Is this a good power supplly ?

Bodaggit23 said:
It's only a 36Amp PSU, but it's great quality.

As long as you don't get a high end GPU you'd be ok.
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If I can get the parts - it'd be a Quad-core - on-board MOBO GPU to start out with - but right now - I haven't seen any AM3 boards with an on board GPU yet. So may end up with low end GPU if I must - 50-100 dollar range.

PSU isn't something I've been looking into that much. What's a good amp rating / power rating for a mainstream computer build. May morph into some video editing / DVR - television viewing but gaming is something I may toy with in the future - but I really doubt it. I have a Playstation II a few years ago - and it morphed into a DVD player b/c I never used it for games.

Mostly office work / web surfing / some multi-media usage

Would this 500w 36 amp PSU handle those needs - or should I pass. I don't need this PSU anytime soon - just thought for 30 bucks if I could pick up a quality need - it'd bring down the price of the build. I was planning on spending around 50 bucks for the PSU.

Specs said:
1 x 20+4-pin ATX
1 x 4-pin CPU
1 x 6-pin PCI-E
2 x SATA
4 x Peripheral
1 x Floppy
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Would these specs be enough? This topic is well beyond my understanding - as I noted - I've not done anything much in the way of research for power supply.
 
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You can't just add up the rails to get the total output from the 12V rail because of the max wattage. It's a good price but if you're going to be building a nice computer I would go for something that has a little bit more power and has better ratings. You don't want to skimp out on the PSU, it's the most important part. I would look at something from Corsair or PC P&C.
 
They got a 650 W corsair for 70 bucks After Rebate right now.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

Is that a once in a lifetime price - or will that show up every couple of months? I won't be doing a build for a couple of months. I'm want the price of the new Phenom II to come down a bit. Ideally in the 150.00 range. Want to do something on the AM3 socket - that I can put together and keep for the next couple of years without upgrading the main components for a while.

Thought about putting together a budget dual core - for a first build - but figured I'd be double dipping on upgrades to memory - MOBO - and CPU - so I can hold off with what I got for a while.
 
Corsair power supplies on NewEgg are pretty much always on sale, always have free shipping, and always have a pretty big rebate. That might be the lowest I've seen it, but not by much. If you order it later you may have to pay $20 more. And that is a very good power supply, single rail and high efficiency.
 
Jamin43 said:
They got a 650 W corsair for 70 bucks After Rebate right now.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

Is that a once in a lifetime price - or will that show up every couple of months? I won't be doing a build for a couple of months. I'm want the price of the new Phenom II to come down a bit. Ideally in the 150.00 range. Want to do something on the AM3 socket - that I can put together and keep for the next couple of years without upgrading the main components for a while.

Thought about putting together a budget dual core - for a first build - but figured I'd be double dipping on upgrades to memory - MOBO - and CPU - so I can hold off with what I got for a while.
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Corsair PSU's FTW!
 
With EPS cert, you can add the two rails together.

Anyway, decent PSU but don't overclock or install anything too top end. I would suggest the smart PSU is the Corsair, especially if you are in the US, where the voltage makes everything so inefficient anyway.
 
Wanted to thank everybody for their feedback. After a little deliberation - I just ordered the Corsair 650. It's probably overkill for my current needs - but should keep me going through the next 2 computer builds with a quality PSU - and if I want to upgrade - won't have to start over with another power supply.
 
Ethan3.14159 said:
Well, 36 amps is quite low even for a 500w PSU. Still a good PSU for the money
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Your kidding right, 36 amps is 432W, which means most of the 500W is over the 12v rails. The 500W should power any system short of an sli /xfire rig, or a dual gpu singlecard such as a gtx295 or 4870x2.
 
I had an OCZ 600W SXS and it had a high-pitch whistling problem that continued even
when the computer was turned off. Supposidly a lot of the 600 series was effected. I
had to pay like $10 to ship it back to OCZ - within a week they sent me a OCZ 700W
SXS replacement.

Wait a second... that's a good thing. Besides the one week wait, they upgraded me
for $10 :]
 
Euklid said:
I had an OCZ 600W SXS and it had a high-pitch whistling problem that continued even
when the computer was turned off. Supposidly a lot of the 600 series was effected. I
had to pay like $10 to ship it back to OCZ - within a week they sent me a OCZ 700W
SXS replacement.

Wait a second... that's a good thing. Besides the one week wait, they upgraded me
for $10 :]
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Ive had similar issues with coil whine on 8800gt's in builds, seems like alot of 8800gt's had coil whine issues(PNY especially). Although that was pretty sweet that ocz upgraded you to 700W over 600W. The ocz sxs series and xclio stablepower series are probably the best budget power supplies.
 
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