A tribute to my first aftermarket PSU! Praise your best surprises as well!

sandlotje89

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Hey everyone! I thought I'd give a little variation to the forum by not forgetting about the other meanings to the word "forum," which does in it's truest sense mean "a gathering of people with a common interest"; and to share my excitement with my new PSU!

Before I tell about my new one, let me share my experience with my previous one. I had a 2006(maybe 05) Gateway computer; it resembled nothing of it's original (stock) self, except for the radiation (heat, of course) from the PSU. Depending on the weather outside, I could've made weather reports that revolved around the heat output. "Today a high of 97 @ 3PM, with a low of 88 @ 10PM." -- In essence, my room was always intolerably hot! So warm that the heat could be felt down the hallway from my room.

I had known for a long time that I had to get a new PSU, but figured that with an increase in wattage, that would mean an increase in heat and sound. I couldn't have been more wrong! I have the ABS Tagan BZ900 -- ~3x more power than my stock one. I can very rarely feel heat build up in my room, and it is so much quieter. The power is plentiful, and it is E-80 certified!!

This is nowhere near my first aftermarket part for my comp, but it is my favorite addition yet. This addition has made my computing experience much more pleasant :).

Please share similar experiences where your expectations (relating to computers) were blown away (or highly exceeded).
 
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Hmm..lets see..all my aftermarket cooling equipment! :D

Scythe Ninja Passive - CPU
Arctic Cooling Accels1 Passive - GPU
Scythe Flex 800rpm 120mm fan
(soon to be) Noctua 600rpm 120mm fan

Made a world of difference in terms of sound. Pair them up with my P180b case and it's as close to silence as you're going to get without doing some serious modding!
 
Haha! I'm the complete opposite! :P

5 - 120mm Case Fans
1 - 200mm Fan
Tuniq Tower + 120mm Fan
OCZ XTC RAM Cooler (2 - 60mm Fans)
 
Yeah -- It's totally overkill! But why buy something less-- only to be replaced sometime. I figure give myself plenty of headroom. Usually, when I buy something -- I buy BIG. So the next time I get a new GFX card, it will also be overkill at the time (and it won't be one, but two gfxs cards).
 
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