Which case?

[silent_partner]

Aesthetics aside, which how do you rate the following combos:

1. Antec A150 (with included psu)
2. Antec SLK3000B + seasonic
3. Evercase + seasonic

With all the psu troubles of the A150, I'm thinking perhaps the less painful route would be number 2.

What do you folks think?

[Aris]

you mean P150 right?


i would rate them in the order you listed them:

P150
SLK3000B
Evercase

[silent_partner]

Yes, the P150!!! thanks.

[TomZ]

With all the psu troubles of the A150, I'm thinking perhaps the less painful route would be number 2.

From the limited information available, it seems that if you have a motherboard that will not work with the NeoHE 430 (the PSU included with the P150), then that same motherboard would also not work properly a Seasonic supply.

The NeoHE has a minimum 1A load requirement on the 12V rail(s). It appears that this is the cause of the recently noted incompatibilities. Some of the Seasonic supplies, such as the S12-500 and S12-600, have the same minimum load requirement.

More details in this thread: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=30289

[GoranS]

I chose the P150 in spite of all the reported problems and I am very pleased with it so far.

But before I bought it I contacted the vendor and asked which version they delivered to make sure it was the revised version. Mostly because my MB is an ASUS A8N-VM CSM, and it had reported compatibility issues with older NeoHE.

Apart from that, you just need to make your system draws enough power at startup. I guess that is true for both NeoHE and Seasonic with the specs TomZ mentioned. This thread also discusses the power issue and some possibly risky solutions: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=30001

[silent_partner]

Is there a version number for the revised version?

[JimX]

The S/N has to start with 0512 or 06**. YYMM. My 0511 wouldn't start with Asus A8N-VM CSM. And then there are the tricks mentioned.