Need Psu Help!

i have a store credit of $39.54 at tigerdirect.com (cuz i returned a defective PSU.) the defective one i returned was an ULTRA 500w with 2 blue led fans. Now the same PSU i had is almost $70.00, i want a PSU with at least 400w, but i dont really know which one. can someone tell me if ULTRA really does suck, or if i got a bad one, or if any of these choices are good:

I have an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe mobo 3.0ghz P4
4 80mm case fans
3 HDD's
CC lights w/controller
1 CDR
1 3.5
*edit* a Radeon 9500 pro (which is powered also)

how bout these PSU's:

diablotek (sound like a piss poor one to me, but.........)

Thermaltake

EZ Media (sounds like crap also, but i dont know)

the diablotek one looks pretty cheap...but not sure...i personally wouldnt trust it. id go with a brand name, like thermaltake, enermax, or ANTEC (zapjb's fav.). there are a few others, just cant remember them...

Enermax and antec are really good.

I have a 500watt Ultra one...it works great for me :D

this one HAS to be good :P
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Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³@27 April 2004 - 19:17
this one HAS to be good  :P
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:lol: nice...but seriously, its probably crap, you could buy some tri-led fans and put them into any quality psu.

d00d if u already have 40 bucks credit at TD get a 200 gig seagate! screw the PSU rite now lol :D

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Originally posted by atiVidia@27 April 2004 - 19:25
d00d if u already have 40 bucks credit at TD get a 200 gig seagate! screw the PSU rite now lol :D

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how much is it?

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Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+27 April 2004 - 19:27--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 &#064; 27 April 2004 - 19:27)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-atiVidia@27 April 2004 - 19:25
d00d if u already have 40 bucks credit at TD get a 200 gig seagate&#33; screw the PSU rite now lol :D

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how much is it? [/b][/quote]
its 150 - 50 dollar mfr rebate

so 1maybe 160 up front for shipping -40 for credit... 120

after 7 weeks, 120 - 50... so 70 dollars. extra after 7 weeks. prolly an extra 120 rite now

here

btw offer expires 2morow. buy it now tho and u will have the rebate offer for another 30 days...

GET IT&#33;&#33;&#33;

good deal, but i have 200gig of storage rite now, and have ample leftover. if not a psu then i would get another stick of ram. but i really want the PSU cuz i have a puter sitting here doing nuttin. its a P4 1.4ghz...........seems a waste if it aint running.

Micro, read this...

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Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 19:04
Micro, read this...

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after reading, it seems that the thermaltake would be the best choice.

yea but most of us knew dat b4 hand... we shoulda gotten straight to the point :)

Fair enough.
Ask a question, evaluate the responses, gather some data and then make your own decision.
In a perfect world it would always work like this.

Of course, Zap hasn&#39;t weighed in yet.

i have also joined that forum so i may ask some questions in there in the future if i need. thx clocker. :)

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Originally posted by atiVidia@27 April 2004 - 19:32
yea but most of us knew dat b4 hand... we shoulda gotten straight to the point :)

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i also figured you get what ya pay for, and in most cases, buying something you never heard about is usually bad. I just thought someone would have an experience with one or more of the choices i looked at and offer insight. as always, you guys are great. :D

Of the ones you suggested...

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diablotek (sound like a piss poor one to me, but.........)

Thermaltake

EZ Media (sounds like crap also, but i dont know)

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without even using your links TT.

But if there were other choices ..... :lol:

Oh go ahead JB...you know you want to......















Antec&#33;


Whew.
I know I feel better.

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Originally posted by zapjb@27 April 2004 - 21:09
Of the ones you suggested...

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diablotek (sound like a piss poor one to me, but.........)

Thermaltake

EZ Media (sounds like crap also, but i dont know)

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without even using your links TT.

But if there were other choices ..... :lol:

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if they had antec, i would give it a shot, but they seem to only carry mostly garbage psu&#39;s. :(

can someone look at all 3 pages and tell me the best choices on them starting here Tigerdirect 400w PSU&#39;s

Of all those I&#39;d either get the ThermalTake or the Vantec each @ &#036;79.99.

I was unfamiliar with the others. Therefore unwilling to either save money and or risk my system on them.

But why only TigerDirect?

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Originally posted by zapjb@28 April 2004 - 17:19


But why only TigerDirect?

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cuz i have a store credit of &#036;39.54 (usd)

er er I forgot. :lol: