similarly priced). The ST56F puts out a little more power (that isn't really needed in this case) (same on the +12V, though), but the ST50EF-Plus is based on the newer series, with higher efficiency. The Enhance 5150GH I recommended earlier is basically an OEM version of the ST50EF-Plus. The Silverstone gives you sleeved cables and a 3 year warranty (vs the Enhance's 1 year), but the lower price on the Enhance is appealing.

Whichever way you look at it, all three are great units and solidly recommended.

This is where these sorts of lists become problematic. Ultra and Thermaltake have both released some terrible units, but also have some great ones. I wouldn't include either company on a known bad list.

Don't get me wrong on this one, the SPs aren't bad PSUs (from the point of view that if you have one, it's stable and unlikely to damage a system). There have been recent QC issues, and i'd be hesitant to recommend people purchase them, but don't really think they deserve a place on the known bad list.

Naturally, there's an enormous quality difference between units on a 'good list', and even between different series with the same manufacturer (take Silverstone, for instance, all of their units are good, but the Etasis built Zeus' are significantly better than the Enhance built Striders/Elements)

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Bradan

well im shopping in canada, seems the best deal i can find is the

neo he 500 watt for 100$ or the corsair 520 for 130$ which isnt in stock on directcanada.ca

find me a good one for 100-130 in stock on directcanada, they are absolutely the cheapest in canada

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Bradan

ive also been looking at the enermax liberty 500 (125$ CAD)

3.3@28
5v@30
12v1@22
12v2@22

-I dislike the look of the modular cabling and the colour
-I like the 120mm Dual ball bearing Fan and guard

the 500 watt neo HE (107$ CAD)

3.3V@23A
5V@17A
12V1@17A
12V2@17A
12V3@17A

-I dislike the colour, plain steel

which is a better buy? Consider this is all my savings, i am 15, also this is a purely gaming rig

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The New Beast:

Coolermaster CM 690 4x120mm
Corsair 550VX - 41A 12v
P5N32-E - 680i SLI Motherboard
E7200/3MB Core2Duo@3.7Ghz- AC Freezer 7 Pro
Corsair DDR2 6400 5-5-5-15
Asus 8800GT@700/1750/1900
Soundblaster Audigy 4 SE
Western Digital SE16 500GB WD5000AAKS