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http://frys.com/product/5503410

* 80 PLUSŪ certified: reduces operating costs and protects the environment
* ATX12V version 2.2 and EPS12V version 2.91 compatible
* 120mm low noise cooling fan
* Three 12V output circuits provide added system stability
* Industrial-grade protection circuitry prevents damage resulting from short circuits, power overloads, over voltage, and under voltage
* 6 SATA connectors
* One (6+2) PCI-E connector
* Safety approvals: UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, CB, C-tick, CCC
* Universal Input
* Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)
* PF value up to 99%
* AQ3 Antec Quality three-year parts and labor warranty

love earthwatts, but personally havent got any seasonic made, only Delta

Message edited by: VirtuaL on 2008-10-12 00:33:34 CDT
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If anyone wants a Seasonic made 650W PSU and has a Fry's B&M nearby, check out this deal.

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This is an excellent deal. I picked up a few when they were $70 at Microcenter B&M. I haven't used them in a build yet. They look solid, and the review I linked in the QS looks good too.

Don't forget that the Antec Basiq 500W is $30 at Microcenter too, as a lower-price alternative. The Basiq 500W has two 18A rails, and one PCI-E 6-pin connector. The 650W has three 12V rails, 22A, 22A, and 25A, and it has both a 6-pin PCI-E, as well as a 6+2-pin PCI-E. Meaning, it can support two video cards with six-pin connectors, or a card with a six- and an eight-pin connector.

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VirtuaL said:This is an excellent deal. I picked up a few when they were $70 at Microcenter B&M. I haven't used them in a build yet. They look solid, and the review I linked in the QS looks good too.

Don't forget that the Antec Basiq 500W is $30 at Microcenter too, as a lower-price alternative. The Basiq 500W has two 18A rails, and one PCI-E 6-pin connector. The 650W has three 12V rails, 22A, 22A, and 25A, and it has both a 6-pin PCI-E, as well as a 6+2-pin PCI-E. Meaning, it can support two video cards with six-pin connectors, or a card with a six- and an eight-pin connector.

FYI: As I found out last week, contrary to Microcenters ad at the time, (not now, as I complained and they fixed the ad), the Antec Basiq 500W for $30 at Microcenter does NOT have the newer 8-pin CPU power connector, only a 4-pin one. An older 4-pin power will usually work in the correct half of the 8-pin motherboard CPU power socket. However, it's not reccomended, and forfeits some of the overvoltage protection (as I understand). So, if your motherboard has an 8-pin CPU power, it's better to get an 8-pin PSU, especially if you're going to overclock or run many pheripherals, as I do. This ad mistake by Microcenter cost me 140 miles total in 2 trips to the store, so I got Microcenter to match Newegg's price on a 500W PC Power and Cooling power supply, at $65. It has a 5 year warranty, comes with a personalized test report, and this brand has been used in the last 10 Dream PC's by MaximumPC magazine.

Message edited by: pentiuman on 2008-10-12 11:30:05 CDT
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pentiuman said:FYI: As I found out last week, contrary to Microcenters ad at the time, (not now, as I complained and they fixed the ad), the Antec Basiq 500W for $30 at Microcenter does NOT have the newer 8-pin CPU power connector, only a 4-pin one. An older 4-pin power will usually work in the correct half of the 8-pin motherboard CPU power socket. However, it's not reccomended, and forfeits some of the overvoltage protection (as I understand).
That's true, it does only have a 4-pin ATX12V connector. It's not really a big deal though, as you said, you can plug the 4 pins into half of an 8-pin connector on the motherboard. The only issue is that an 8-pin can deliver more current, and thus more stable overclocks for those 4Ghz quad-core chips. It has nothing to do with overvoltage protection. Most 500W-class PSUs do only have the 4-pin connector, so it's not really a surprise.

pentiuman said:So, if your motherboard has an 8-pin CPU power, it's better to get an 8-pin PSU, especially if you're going to overclock or run many pheripherals, as I do. This ad mistake by Microcenter cost me 140 miles total in 2 trips to the store, so I got Microcenter to match Newegg's price on a 500W PC Power and Cooling power supply, at $65. It has a 5 year warranty, comes with a personalized test report, and this brand has been used in the last 10 Dream PC's by MaximumPC magazine.
If you really feel that you need an 8-pin power connector, then by all means get a PSU with an 8-pin connector. I apologize for not getting into more detail about the differences of those two PSUs that I listed. I am planning on using the EA650 (with the 8-pin connector) for my 3.6Ghz Q6600 quad-core builds, on an X48 mobo that also has 8-pin power connectors.

But the Basiq 500W works just fine for an AMD Opteron 165 dual-core rig, with an add-on PCI-E video card.

Edit: I forget what the cutoff for wattage is between using the 4-pin and recommending the 8-pin. I think it's something around 120W TDP, perhaps slightly more because I've seen AMD boards that support 125W TDP chips with only a four-pin mobo connector.

Message edited by: VirtuaL on 2008-10-13 11:21:35 CDT
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