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Archer
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Odin is 70% efficient. Uses lower grade components vs Corsair. If the PSU dies it can take out everything (worst case scenario). So with a possible failure of R5000+ worth of equipment how can you justify not spending R300-400 more? a PSU is the one case where spending to get something well made is well worth it. Everything else the budget options usually performs within 5% (usually less) of the more expensive variant I agree with that. But not so with a PSU. And if a Corsair blows up 4 years 11 months down the line its still under warranty, so it will cost you R0 to replace it.
Tiaan
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Archer how about the Cooler Master GX 650W ?
This is a good philosophy which I learnt the hard way. Many years ago I was in marine navigation systems (in the field) working on vaguely electronicky stuff. There are differing schools of thought regarding the quality of tools (applies to PSU’s as well). I reached an epiphany on the top of a ships radar mast watching my expensive Snap-On screwdriver disappearing into the sea. After that I bought cheapish screwdrivers. Not a train smash if you lost one. Besides, I could hammer on them and use them as levers (a big no-no with high quality tools) but it is convenient. When they bent or broke I would simply buy another. Painless.
Archer
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Much better, it has an 80%+ efficiency, single rail 12V design and all the usual electrical protections (OVP / UVP / OPP / OTP / SCP) of which the Odin has none (none are shown on the specs on their webiste). You could go for a 550W though to save cash
edit - the Odin only has one 6 pin power connector, the GTX460 needs 2, so you would've had to use an adaptor anyway which is not ideal
Archer
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And has it taken any of your other components with it? Unlikely since Corsair has over voltage protection (and several other protection devices). The Odin has NONE according to its specs. If the Odin dies it could easily wipe out the whole machine.
Archer
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I took the specs from gigabyte.com, not co.za. I do read well, pity that you need to resort to insults to get your point across. Anyway I checked the downloads section this time, the brochure thingy also shows it has all the usual protections. It still only has one 6 pin connector though, and lower quality parts. But with those protections you could go for it if budget is serisouly tight. I would still not do it however.
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Archer
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I went and looked again and revised my recommendation, go read my previous post. What more do you want?? Sheeez. Not my fault that gigabyte kind of hides their info all over the place, with different info on different sites. One would expect full specs to be listed on the product page, and not have to go look at the product series page.
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KhoisanX
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And that's how it all started
In all fairness, while the VX450 is better than the Odin, the Odin should do the job just fine. Even better if it costs R315 vs ~R800 for the Corsair, the greater efficieny will pay for itself over time though.
Tiaan
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So all that separates the two is the warranty?
Archer
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Warranty and likely the components inside. The two go together, better components = longer life (warranty). And before I get blasted away again I will say I have not yet found a review for the Odin that details the components used.
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Rudimental
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It will be fine. This is all unnecessary drama, really. The Gigabyte is a decent PSU. Nothing special, but nothing bad either. I've not heard of any issues with them and have used the 470W in a couple of PCs I previously built for people, which are doing fine 6 months down the road, if you'd like anecdotal evidence. If you want a higher quality PSU then you can pay for one, but don't feel that you need one for your PC not to have any problems.
Generally Gigabyte PSU's are for the very low end systems and office pc's where they dont get strained much, i have personally owned 3 and all lasted less than a year in my previous gaming machines, im with Archer on this one
pay a little extra for quality and check the connectors the unit has.Personally i prefer Antec
These kinds of posts is pointless to the OP, sure these gigabyte units feature some (or all?) of the safety features but it all boils down to Cut in,Cut out time in ms and also voltage regulation. All in all i would not recommend Gigabyte PSU's for ANY gaming machine.
After lots of research I came up with these specs, going to buy this week, any thoughts?
GIGABYTE® ODIN 585W PSU
2 x Kingmax 2GB DDR3-1333MHz
Cooler Master Centurion 5 Chassis
Leadtek® nVidia® GeForce GTX460 - 1024MB GDDR5
GIGABYTE® 890GPA-UD3H
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
LG 22X SATA DVD WRITER
Seagate HDD
Whole Package is R 8300,00
Any better prices also welcome!
Good budget build btw, im building my brother a similar setup with a i5 750 etc, cept the PSU though :erm:
nakedpeanut
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Actually the 955 would be as it's cheaper and is essentially the same chip just clocked lower, which you could OC to the same speeds.
Please have a look at the 460 power requirements..
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/07/12/nvidia-geforce-gtx-460-graphics-card-review/11
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-gf104-fermi,2684-13.html
I'm running a 5770 and OC i5 750 @ 3.4 on OCZ StealthXStream 400w
The 460 uses about 20-30w more than the 5770, so a good quality 450w will be perfect for you..
nakedpeanut
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Yes, was just a reply to what cpu HJF mentioned, not allot of people OC including myself. Dont know but i like running things stock
Also agree on the quality psu though
Haha but that is no fun
And all you'd have to do is change the multiplier by 1 digit, from 16 to 17 (some one correct me if i'm wrong) then you got a 965 But go with the hex, it's nice for bragging rights. Just to say you got six cores is cool
hahaJust a note to OP or any others that want to OC their 1055t.. It draws quite a bit of power according to this little article!! Compare it and my i5 both at 4GHz and thats a massive leap in power consumption. And yes I know it is 6 v 4 cores.. but still... http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1055t-overclocking_9.html OC'd you'll need a bigger better PSU to handle this thing
Tiaan
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I know about the HUGE increase in power consumption when OC'd, that's why I have decided to go with the Coolermaster GX650, not because the Gigabyte is lacking anything, I prefer the Gigabyte because of it's value, but because I want to OC'd a don't want to have problems with the PSU, and most of all because I can get the GX650 for R940,00 which is good value for money, as I see it...
PS: Having just read your link, 650W will be enough, I mean come on! ???
PS: Having just read your link, 650W will be enough, I mean come on! ???
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