psu

awhir

who makes the best type of psu

aidan_walsh

"Best" is a very subjective thing.

Morgoth

Do you want a quiet PSU? A cheap one? What form factor case do you have? Is the PC an up-to-date spec that needs certain wattage rating?

Also if you bothered doing some research, then came here and said "I've looked at this and this and this PSU and wonder if anyone knows which is the most reliable/silent" or something, it encourages people to be more helpful.

Incidentally Fortran make decent PSUs, although I haven't used a wide range from different manufacturers so I can't comment extensively with personal experience.

awhir

well good

awhir

this is my case and also when i am installing my fan over cpu do i have to put some paste or anything like that under it.

duridian

Yes it would be advisable. There will probably be some sort of thermal pad on the backside of the heatsink when you get it but you are better off removing this (with something like an old credit card -plastic at any rate not something metal as you could damage the heatsink surface- and then give it a wipe of methylated spirits. Arctic Silver 5 is about the best thermal paste to use, if you know someone with a tube they might let you have a bit. You only need a bit around the size of a grain of rice coz you are going be spreading it as thin as possible on the die of your cpu. Spread it around, again using a straight edged piece of plastic like a credit card, until you have a nice thin, even layer of paste on the cpu. Only put paste on the die or heatspreader of the cpu. On an Athlon XP or older this is a small little square bit in the middle, do not go outside this square. On a P4 or an Athlon64 this area is covered by a heatspreader which is nearly the full size of the top of the cpu so spread it onto the heatspreader in these chips. If you stick to these guidelines you should improver your cooling performance a good bit over that of the stock thermal pad.

muckwarrior

I'd go with this one. Should match the case nicely.

awhir

but what all the piceses for

duridian

they are mainly controls for varying the speed of the fans in the TT psu. There might be more bits but that's mainly what I see in the pic.