FSP Blue Storm or OCZ Modstream?

[Robc1880]

I am going to be ordering a new PSU and I've narrowed it down to the FSP Blue Storm 500W or OCZ Modstream 520W. Do one of these have more stable rails than the other? I can't seem to find a review comparing the two, so could someone tell me how their performance is? Is it just the flip of a coin between these two PSU's?

I will need it to power this rig:
A64 3000
DFI NF4 Ultra-D
ATI x850xt
1GB (2x512mb) Patriot 3200LLK
Lite On SOHW-832s
Seagate 160GB SATA hard drive

I will be planning on overclocking soon so I want to make sure I have enough power for it. Thanks in advance for any help

 

[Crashman]

Who makes OCZ's power supplies for them? If I knew the actual manufacturer I could probably refer to the history of quality from them.

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[dunklegend]

I have the Fortron PSU and it works fine for me.
My system specs are:
Raidmax Gaming Case W/Fortron Blue Storm 500W PSU
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra (A64 3000+)
Corsair ValueSelect (2 x 512MB)DDR
eVGA Geforce 6600 256MB PCIe
WD 80GB SATA150+WD 200GB HDD+Maxtor 200GB HDD+WD 250GB HDD
NEC DL DVD Burner


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[Robc1880]

would you be able to post your rails for me?

 

[dunklegend]

Sure, but I don't know how to do it.
If you tell me how I'll post them.

Nothing is as easy as it looks

 

[Robc1880]

do you have motherboard monitor? U can use that or speefan and it will tell you what the voltages are.

 

[dunklegend]

Speedfan says:
Vcore 1.48V
+12V 12.77V
3.3V 1.54V
Vcc 4.93V
Vin2 0.00V
5Vsb 4.96V
Vbat 0.00V


Nothing is as easy as it looks

 

[Robc1880]

looks like that 3.3v is not being detected right because I doubt that your system would boot with it that low. Thanks for posting the voltages though. I will definitely be ordering one.

 

[dunklegend]

Do you know what could be the cause for the 3.3V not being detected right?

Nothing is as easy as it looks

 

[mozzartusm]

Ive got my voltage rails graphed out if you want to see them but my PSU is a Thermaltake 680W.



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TT 680W PSU

 

[mozzartusm]

Its hard to find software that will show the actual values but one that has totally been reworked and so far im really impressed with is here.<A HREF="http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php" target="_new">http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php</A>

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Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667@<font color=red>DDR2 800<font color=red> make that <font color=red>DDR2 855 VALIDATED!<font color=red>Owned!
TT 680W PSU

 

[Robc1880]

dunklegend, I'm not too sure what would be causing the wrong detection on your voltages, you could try another program. Thanks for the link mozzartusm that program is pretty nice.

 

[mozzartusm]

No problem. Is it reporting numbers that seem to be accurate?

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TT 680W PSU

 

[dunklegend]

Thanks for the link mozzartusm, I'll install the program and then I'll post if it gives me better readings.

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[Robc1880]

yes it's giving me pretty accurate readings. thanks again.