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April 16th, 2008
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|  Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? After ordering a Antec Quattro 1000w then cancelling my order after realising I will never get close to using it to its full capacity, then concidering the 850w version, then writing it off for the same reasons, I have narrowed my search, down to 2 finalist's. Please help me decide which 1 to go for, either the Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or the Corsair TX 750. All input welcome! (I am leaning towards the Corsair for some reason) EDIT: Or should I go for a Antec Quattro 850w. I know I will not use all that power, but it has the Antec quality and it isnt that much more than the 2 above mentioned PSUs  Q6600 G0 - Intel DP965LT MSI 8600GT (Silent edition) - Big Typ VX Seagate 160GB Hard Drive 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 800mhz/PC2-6400 Non-ecc CL5 NEC Optiarc 18xDVD±RW DL Corsair TX750 - Danger Den Water Box Plus Panasonic 32" LCD - Vista 64 Premium Last edited by MontanaFX; April 16th, 2008 at 13:47. | ||||||||||||||
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| Deus Sol Invictus
 |  Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? Corsair TX 750 gets my vote. Thermaltake has alright power supplies, but which always felt "empty" to me. What are the prices for those? Regarding Antec quality, I know the Quattro series are pretty good, but I would consider Antec to be a bit under many other more popular brands.  If there is a final hour, let's hope for a higher power. One by one, and two by two, I have ammo, what about you? | ||||||||||||||
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April 16th, 2008
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| Sent from the skies.
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| Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? The Corsair is about £83, the Thermaltake is about £80 and the Antec is about £100. Your view on Antec surprises me. I always considered them the best and have heard similar views in reviews. What companies are your favourites? Q6600 G0 - Intel DP965LT MSI 8600GT (Silent edition) - Big Typ VX Seagate 160GB Hard Drive 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 800mhz/PC2-6400 Non-ecc CL5 NEC Optiarc 18xDVD±RW DL Corsair TX750 - Danger Den Water Box Plus Panasonic 32" LCD - Vista 64 Premium | ||||||||||||||
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| Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? I've owned a Thermaltake 650W Toughpower and it's never given me any trouble. Now it's in my friend's rig and it's still going strong. I've never used a Corsair PSU, so I can't comment on that. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II | ||||||||||||||
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April 16th, 2008
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| The Final Word
 | Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? I'll highly recommend the Corsair PSU....extremely high quality units. Have you checked out the BFG ES800? INTEL QX9650 ASUS Maximus Extreme 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Torture Rack (Custom W/C) Seagate 750GB HDD BFG ES 800W PSU | ||||||||||||||
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 | Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? I myself love this Corsair in my box. I have had good luck myself with Antec as well but have heard stories of others that have not... I take that with a grain of salt, kind of like I do with bad talking Microsoft, its easy to target them due to their size.  Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.  | ||||||||||||||
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April 16th, 2008
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| Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? I just looked up the BFG and its looks like its near impossible to source over here (UK). I like the Corsair but was put off a little by the single 12v output circuit. Do you think that could cause any issues? Q6600 G0 - Intel DP965LT MSI 8600GT (Silent edition) - Big Typ VX Seagate 160GB Hard Drive 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 800mhz/PC2-6400 Non-ecc CL5 NEC Optiarc 18xDVD±RW DL Corsair TX750 - Danger Den Water Box Plus Panasonic 32" LCD - Vista 64 Premium | ||||||||||||||
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| The Final Word
| Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? no, single 12V rails are better than multiple rails, IMO. INTEL QX9650 ASUS Maximus Extreme 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Torture Rack (Custom W/C) Seagate 750GB HDD BFG ES 800W PSU | ||||||||||||||
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| Re: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 or Corsair TX 750? On that note, the Corsair is the winner. Thank you for our suggestions/input guys. Q6600 G0 - Intel DP965LT MSI 8600GT (Silent edition) - Big Typ VX Seagate 160GB Hard Drive 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 800mhz/PC2-6400 Non-ecc CL5 NEC Optiarc 18xDVD±RW DL Corsair TX750 - Danger Den Water Box Plus Panasonic 32" LCD - Vista 64 Premium | ||||||||||||||
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