antec phantom 350

[bgbysleepy]

the first time i used raidmax 420w and my system said that not enough power. so i go for powmax. I'm using 580w powmax psu right now. it's work fine. If i want to change to antec phantom 350 will i have enough power to run my system?

 

[Matthias99]

Are you gonna tell us what's *in* your system, or do we have to guess?

Generally, unless you have high-end SLI and a VERY fast CPU, a 300-400W PSU will be fine. If it's from a reputable manufacturer and you actually believe the specs.

It doesn't help when you choose two of the crappiest brands available (PowMax and RaidMax).

 

[bgbysleepy]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Are you gonna tell us what's *in* your system, or do we have to guess?

Generally, unless you have high-end SLI and a VERY fast CPU, a 300-400W PSU will be fine. If it's from a reputable manufacturer and you actually believe the specs.

It doesn't help when you choose two of the crappiest brands available (PowMax and RaidMax).

I have 4 hard drives, 2 sata, 2 ata. 7 fans, 1 zalman 7700cu cooler, 6600gt pny graphic card, 1 fan controller, 1 floppy, 1 dvdrw drive and some lighting.
so will this phantom 350w able to run my system?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: bgbysleepy

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Are you gonna tell us what's *in* your system, or do we have to guess?

Generally, unless you have high-end SLI and a VERY fast CPU, a 300-400W PSU will be fine. If it's from a reputable manufacturer and you actually believe the specs.

It doesn't help when you choose two of the crappiest brands available (PowMax and RaidMax).

I have 4 hard drives, 2 sata, 2 ata. 7 fans, 1 zalman 7700cu cooler, 6600gt pny graphic card, 1 fan controller, 1 floppy, 1 dvdrw drive and some lighting.
so will this phantom 350w able to run my system?

First, get rid of some of those fans. That thing must sound like a vacuum cleaner.

You'll be fine -- but you will need some airflow to cool that PSU (you do realize the "Phantom" is a fanless PSU, right?) You don't have anything particularly 'high-end' in there (unless the system has dual P4EE Xeons and you just forgot to mention that).

 

[dheffer]

300 watts from a quality, high efficient unit is all you need, tops
please dont waste your money on the phantom, why have a fanless psu when you already have 7 fans and 4 hard drives?
get a nice enermax or seasonic if you want a high efficiency psu thats also quiet, but dont spend $150+ on something that only takes $50 to get the job done, and more reliably at that
a lot of the phantoms have been having problems

 

[JimRaynor]

i'm on my third phantom right now. This one seems to be going ok, but the other two would just make my comp restart constantly or wouldn't boot at all.