I promised to write about every upgrade that I did, so here’s the first update.

I searched for a quality PSU to replace my old one, My target ranging from 400-500W. And after comparing price and reading review, I decided to go with a Simbadda PS500 PSU.

 

There it is, sitting next to my old PSU’s box.

This decision might not seem to be the best for everyone. I also think that there are a lot of better PSU than this one. However, I have my reasons for picking this baby.

Firstly, most PSU comes above my price range of around IDR 450.000. This stopped me from picking any major brand (though, I really considered to save some more money to get a PC Power and Cooling PSU). The only PSUs that comes below that price are not bad, mind you, both FSP and Enlight have their share here, both of them make good quality PSUs. The only thing stopping me from buying their PSU is the warranty. I’m not sure about Enlight’s warranty, but both FSP and Simbadda (this type, anyway) have lifetime warranty, so if I have a problem in the future, I have somewhere to go. I didn’t buy FSP only because I couldn’t find it then (December 26th), and I’m not confident that my backup PSU (pictured right) will last. So I ended up getting this one for IDR 440.000.

 Installation was a snap (or as snappy as a power supply replace can be). This PSU gives enough connectors for even a stacked PC: a 20+4 pin ATX connector, a 4-pin ATX main power cable, a 8-pin EPS power cable, 2x 6-pin PCIe power connector, 2x SATA connector, 6x IDE Connector, and 2x Floppy connector. Spaghetti junction it is, especially since this PSU is not a modular one.

 

How it performs? Dunno, and I won’t pretend to be a professional here. I could monitor the voltages using motherboard monitor or something, but god knows whether their readings are accurate. But I can tell you this: It runs stable for a whole week, It even runs 48 hours nonstop. And it is silent, I can barely hear the fan at all. Being silent is not always good, though, this PSU is very hot, the fan barely did its work of cooling the PSU (It is stable, so I won’t complain about the heat). You need to make sure that your case has good ventilation or the rest of the components will overheat.

On a related note, my case fan (pictured, just to the left of the CPU cooler) died somehow, so I keep the side door open for now.

In summary, I think this PSU will do the job as long as your case has good airflow, or you can just leave the side door open, just like I do. And it is silent. But I think you’re getting a better deal getting something else. If you’re on tight budget, Get FSP or Enlight or Acbel or Aopen or something, If you can spare some more cash, get a PC Power and cooling. I’m not recommending this PSU.