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  • 04-12-2009 6:54pm
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    cian1500ww
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    I'm upgrading a home server I built that has the worst, crappy, noisy PSU ever. Its a 500W no brand PSU and it's way to noisy for running 24/7. I was looking at the Corsair VX 550W PSU http://www.dabs4work.ie/products/corsair-memory-550w-vx-psu-4Q0T.html Anyone have one of these ?? I've read a few reviews and they all say it's a good quiet PSU. I need a good reliable one but I don't need huge wattage as the server has no graphics card and only one hard drive for the moment but I may add one or two more into it in the future.


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    Anti
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    Corsair are fine psu's ive owned the 620, 650 750, 850 and 1kw versions all silent and stable.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Have that exact psu in my gaming pc. It's a great PSU, very quiet and I've never had any problems with it.


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    Effluo
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    You should probably just save yourself some money and get a corsair cx400 though.

    You won't need any more wattage

    The only thing you should look out for is, if you have quite a few hard-drives that there are enough connectors on the psu

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=404885


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Effluo wrote: »
    You should probably just save yourself some money and get a corsair cx400 though.

    You won't need any more wattage

    The only thing you should look out for is, if you have quite a few hard-drives that there are enough connectors on the psu

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=404885
    Definitely. My 550w powers a q6600, 2 HDDs, and an overclocked 4870. Probably still has loads of juice left in it.


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    Effluo
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Definitely. My 550w powers a q6600, 2 HDDs, and an overclocked 4870. Probably still has loads of juice left in it.

    You could run xfire 4870's off a good 550watt!

    It would deffo push the psu though...

    http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4870,1964-15.html


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    Anti
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    You can actually run a i7 with 8gigs of ram, 6 hdds and 2 5870's on a 500w psu :D

    Its not just about the wattage remember, its about the rails and how many amps are supplied and peak/effeciency.


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