The Gaming PC Building/Upgrade Thread

[smbu2000]

Epoch said:

Wow man, congrats on having an awesome machine.  But all that money spent, and you chose a Silverstone power supply?  Any particular reason?  I don't think they are bad, but seems like an odd choice.

Awesome build, should be able to run Portal 2 no problem =P

I've heard nothing but good things about Silverstone (Strider Plus/Gold models). They're good quality Enhance OEM units. I'm also not in the USA now, so the prices are different for me in Japan. (I just reference Newegg for "info" ;-p ) I was checking out other modular PSUs as well like the Corsair AX850, Seasonic X series, Enermax Modu 87 , etc., but I just ended up getting a really good deal on the Silverstone from Amazon Japan.

Their price on them now is about $40 higher than what I paid for mine! (The current price for the Silverstone is almost the same as the Corsair AX850) In local PC stores I've actually seen the lower power version (Silverstone Strider Gold 750W) selling for more than I paid for the 850W version, hehe.

Also checking out different websites like this: http://tinyurl.com/3weh4jp (it's one of the recommended in the 8-900W range) helped me to make the decision and get it.