After looking at the Tiered PSU post here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088
I've decided to try to go for one of the tier 1 brand PSUs. To me, modular is a must. After trying to find out if the Zippy PSUs (SSL, GSM, and PSL) and the Seventeam v2.91 PSUs were modular or not, I did not find much truth to that. I'm pretty sure at least one of the Seventeam's PSUs were modular from the picture provided on the site, but you can never be sure with just pictures (especially since a lot of manufacturers choose not to show the cables in the back for modular/non-modular PSUs). I may or may not need it, but the general rule of thumb is the higher the power, the safer I'll be, right? So anyone know if those PSUs from those two brands are modular or not?
Hopefully, I plan to Crossfire the upcoming R700 GPUs from AMD/ATI, maybe a bit more, so more power = better future choices, and Crossfire ready is nice. Haven't decided exactly how much power I want, but expect it to be high, well above that of the average joe.
That being said, anyone want to share their opinions in which modular PSU with high power is really great? Stable and reliable? Nothing too noisy, dead in a few weeks, could catch on fire, or any other qualms that would result?
The list from xtremesystems looks pretty valid, but are there any other sites with good PSU information? Any benchmark test results perhaps? Every other site seems to have different results on which PSU is best (not surprising, due to the variety out in the market), any site that has nice test numbers for popular high power modular PSUs, I've checked the tests at anadtech.com, can't decide which power supply fits me best though.
For now I'll be using an A64 x2 6400+ before upgrading to a Phenom once/if they work things out in 2008. If you need any more info off me, feel free to ask.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088
I've decided to try to go for one of the tier 1 brand PSUs. To me, modular is a must. After trying to find out if the Zippy PSUs (SSL, GSM, and PSL) and the Seventeam v2.91 PSUs were modular or not, I did not find much truth to that. I'm pretty sure at least one of the Seventeam's PSUs were modular from the picture provided on the site, but you can never be sure with just pictures (especially since a lot of manufacturers choose not to show the cables in the back for modular/non-modular PSUs). I may or may not need it, but the general rule of thumb is the higher the power, the safer I'll be, right? So anyone know if those PSUs from those two brands are modular or not?
Hopefully, I plan to Crossfire the upcoming R700 GPUs from AMD/ATI, maybe a bit more, so more power = better future choices, and Crossfire ready is nice. Haven't decided exactly how much power I want, but expect it to be high, well above that of the average joe.
That being said, anyone want to share their opinions in which modular PSU with high power is really great? Stable and reliable? Nothing too noisy, dead in a few weeks, could catch on fire, or any other qualms that would result?
The list from xtremesystems looks pretty valid, but are there any other sites with good PSU information? Any benchmark test results perhaps? Every other site seems to have different results on which PSU is best (not surprising, due to the variety out in the market), any site that has nice test numbers for popular high power modular PSUs, I've checked the tests at anadtech.com, can't decide which power supply fits me best though.
For now I'll be using an A64 x2 6400+ before upgrading to a Phenom once/if they work things out in 2008. If you need any more info off me, feel free to ask.
) . Became a little skeptical when I saw where it was on the tiered list, but if it's as reliable as you say (mainly concerned with it dying, or frying/burning the other parts), then I'll head on back over to the X-3s, 
. 2 quick questions, how good are they with noise, and how about their internal cooling?
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