Which is a better Product. Fortron or Enermax?

[Rob423]

What is a Better PS, High End Fortron, or The Dual Fan Enermax whisper. On the site im getting my case, the Fortron's are More expensive, but price doesn't always mean it's better...

Later, Rob

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[Grifter]

i dont know much about fortron but some mid-range enermax's can have trouble regulating power on the 5v rail
personally i have the beasty 550 watt enermax so i cant even get close to pushing her therefore dont have any trouble !


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[Guest]

I personally lean towards the Enermax for reliability.

Their products seem to be of excellent quality as compared to the other PSU's.

 

[OldBear]

That 5v rail problem was with overclocking but on the
later Emermax builds the problem has been fixed.

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[PCHardstuff]

Go with enermax. I love mine and will use no other PS again.

 

[Cyprus]

i havent had any problems with my enermax.


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[OldBear]

I haven't had any problems with my Enermax either and
I am glad I bought it.

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[Rob423]

building a AMD 2000+ with the SoyoDragon+ , i was gonna go with the 350 watt Enermax...i guess 350 watt's is good right?, and i need to pick a Cpu cooler already, im going crazy on which to pick.. i have a Soyo Dragon Plus MOBO... i was gonna get the Alpha 8045... i guess this is good i hear alot about it..

Thanks, Rob

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[OldBear]

Yes the Enermax 350w is a good choice or go a little more and pick the 431w
to allow for future system upgrade.
The Alpha Pal 8045 is a very good hs.

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[Crashman]

ME BIG CHIEF use 250 watt generic OEM power supply with a PIII overclocked to 1225, 512MB, 4 hard drives, two CDROM drives, SCSI, floppy, ZIP, sound, OC'ed Radeon LE, NIC, 92mm Delta, 6000RPM 50mm on video, 7000RPM 60mm on CPU, Panaflow high flow in power supply, etc.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[Arrow]

I don't know much about Fortron either, but Enermax is well-known for reliability.

Rob
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[peteb]

sometimes you get lucky...

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[Crashman]

You should feel the heat from this CPU! Man, those new Intel heatsinks just didn't cut it, even though it was big, the thing would get almost scalding hot, I tried it just to get the noise level down but would NOT recommend it.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[peteb]

what voltage are you having to use for that PIII?

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[Crashman]

1.95v. I think I could get away with 1.90v if I tried. Remember that even when Tom had problems with his 1.13GHz CPU, Steve said he got rid of his same problems by raising the voltage.

These new Coppermines have the heat spreader, just like Tualatins, and I don't know what the limits are for the paste Intel uses between the spreader and the core, but it seems to me I ought to be able to reach 1200MHz on a board that supports higher bus speeds, at around 2.05v.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?