Done with s-12 500w plus dfi what now?

stukovx · Post by **stukovx** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:15 pm

After I had my seasonic s-12 die on me I RMAed it and a week ago and still havent gotten a confirmation email.

Anyway, either I got a faulty psu, or the psu and the dfi ultra-d dont want to get along. It was working fine for about a week or two before I moved my hardware from my lian li to my p180. To make a long story short, whenever I plugged the sata power in, it would boot for 1 second and stop. And when I didnt use the sata, it would boot, but my board gave me 4 leds and it wouldnt show anything on the screen.

So my question is, what are other quiet alternative psu's besides seasonic? I'm lookin for something with at least 480w and is reliable and not too expensive (120ish?)

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:05 pm

We have this nice and handy list called: Power Supply Fundamentals & Recommendations.
Now if you don't want to understand why SPCR recommends the PSU's they recommend, you can browse directly to page 6, where you can find the "Recommendations" part of the article. Apart from the S12's there is no PSU that fits in all your requirements. But two that fit almost. Have a look.

B.T.W. You know that your requirement of >480W is not really sensible, do you? It is a safe net called for by DFI and nVidia, because a lot of cheap and bling PSU's are not honestly rated.

stukovx · Post by **stukovx** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:24 pm

thanks for the help, so do you think a 430 seasonic maybe enough for me? My specs now:
3000+ venice
dfi ultra-d
1gig ocz ram
6600gt
creative x-fi
1 dvd drive
1 zalman fan controller

Im planning to upgrade to a 3800+ x2 as soon as it arrives and my video card to a 7800gt.

Any thoughts?

StarfishChris · Post by **StarfishChris** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:37 am

I'm thinking 380w in case you goes SLI. Your current system would be more than adequately served by a 300w PS (unless you're watercooling with insane overclocks).

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:39 am

I think 430W is plenty. But I remember something about problems between Seasonic PSU's and DFI boards. Then the problem was solved. But I recently again read a remark about a problem between them. So you might want to do some searching (on other websites) about that, as I don't know the details.

stukovx · Post by **stukovx** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:29 pm

yeah been reading up at dfi-street and I only read them makin a revision for their 600w versions so i dunno. Anyway ordered my s12 430 today, will keep you guys updated when i recieve it.

stukovx · Post by **stukovx** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:13 pm

well, i got my s12 430 watt today and plugged everything in and booted up. It still has 4 leds on the dfi board so im pretty certain its not the psu causing this. I think something may be wrong with my 3000+ venice but i dunno. Anyway, my 3800+ x2 will be coming in 2 days so i will keep you posted.