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"Maxx 4D worth it?"

I've tried a custom built company which is pretty well known (it aint novatech) which ive been trying to get a Enermax Power supply with the system i wanted because anything less is not worth it as it will not work efficently, but their suppliers have stopped stocking it, also Dell are known to have poor service nowadays so is it worth looking into getting a maxx 4D?

Dell seem to have more freedom for configuration and some good deals, they seem to make good pc's but technical support seems poor but i most unlikely will need them so i we'll see its either a custom built one without the stupid extras and better tech support although alot of people have bought from them and dont need it as its so well built.

Im not sure about a low power cheapo power supply damaging the hardware but it sure can make the system unstable.

Colin

§niper wrote:
> Yea good point i was gonna choose a 350W Enermax for it then their
> suppliers decided not to stock it :S

Try and get the 460W Enermax. Got mine for £67 which included VAT and delivery. Best to spend a bit more on a good PSU than having a crap generic 300W that could cause system crashes and problems. As I have said the amps are one of the most important things and the 460W Enermax has 35A on the 3.3v and 5v and 33A on 12v. Some 350W ones only have say 20A on both the 3.3v and 5v and then only 15A on the 12v.

If the PSU has to draw alot from one area of voltage then the amps supplied may not be enough. I have heard that sub standard PSU's can cause hardware damage in the long run.

Yea good point i was gonna choose a 350W Enermax for it then their suppliers decided not to stock it :S

§niper wrote:
> It will need to power a R9800 pro, SB audigy, CD-RW, DVD Drive, 1 case
> fan,
> 1 drive bayfan, CPU fan, Asus A7N8X Deluxe.
> Only power supply this company is supplying is Mercury and its 400W
> which is enough which is 20 quid which makes me worried about its
> quality as the R9800 needs alot of juice.
> I've heard a few bad things about Dell so i'd thought i'd ask how good
> these maxx pc's really are as i can't get round to building one.

You will probably only need a 350W. My friend has CD writer, DVD drive, 2 or 3 hard disks and a Geforce Ti4200. The Radeon only needs a 300W so 350W would be plenty. What you really need to look for is a PSU which has good amps in the 3 voltages(3.3, 5 and 12). Each part of the PC will use a different voltage. Get a cheap PSU and these amps can be unsufficient for your PC. Something like an Enermax or an Antec True Power would be worth the money. If you have the money then go for a 460W Enermax which is £67 from one online store with delivery, or maybe the 430W Antec True Power.

I have the 460W Enermax in my PC that I just built(one week tommorow). I have 7 case fans, Radeon 9800 Pro, XP2800, 1gb DDR400, DVD drive, DVD writer and 2 120Gb 7200rpm 8mb cache hard drives. Seems to be keeping my system running ok, and would recommend it if you want to get a good PSU.

Yea they make good pc's but their customer service seems poor but they are alot more trustworthy than mesh.
I really want a Radeon in my next machine and it is about 1,209 with a R9700 pro off SR which is alot, but if i can spread the payments over a 36 months i could get a well built machine with decent customer service perhaps?
I would build but my parents wont trust me with alot of money even though 500 quid of it is mine towards a new pc.

Dell is a really good make i deal with them all the time but they are really for the "family" type of person and not someone with all those added extra's, they also use propriatry components and they are not that upgradeble, MAxx pc's on the other hand are and they use pretty good componenets to boot but it would be whole lot cheaper building it yourself and you can choose really quality parts, also SR do not give the choice of a motherboard upgrade although they might actualy be using that motherboard now.

Colin

"I've heard a few bad things about Dell so i'd thought i'd *i've* ask how good these maxx pc's really are as i can't get round to building one."

It will need to power a R9800 pro, SB audigy, CD-RW, DVD Drive, 1 case fan,
1 drive bayfan, CPU fan, Asus A7N8X Deluxe.
Only power supply this company is supplying is Mercury and its 400W which is enough which is 20 quid which makes me worried about its quality as the R9800 needs alot of juice.
I've heard a few bad things about Dell so i'd thought i'd ask how good these maxx pc's really are as i can't get round to building one.

You obviously don't want to build your own unit but you seem to want specific things from your system so i would advise you to build your own or try www.overclockers.co.uk, www.theovercockingstore.co.uk and get one of there system, if it is only the enermax PSU that you are worried about then why not buy one after recieving the system, also why do you feel you need one? are you going to have a lot of things running off of it?

Colin