iBest 650W Aluminum ATX Power Supply

[Smidley]

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...0ab6efed06123f

Does anyone know if this PSU is any good (especially for overclocking)? The price sounds too good to be true.

Specs:

Athlon XP 2100+ (Will be overclocking)
Shuttle AK31v3.1 mobo
1.5 GB PC2100 DDR (May be overclocking)
Asus 9800 Pro 256 (May be overclocking)
Creative Live! Platinum w/Live! Drive
16x DVD Drive
20x10x40 CD-RW Drive
80 GB Maxtor HDD
40 GB Western Digital HDD
3.5 Floppy
ViewSonic E90F+SB 19" Monitor
2 Rear 80mm case fans
1 Front 80mm case fan
SwiftTech MCX462-V™ Heatsink w/Vantec Tornado 92mm fan
100/10 Realtek Ethernet Card
5-Port USB 2.0 PCI Card

Thanks to any help.

[cysus]

Looks cool, i'd go for it. Just don't expect it to be as awsome as it says, I've never heard of iBEST.

[Smidley]

I've updated my post with some important info that was left out.

[Omardeth]

looks like a single fan power supply . amd recomends a dual fan power supply .

[JPMiller]

For $72 I would go with a Sparkle , Fortron, or Antec.

[Smidley]

It says "Two 12VDC fans" under the "Features" section...

[peterwilkes]

This PSU looks OK but it has no specs. What are the individual rail max currents? The MTBF (Mean Time Before Failiure) figure at 30,000 hrs is nothing special for a PSU this expensive. There are normally 50k or even 100k hours for much cheaper PSU's.

You will not need any more than a 400 watt PSU for your system, spend the extra money on getting a high quality, low noise PSU for manufacturers such as Antec and you cannot go wrong.

[jmichna]

Anybody notice the "30 Day Warranty" and you'd have to pay another $15 to extend it to one year?

The Turbo Cool line by PC Power & Cooling are 5 year warranty. My Antec True-Blue 480 came with a 3 year warranty. Even my Enermax 350 came with a one year warranty.

[Smidley]

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...0ab6efed06123f

OK...I really don't want to take my chances when overclocking. Here's another prospective PSU. What do you think of it?

I only ask because I know very little along the lines of volts, amperes, etc. and I'm relatively new to the overclocking scene.

Also, it seems that all of the products on that website have that 30-day to 1 year extended warranty, but I think that's the reseller's. I'm sure there are manufacturer warranties as well.

Any direction to a good overclocking or tutorial site would also be greatly appreciated but not necessary.

You all have been extremely helpful and I'd be lost without this forum. Thanks again so much to any help.

[rastorize]

WOW $189! It better be good! It looks NICE...you can control the voltages, fan speeds, cooling, noise...wow. Besides that, it's an Antec, I don't think you could go wrong there...I've never had a problem with an Antec power suppy.