A decent SFX power supply for my HTPC

[gazal]

I bought a Zebronics Flair cabinet for my HTPC (no PSU was included). I've assembled all other components:

Intel G630
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H
Corsair 4GB DDR3 1333
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD6570
An older HDD and DVD-RW drive from a previous build.

Only thing missing is the power supply
The cabinet can only take an SFX power supply.
And I couldn't get one of those locally.

I've found two options:
FSP 80 PLUS Certified 300-Watt Micro ATX/SFX Power Supply FSP300-60GHS-R | eBay
Silverstone ST45SF 450 watts SFX form factor power supply | eBay

Both are quite pricey considering there are good ATX PSUs out there for <3K. Are there other options?

 

[gazal]

Maybe this one also:

New Seasonic SS-350SFE 350W 80PLUS SFX Power Supply (Rs. 3786)

But the spec says its 4.9 x 5.1 x 2.5 inch, and I think the case might only be able to hold 5 x 4 x 2.5.

 

[gazal]

somebody? anybody? kabadi?

 

[gobble]

somebody? anybody? kabadi?

The choices for sfx in local market are limited. The above suggestions are typical of what I stumbled upon when I was looking for one a few years back. Ended up never buying it though.

-g0bble

 

[gazal]

The choices for sfx in local market are limited. The above suggestions are typical of what I stumbled upon when I was looking for one a few years back. Ended up never buying it though.

-g0bble

You got an ATX PSU capable case instead?

 

[gazal]

And is a good PSU really worth 4k-6k. The one's that I've mentioned that is.

In all of my previous PCs I'm used to getting the < 1k PSU that comes along with the case. Of course I've read up enough to know now that those PSUs are definitely too cheap.

 

[thatguy]

I bought a Zebronics Flair cabinet for my HTPC (no PSU was included). I've assembled all other components:

Intel G630
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H
Corsair 4GB DDR3 1333
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD6570
An older HDD and DVD-RW drive from a previous build.

Only thing missing is the power supply
The cabinet can only take an SFX power supply.
And I couldn't get one of those locally.

I've found two options:
FSP 80 PLUS Certified 300-Watt Micro ATX/SFX Power Supply FSP300-60GHS-R | eBay
Silverstone ST45SF 450 watts SFX form factor power supply | eBay

Both are quite pricey considering there are good ATX PSUs out there for <3K. Are there other options?

Which case do you have? Why not buy a new case and a proper ATX power supply? If you are on a budget, iBall will sell you a case and a power supply for under 2k.

 

[gazal]

Which case do you have? Why not buy a new case and a proper ATX power supply? If you are on a budget, iBall will sell you a case and a power supply for under 2k.

Its not that I'm on a budget really. I suppose it is a very Indian trait that we don't want to spend more than we need to. If we could get that 5% discount we'd take it

I have seen the iBall cases and I'm happy with the Zebronics flair case that I got. I know zebronics isn't anywhere near the league of say a silverstone. But the case is fine.

But the choice of power supply is different. Don't exactly want to be cheap there. I want the HTPC to be power efficient and silent.

Now I've found another one:
SPARKLE FSP200-50SNV 200W SFX12V Power Supply (Rs. 3223)

This one's only 200W, but my HTPC might only need that much. Any opinions on that?

 

[gazal]

Bought this one just now:
FSP FSP300-60GHS-R 300W Active PFC Power Supply 8CM Sleeve Fan 80Plus (Rs. 3981)

Couldn't hold out any longer.
Hope this will be good enough.

Thanx guys for all the help.

 

[gobble]

You got an ATX PSU capable case instead?

You guessed right.

Didn't you find a PSU with japanese caps? I was on the lookout for those type of models...

--G0bble

 

[gazal]

Didn't even know about japanese caps till you mentioned it. (thats ofcourse when I googled it)

Anyway, it took enough time as it is to hunt down a seemingly decent SFX PSU at a reasonable price. I don't think I could've spent anymore time to find one with japanese caps

Now please don't disappoint me with a link to a PSU with japanese caps which is around the same price as the PSU I just ordered. What's been done has been done

Next time I suppose I will go with one that has japanese caps.

 

[grunthos]

But with your Radeon, shouldnt you have gone for something higher - like 400W to account for another HDD that you might add later ?

 

[gazal]

http://m.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g620-amd-a8-3870k-radeon-hd-6670,3140-11.html

I think 300W should be enough. Plus the case can only hold 1hdd. For storage I think I'll consider a NAS eventually.

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[manniraj]

My suggestion would be do not go with the case+psu rather just get the case and go with a good quality corsair or cooler master for your needs. The case with PSU will be of very bad quality.