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Balls of Steel
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Alright there's two PSUs that Newegg is pushing in their 60% off sale:

OCZ StealthXStream 600w - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] _-17152036

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Raidmax Hybrid 2 RX - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] _-17152036

The Raidmax is $15 more after shipping costs, would it be worth the extra money? I notice that the Raidmax is modular, which would be nice due to all of the stuff going on in my Antec 900. I know Raidmax makes some pretty nice higher-end cases (Smilidion), but do they make decent PSUs?

Any insight on this would be great. Here's the Slickdeals page for the PSUs

OCZ - http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=930076

Raidmax - Scroll down, couldn't find any other page besides this page http://promotions.newegg.com/NEema [...] -_-NA-_-NA


As far as what I need a new PSU for, I plan on making a big GPU upgrade, along with adding some more HDDs and possibly some other stuff, right now my PSU is just enough to power everything.

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Balls of Steel
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Bump, this deal probably won't be lasting much longer.

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mm well if i had to get one of the two i would get the OCZ just because it has more reviews. but then again i would not get ether of those unless that was all that i could afford. do you really need a new psu and if so why?

Balls of Steel
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ilovebarny wrote :

mm well if i had to get one of the two i would get the OCZ just because it has more reviews. but then again i would not get ether of those unless that was all that i could afford. do you really need a new psu and if so why?



Because I'm about to throw in 1-2 more HDDs and a 4870 in a month or two. They're both awesome deals and it seems like now's the time to upgrade, so that I won't be spending $100 instead of $38.

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Raidmax units are not the best quality, and can be a bit flimsy. Between them, the OCZ unit is the better buy.

Also consider PCP&P 610w unit. The price listed does not include the 20%($22) off. If counted in, the price is similar to your existing choices, while being a far better unit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703005


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dagger wrote :

Raidmax units are not the best quality, and can be a bit flimsy. Between them, the OCZ unit is the better buy.

Also consider PCP&P 610w unit. The price listed does not include the 20%($22) off. If counted in, the price is similar to your existing choices, while being a far better unit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703005



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I concur!

Balls of Steel
Profile: addict

I should point out that the OCZ is only $38 with shipping if you apply the code. The Raidmax is $39 with $11 dollar shipping when applying the code. So I'll go with the OCZ then, because for $38 it's hard to beat.


Message edited by IndigoMoss on 09-25-2008 at 10:54:08 AM
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Iv got the ocz stealthXstream 600w. Its a good quality power supply, iv never had any problems with it at all so i cant recommend it enough, iv used it in a number of builds and have yet to find any limitations.
Im using it to power a fairly fully loaded system and iv never had any issues.

Be wary of modular power supplies as the resistance of the cables increases the more they are attached/detached.

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I have the same PSU and its powering the system in my sig. It's a great PSU with an awesome deal. I have it for 7 months and so far no problems whatsoever. Enjoy it.


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