OCZ StealthXStream 500W or HEC 500TE-2WX 500W
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Fatback
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Yes it's a whole lot better OCZ is a name brand power supply and they are reliable. Hec is an off brand and personally I have had 3 or 4 go out on me. I can almost guarantee that everybody is going to recommend a OCZ over a hec.
rubber314chicken
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I'd go with the OCZ. The thing about the power supply is if it fails, it can fry the rest of your components, putting you out a ton of money. That's why you wanna stick to name brand reputable power supplies.
bomberboysk
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The OCZ is the better of the two, ocz makes quality power supplies.
If you wanna save some money, the Xclio Stablepower 500W may be had for a bit cheaper than the OCZ and is just as good.
If you wanna save some money, the Xclio Stablepower 500W may be had for a bit cheaper than the OCZ and is just as good.
Definitely go with the ocz, I would never trust a HEC as they could fail any time and take other parts with it. Don't skimp on power supplies.
Fatback
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Yea it should be fine look at the rig in my sig it's running on a 400w corsair. Although I would do as bomber said and get a Xclio Stablepower 500w which is an awesome PSU for the price and a little better quality then the OCZ StealthXStream.
Well i decided to get the corsair 450VX
I have 2 important questions though:
1. Wiil it be enough to hold this system in a good way even under load?
2. If i will decide to upgrade a GPU in the future, is there a chance the corsair wont be enough?
this is the rig:
AMD Phenom 2 X3 720 Black Edition Triple Core AM3 Tray
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU COOLER
Gigabyte MA-770-UD3 Rev2 AMD770 CHIPSET
OCZ 4GB Kit DDR2 800Mhz Value
WD 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Sata2 AAKS WD5000AAKS
LG GH22NS30 SATA x 22 Black
ANTEC Three Hundred 300
GigaByte ATI Radeon 4850 512mb GDDR3 HDMI Zalman
I have 2 important questions though:
1. Wiil it be enough to hold this system in a good way even under load?
2. If i will decide to upgrade a GPU in the future, is there a chance the corsair wont be enough?
this is the rig:
AMD Phenom 2 X3 720 Black Edition Triple Core AM3 Tray
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU COOLER
Gigabyte MA-770-UD3 Rev2 AMD770 CHIPSET
OCZ 4GB Kit DDR2 800Mhz Value
WD 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Sata2 AAKS WD5000AAKS
LG GH22NS30 SATA x 22 Black
ANTEC Three Hundred 300
GigaByte ATI Radeon 4850 512mb GDDR3 HDMI Zalman
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bomberboysk
Active Member
Might run a 4830 but i wouldnt put much more on it, as 450w is a pretty small psu even if it is a corsair. Id go for at least a 500W Stablepower, or 600W StealthXStream if you plan on uopgrading much more.
Ethan3.14159
Active Member
That shouldn't have much trouble running a 4850. 33 amps on the 12v rail is quite enough for a 4850, as it doesn't suck much power. Neither does the Phenom II X3 720. He could throw in another hard drive and be okay. But that's about it as far as upgrading the video card.
So basically im limited in a video card upgrade? 4890 or the new 5XXX series wont be able to handle it?
FairDoos
Active Member
Personally im using a OCZ 700W ModXStream PRO its not failed me so fare the only bad thing is that if you have a big case the CPU Power Cable is very short which its got bad reviews about but im generally using a big case anyway so silly me xD But if your affected by this problem there is an adapter they sell so not to worry 
Im not sure if thats a problem with the 500W version though?
Im not sure if thats a problem with the 500W version though?
bomberboysk
Active Member
Well, even then you have to think about running the rest of the system, hard drives,fans, etc. 400W Just isnt that much room to play with.
Ignorantguy
New Member
You could get away 350w for a psu. The only thing to worry about is the number of 12v components you'll have which is 2. 450-500 future proofs your setup to an extent for more drives later.