!!!!!!!!!!is my psu got the power!!!!!!!!

[sasrob]

Relisys TL970 19.1 TFT
amd3200xp
Kingston Hyperx 1gb 400MHz DDR ECC Registered
3D Blaster 5 FX5950 8x Agp
120gig sata
philips dvdrom
compact disc rewritable drive
450w
plus 4 fans and 1 jet force 7 (cpu cooler)

the thing is that with this new fx5950 8xagp is very high on the power supply and i would like to know if my 450w power supply can take it ok views on this would be a help!!!!!!!!!!

[danrok]

Make and model of PSU?

[sasrob]

q tec psu 450w daul fan gold

[danrok]

My spare PSU is a Q tec and it works fine, I've had it running a setup similar to yours without a problem. But, I think I got lucky, some are built better than others.

[Staz]

A good rule of thumb for PSU quality is weight. Some cheap PSUs don't have proper cooling or cheap parts but may still be OK. It is hit or miss. You will just have to try and see how it works. Check the voltages under idle and under full load and see how much they vary.

[Gizmo]

The only thing that worries me about the weight thing is, how long before the PSU makers start catching on and the cheap guys start putting in an extra pound or so of solder?

[Lazgoat]

I had a 550W Q-Tec and it worked great for about 9 months then the fans got noisy and it had to go.
I believe Stigweed had a similar experience but he just changed the fans. I know ET does not rate them at all!

Laz.

[danrok]

It's worth paying the extra for a good quality one which should give many years of service.

[Allan]

It will probably do ok... for a while. I've seen several Q-tec PSUs die.

[mixx666]

I have been using My Q-tec 550 for well over a year and never had a problem with it. It performs like any Eneramax or other top PSU’s, it has very stable voltage rails. My friends also use the same supply, and only one of the many was a bad supply. I suppose if you buy 1 and its bad then you will never trust a product from the same company again. But 1 bad PSU out of 8 is pretty good. Remember you can buy a top CPU and it may not overclock as well as another or you could get some expensive 3200LL Corsair Ram, yet it might not go much beyond its 200bus speed.

At the end of the day there is always a risk especially with hardware, it may be rubbish but for about £20 I don’t think you can go much wrong.

[scottman]

i use a antec true control it is great i don't think i can get a more powerful one 1 only 1 cpu i hope i don't out grow it like i did with my old 400watt just cool 1