PSUs??

[Animal_Mother]

Hey everybody,

I have been looking for a good PSU for some time now (some of u may rember my other post).

Well i have just found wot i think os a good 1, but is it?

Its a:
Chieftec PSU ATX 420W 2 fans
power supply for P4/AMD CPUs w/PFC

£56.96 inc. VAT

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info&p=24478&t=&l=&AvdID=1&CatID=13&GrpID=10&s=sr

So is this ne good?
Is my eternal search finaly over?
:D

Cheers

--PETE--

[bblqj78]

Dont know much about the chieftec ones.....

I was in the same situation as you...was advised to stay with a good manufacturer...wanted a good power supply..but didnt want to pay the world for it....

I eventaully purcahsed a 431W Enermax PSU which has manual fan speed adjuctment which is pretty cool. I found this at www.aria.co.uk at a cheaper price than what urs is....I dare say that it is also a better supply. The same power supply is costing £60-£70 at other online stores..!

Check here

http://www.aria.co.uk/displayproducts.asp?Category=96&Submit=submit

[BipolarBill]

Here's a comparison including a Chieftec:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20030609/power_supplies-12.html

[gtaylor]

Try a Thermal Take 420w PSU for £41.13 (retail) from www.microdirect.co.uk who is my supplier of choice at the moment. Great prices, great service, and a work trade account to get things even cheaper, lovely!

[Izdaari]

According to the Tom's article, the Chieftec appears to be a solid respectable unit, though not as good as Fortron, Zalman or the Antec TruePower series, so if you can get one of those for a good price, that'd be better, but if not the Chieftec should do nicely.