PSU Upgrade questions

[XabbaRus]

OK decided I am going to upgrad eth ePSU on my PC, at the moment it is the standard 300W PSU that came with my system, Micro ATX form.

At PC World they have a PCI-Express GForce *600 GT for £80 but it needs a 350W min PSU, so I am looking at a couple of 400 to 480W PSU on maplin.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=115169&doy=29m12#overview
this is one I am looking at as it fits my price range, can't go mega expensive. I have an Intel D915GAV mobo and want to be sure that this one is compatible.

[SUBMAN1]

Pick one of these instead:

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/kl.aspx?mfr=SEASONIC

Specifically, the S12 series. They are silent and powerful. If you want to spend more money, I believe the M series is modular.

-S

PS. A review - http://www.silentpcreview.com/article656-page1.html

[Konovalov]

Pick one of these instead:

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/kl.aspx?mfr=SEASONIC

Specifically, the S12 series. They are silent and powerful. If you want to spend more money, I believe the M series is modular.

-S

PS. A review - http://www.silentpcreview.com/article656-page1.html

I have a Seasonic M12 600w PSU and it is fantastic. Quiet and darn reliable. From what you are saying a 500w should be enough. Other reliable brands are Antec, Zalman, and Corsair (may be Seasonic re-badged?). Whatever you do just don't get some generic cheapy PSU. :yep:

[porphy]

I have the Seasonic S12 600w. Best PSU I have tried. Quiet and delivers with no problems. I don't think modular is that much better, unless you have very few things to connect to the PSU or a small case. (I used to have a cooltek 500w, it was silent untill put under pressure and got warm. Also it decided to chicken out and die one morning...)

cheers

[XabbaRus]

WEll that one from Maplin fits my board...will have a look at cost on those others.

Having had a good look at the loadings I could get away with the current PSU IF I only have my joystick and mouse plugged in and remove the model (not used anyway) and the TV card (also not used).

[XabbaRus]

Look nice but outside my budget :( I also need Micro ATX these are all ATX, just discovered that.

[darius359au]

It all depends on what sized case youve got , Ive got a micro ATX board in a standard case (MSI K8mm-v) , and im useing this for my psu http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=04651

The MOBO power connectors are all standard , doesn't matter if its micro atx or full sized.