which power supply is best???

eshban · October 7, 2005, 4:54am

Hi,

i want to purchase a new computer Intel P4 945 motherboard, with 3.2 GHZ (HT) with 2MB cache memory.

kindly tell me that which power supply is best for my new system

300W, 350 W or 400 Watts.

i am waiting for reply.

Eshban

ninja_fetus · October 7, 2005, 6:27am

a name brand 400 watt or possibly higher

sabashuali · October 7, 2005, 6:31am

A very comprehensive guide here -

http://www.hardwareforums.com/showthread.php?t=5218

By the forum’s own Big B.

Big_B · October 7, 2005, 12:54pm

A power supply of 450W+ with a native (ie. no 20->24-pin adapter) 24-pin ATX power connector from Enermax, Sparkle/Fortron, PC Power & Cooling or OCZ are going to be your best bets.

Avoid any unit by Ultra or Q-Tec, as these are known to be problematic units and probably not up to code. They are not recommended for any system (I wouldn’t even pair one with a 300MHz Celeron system). There’s been one review that I know of where an Ultra power supply blew up during a heavy load test. HWF has seen several Q-Tec units that have been the cause of problems.