New Power Supply - Recommendations

[Mokey]

Hi there,
I need to buy myself a good psu soon and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations around the 600/650W range.
A modular power supply would be a big plus however is not absolutely vital.

[Broadsword1976]

*Swoops in with cape and ship on chest*

Corssssair!

Fanboy leaves.....

[Mokey]

Haha, forgot to add - I don't want to spend a fortune on it.

[Broadsword1976]

OCZ then... You make Corsair Fanboy cry

[Lorem-Ipsum]

I have the 650W XFX PSU and highly recommend it.

[therealmrhead]

These are the two cheapest 600-650w modular power supplies other than Arianet stuff, I'm not sure what the Arianet stuff is like to be honest. Both of these are good though. Obviously you pay a premium for a modular PSU but think of the better airflow with less cables hanging around

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=33612

or

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=40313

[Zaim]

I have the 650W XFX PSU and highly recommend it.

+1 I also recommend it, it's a great power supply.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=39858

[Mokey]

A friend of mine said about the xfx one too so it will certainly be worth a look at when the time comes...

Just waiting to get some money for it at the moment.

[Lorem-Ipsum]

I don't trust ocz PSU's but antec ones are supposed to be ok

[therealmrhead]

I have heard from a mate(who reads everything about all the new stuff) that OCZ have been a little shoddy of late compared to how they have been in the past but I can't say that with any personal experience, they have always been OK for me, having said that, the last OCZ stuff I had was DDR memory about 3 or 4 years ago, still works fine today.

[Lorem-Ipsum]

I bought some OCZ ddr ram ages ago and it works great! I agree it seems to be their new stuff that is lower quality.

[Mokey]

I have ocz ram in my computer that I bought a while ago.
Shame if ocz as a whole is starting to go downhill.

[conoflex]

After trying a Corsair psu for the first time a few months ago I would have to recommend them excellent quality and performance.

[cerberus]

After trying a Corsair psu for the first time a few months ago I would have to recommend them excellent quality and performance.

+1

[Pepp77]

It would appear the Arianet 650W Modular PSU is a Powercool.

Other sites seem to sell it for prices ranging from mid £40's to late £50's.

The figures given for it seem to suggest 520W of the 650 is assigned to the 12v rails - so 43W total.

I probably wouldnt run high end graphics cards on it, but it could do for a budget modular unit for a mid range machine.