what's a good brand for a case power supply... loking for a 400W power supply... thanx

 

antec, enermax...thats two off the top of my head.

 

Thermaltake makes some nice ones. Probably run pretty cool too.

 

my system has 2 hard drives, 1 CD ROM, 1 Burner, and 1 floppy.... is 350W enough or do i have to go for 400W?? i have 250W rite now

 

350w is good enough. I've got a 450w powerhouse in this compy for all my fans and cooling devices. But this stuff was running fine on a 350w supply.

I used 2 HDD, 1 DVD-rom, 1 burner, 1 floppy, 4 80mm fans and one pci slot exhaust blower.

 

Here's the one I'm using (mine's blue but it appears to be the same).

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-440&depa=1

I'm running 3 HD's (2 10k rpm SATA Raptors and a 7200 rpm storage drive) P4, DVD/CDRW combo drive and a Radeon 9800 pro with no problems.

 

actually, I think mine is a 500w PSU.

I remember thinking it was overkill, but it was cheap.

 

People go way overboard on their power supplies. 350W is good for almost all setups... the only exceptions tend to be A: Case modders B: People who put 130957320875083275 fans on their computer and C: Obnoxiously fast vid cards.


Even if they're cheap, high voltage supplies are typically quite loud.

 

the PSU I have is a pretty quiet one. When it runs without the other fans I have going, my computer is pretty quiet.

 

yes, my 550watt is very loud. although i have never blown out a power supply, i think its the heat that kills it and the room whr my comps are stashed are always cold.