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pHaestus · 09-13-2002, 04:19 PM

I would be concerned about the line noise and fluctuations; if you have the equipment to check it out though by all means go ahead.

For serious overclocker's price/performance I recommend the Sparkle 400W. The heatsinks in it are probably 2x the size of any of these "2 fan" PSUs, and they take considerable pains to make sure that the power is clean and constant. PC Power and Cooling is too much money for me to justify, and PSUs of lesser price all are of lesser quality. I think the old Antec 400W PSUs had pretty beefy reputation as well.

My instinct is that there is no difference in HEC, Enermax, or Antec's newer models other than some minor features and colors. Given the track record of Enermaxes that would give me pause with the other two...

09-13-2002, 04:19 PM	#12
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	I would be concerned about the line noise and fluctuations; if you have the equipment to check it out though by all means go ahead. For serious overclocker's price/performance I recommend the Sparkle 400W. The heatsinks in it are probably 2x the size of any of these "2 fan" PSUs, and they take considerable pains to make sure that the power is clean and constant. PC Power and Cooling is too much money for me to justify, and PSUs of lesser price all are of lesser quality. I think the old Antec 400W PSUs had pretty beefy reputation as well. My instinct is that there is no difference in HEC, Enermax, or Antec's newer models other than some minor features and colors. Given the track record of Enermaxes that would give me pause with the other two...