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Help me pick a PSU

ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
edited November 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
My PSU, one that came with my tiny case, is of very weird dimensions. I need to buy a new one but have only found a handful of PSUs that would actually fit. Since none of them are from any manufacturer that I recognize, I was hoping someone might have an opinion on this.

Athena Power AP-MFATX22 220W Mini ITX / Micro FLEX ATX / ATX12V Active PFC Power Supply

FSP Group FSP220-60LE(80) 220W Mini ITX/ Flex ATX 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

SPARKLE SPI220LE (80+) 220/250 Watts Flex ATX / ATX12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

hec HEC200SA2FX 200W Mini ITX Active PFC Power Supply

SeaSonic SS-300TFX Bronze 300W TFX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

APEX SL-275TFX 275W TFX12V Power Supply

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  • MugsleyMugsley DelawareRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Which case did you get? What are your other components? I'm very wary about any PSU in the 200-300W range unless the components are appropriately low-consumption.

    Simply choosing from your list, SeaSonic is a reputable manufacturer.


    Edit: ok wow! The 12V rails on that SeaSonic are excellent for such a small PSU!

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  • EgoEgo Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Hrrrmmmm. I'm having trouble figuring out if Shuttle PSUs are in the ITX form factor since I've never actually tried swapping shuttle and standard mini-itx PSUs (they sure look like the same form factor, to me.)

    But anyhow, if they're the same (or close enough that you can jimmy it,) I would absolutely recommend a shuttle PSU. They're well made and have really good rail balance for mainboard+CPU/GPU/components that actually lets them do pretty well with decent gear.

    Ego on
    Erik
  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Mugsley wrote: »
    Which case did you get? What are your other components? I'm very wary about any PSU in the 200-300W range unless the components are appropriately low-consumption.

    Simply choosing from your list, SeaSonic is a reputable manufacturer.


    Edit: ok wow! The 12V rails on that SeaSonic are excellent for such a small PSU!
    Its an In Win case. Side note, never buy anything from In Win (which is unfortunate because this is a fairly clever case), their customer service has not responded at all to e-mails or phone calls from me or New Egg for a week now. So much for a manufacturer's warranty... but I digress.

    Its a fairly low power build.
    AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
    GIGABYTE GA-785GMT-USB3 AM3 AMD 785G HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
    A hard drive, optical drive, and some USB devices. No wifi, no bluetooth, all on-board audio and video, etc.

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  • MugsleyMugsley DelawareRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    If no vidcard, then you're golden.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    You just had to pick the one without free shipping
    gosh
    (thanks)

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