No interesting info, just a few notes.
I have never had a really good PSU.
I finally got the Ultra-X Conect which has been my best PSU, and so far, after some months of seriously hard work, its doing a brilliant job. I am a right plonker who likes to have lots of little HDs rather than a one big one, in my main box I am running a raptor 36 as C: ( Windows of course ), Seagate 80GB as D: ( Apps ), 2x160GB as E: ( Media ) and an 80GB as F: ( Junk ), plus I have 3xDVDRW, and a CDRW, and althoguh never used, I also have my Floppy & ZIP Drives, coupled with the GFX Card also taking power, and the only reason I did get this one, was simply that the ColorsIT simply wasnt able to run this PC reliably... In the NF7S & Barton it was just fine, even running it clocked as far as 2.9Ghz... Saying that, when I look att he facts, it started to get unreliable at 2.7, and this could actually be down to the PSU?
Anyway, I myself have not had a problem qith QTec PSUs... The higher of the range this is... I bought a 450w some years ago, perhaps 4 years? and I have now given that to a mate, who has it in his P4 and he loves it... I also have a couple of 500w QTecs and they are doing fine, again not in high end PCs but just mid-range Socket A boxes, and they are ok... Been there for some time and not had any problems.
One thing I will admit though, I am moving all my PCs to AMD64, and both Socket 754 and 939 systems, do struggle with cheap and nasty PSU's, so its really showing that QTec, Magna, and ColorsIT PSUs dont cut the mustard, even 650w ones unless its a really naff low end PC like a Sempron.
A MAte down the road has a Seasonic and he says its fantastic, however, he is running a Smepron 3000 so in my honest opinion, I think even a Mercury 300w would be just fine in his PC.
MY next move, is to splash out and get a high end OCZ to try out. The Ultra-X connect, has really stiff cables that are no good in my main PC ( MSI Neo2 Platinum ) and I have had to cable tie the cables up to stop them rubbing on the HSF ( AF-64 ), but other than that, its a good cooler. I will move this PSU into the DFI LanParty box.