Cheapy PSU

[BubbySoup]

Just a quick story of how cheap is not always bad ;

I gave one of my older rigs to my nephew just before Xmas, an E6600 @ 3.2Ghz, X1900's in Xfire, a couple of raptors etc. CPU & X1900's were w/c. Anyway, few days after he has it, the PSU develops a fault. Not a cheap PSU by any stretch, an FSP Epsilon 700W.

So, not wanting to spend a lot on it, I hunt around on a well known auction site and find some unbranded 700W Chinese PSU for £35. After fitting, turned out to be quieter than my FSP, even under load.

Well, 6 months later and the PSU is still going strong. Now I'm not suggesting we all go out and buy unbranded PSU's to power our latest and greatest, I just wanted to point out how pleasantly surprised I was by this little unit, and that sometimes you can get a decent item at a low price.

 

[BubbySoup]

I completely agree, hence why I suggested not to follow my example if it's your main rig - just wanted to point out that this little guy has been going 24/7 for 6 months and so far, so good

This was the spec ;

* 700 watts maximum output
* Dual ball bearing fan design for ultra cooling environment
* Internal 120mm Blue LED fan with LAZER fan grills
* External 80mm Blue LED fan with LAZER fan grills
* Built-in voltage overload protection
* AC inlet On/Off switch
* Black braded mesh shielding/tubing and connectors
* Supports Intel "Pentium-4" and AMD "Athlon XP"
* 4 x Serial ATA connectors
* 7 x 12/5 Molex
* 1 x 20/24 Pin Motherboard
* 2 x 6 pin SLI
* 8 (4 4) Pin Pentium
* 1 x Floppy
* Complies with ATX 2.03 and ATX12V 1.1
* Dimensions 150mm W x 90mm H x 170mm D
* AC Input 240v@60hz 6.5A
* Max Load - 3.3V@36A, 5V@30A, 12V1@18A, 12V2@18A, 12V3@18A, 2V4@18A, [email protected], [email protected]
* MTBF 100K hrs at 25°C ambient conditions
* Efficiency 70% Min. at full load
* Noise Level Maximum of 37db at 100% system loading
* Certified by UL, CB, CE, TUV, & FCC
* RoHS Compliant

It came in a plain cardboard box, no manual, with made in China stamped on it