PSUs from reputable names that i've seen TOO much failures to be normal:
Antec Truepower :
430W version of this series, tens of failures in the last 2 or so years, not average imo
Antec Smartpower :
No matter wattage, i would immediately change this from any case i get with it. All of mine are dead and alot of my clients have been hurt from it as well, from simply not working to smoking up the place and carrying components with it or simply chirping to death.
Adding Antec NEO to the list of failures.
*Update: As of February 2008, still getting feedbacks of questionable Antec Neo HE 430 - Shinma
Adding Hiper Type R 580W Modular to the list, 4 dead of 6 purchased in client pcs and a few forums have actually had threads with polls asking how many have exploded
R.I.P Rangeral, To one of HWC's best moderators and a great guy
By the way, what does BTW stand for?
It is better to be tried by 12, than carried by 6.
Wow, that's a scary list of scary bits. Q-Tec are particularly horrifying since they are relatively commonplace and adverise ludicrous specs for the money. Check out the bottom of this page from a Hexus PSU roundup:
Wow, that's a scary list of scary bits. Q-Tec are particularly horrifying since they are relatively commonplace and adverise ludicrous specs for the money. Check out the bottom of this page from a Hexus PSU roundup:
just to defend enlight, as i noticed it on the list there.
i've been using enlight cases and their power supplies for many years; 300w and 350w and they are very good. they've handled anything i've thrown at them. i do however put in something more powerful if i'm putting in a high powered video card that requires the 6pin PCI-E connector, although i'm sure they could handle all but the extreme cards, like X850XT.
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AMD XP-M 2500+ @ 2200 (200x11), 1.65v Thermalright SK-7 w/ Thermaltake Smart fan2 Abit NF7-S v2.0, Forceware 5.10 OCZ 1.5gb OCZ PC3200 2.5-3-3-10 Radeon 9800XT 128mb w/ Zalman VF-700cu Maxtor 250gb SATA HD LG DVD-RWPioneer 10x DVD Enlight 7250 w/ 2 80mm Enermax Noisetaker EG495P-VE SFMA Logitech Z2300 Speakers Samsung 753DF WinXP Pro SP2 DX9.0c
They're not all bad, i'd even say much better than average but its just that i've seen too many dead or dying units for my liking, more than other top tier psu makers. I'd feel safer with PC power and cooling, FSP or an Enermax in my rigs. Thermaltake are 'ok and better than generic", not the best, same for Aspire.
R.I.P Rangeral, To one of HWC's best moderators and a great guy
By the way, what does BTW stand for?
It is better to be tried by 12, than carried by 6.
I would take Enlight off the list. Their supplies used to be made by Enhance, a very good manufacturer, and now they're by Delta, an even better one.
HiPro has long had decent quality.
MGE and Ultra have changed suppliers. Only a few years ago MGE was very bad, but now and Ultra they both get most of their products from Wintech, which produces adequate but not outstanding supplies.
CWT, Channel Well Technology, produces models of widely varying quality, and onliy those with part number suffixes of A/BS (AS or BS), A/BD, A/BSP, or A/BDP should be considered. These are, for all practical purposes, Antec Smartpowers and Truepowers.
The true manufacturer can often be found from the Underwriters Labs registration number, located under the backward "R" followed by the "U" (means Recognized by UL), and looking it up in the UL online certifications directory
Got it for $89.00 shipped. Running it now and it is very stable, voltages are well within spec to the high side, and it's very cool and quiet. Time will tell about the durability, but it runs very very well.
Power supplies to avoid/generics
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Originally Posted by MuFu
Are All Antec PSU's bad??
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