Opinions on this psu

I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good to be
true, what do you guys reckon?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

Cheers

REMUS wrote:

I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good to be
true, what do you guys reckon?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

"Real Power" ?
No thanks. I'd much rather have a brand name PSU in my system.


-WD

REMUS wrote:
I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good
to be true, what do you guys reckon?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

Cheers

You should never use a generic power supply.
If that's a 550 watt PSU, then I'm The Easter Bunny.
That PSU's output current as listed:
+12V = 18 Amps
+5V = 30 Amps
+3.3V = 14 Amps

Now, my old Antec 400 watt PSU (PP412X):
+12V = 18 Amps
+5V = 40 Amps
+3.3V = 28 Amps

That comparison should tell you all you need to know.

I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good
to be true, what do you guys reckon?



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

Cheers

You should never use a generic power supply.
If that's a 550 watt PSU, then I'm The Easter Bunny.
That PSU's output current as listed:
+12V = 18 Amps
+5V = 30 Amps
+3.3V = 14 Amps

Now, my old Antec 400 watt PSU (PP412X):
+12V = 18 Amps
+5V = 40 Amps
+3.3V = 28 Amps

That comparison should tell you all you need to know.

Yeah I figured as much, thanks guys. I think i'll just mod the crappy psu
thats comming with my chieftec case.

REMUS wrote:
I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good to be
true, what do you guys reckon?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

Cheers


"Maximun power: 5500W"

Err... I presume they mean 550W

"?M+3.3V and +5V total output shall not exceed 235wats
?M3.3V, +5V and +12V total power shall not exceed 380W"

OK, so the maximum power is 550W, but you're not allowed to exceed 380W????
WTF is that!!

Lets do the Math:

3.3 * 14 +
5.0 * 30 +
12 * 18 +
5.0* 0.5 +
12 * 0.8 +
5 * 2

is *just* over 400W.

So thats a cheap 400W PSU. Not a cheap 550W PSU.

You'd probably be lucky to get 300W out of it at operating temperature.

How they can advertise a PSU as 550W when it's 400W (by their own
admission) is quite beyond me. It's a lie, a con and a cheat.

Ben
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Alrite Ben Pope, I can see you're really good at math. I am looking for a
good power supply myself. What would you PSU experts recomend? I am running
A64 3200+ radeon9800, 3 hard drives, 1 optical and couple of 12v fans. I
need something that can feed my hardware pure stable current and still run
pretty cool. Something possibly with automatic fan speed control+manual fan
speed control, I need something really quiet, is ENERMAX Noisetaker any
good?



"Ben Pope" wrote in message
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REMUS wrote:
I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good to
be
true, what do you guys reckon?



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

Cheers


"Maximun power: 5500W"

Err... I presume they mean 550W

"?M+3.3V and +5V total output shall not exceed 235wats
?M3.3V, +5V and +12V total power shall not exceed 380W"

OK, so the maximum power is 550W, but you're not allowed to exceed
380W????
WTF is that!!

Lets do the Math:

3.3 * 14 +
5.0 * 30 +
12 * 18 +
5.0* 0.5 +
12 * 0.8 +
5 * 2

is *just* over 400W.

So thats a cheap 400W PSU. Not a cheap 550W PSU.

You'd probably be lucky to get 300W out of it at operating temperature.

How they can advertise a PSU as 550W when it's 400W (by their own
admission) is quite beyond me. It's a lie, a con and a cheat.

Ben
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A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html
Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups.
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"REMUS" wrote in message
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I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good to be
true, what do you guys reckon?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=3486077 7
68&rd=1

Cheers



I have a Real PC Power 450 watt PSU (got it at www.directron.com for $20 w/
free shipping about 6 months ago) and it has been running the following
system with no problems.

AOpen AK79G Max
AMD 2500 Barton w/ OCZ Gladiator 3 H/F
Apacer 2x 256MB PC3200
Maxtor 133/IDE 60GB 7200RPM
AOpen CD-RW
Lite On CD
Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II 5.1 Digital
Abit FX5200 128MB 64-bit (no fan just a heatsink)
AOpen PCI Fax/Voice/Data Card
Antec Mid Tower Case with 5 LED 80mm Fans + 40mm chipset LED Fan

Maybe I got lucky. But then sometimes a no name company makes a good
product just like named brand company like Antec makes a crappy 330 watt PSU
with all the "right specs" I was unfortunate to own.

Take a chance, I did and it worked.



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On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:06:12 +0100, REMUS wrote:

I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good to be
true, what do you guys reckon?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

2 things.
First, you can get it for $28 at the mrtech website.
Second, and more important. The 550W rating and the individual rail
ratings don't add up so somerthing is wrong. They have 2 other 550W
supplies listed that I wouldn't have a problem using, and they're even
cheaper, but this one looks fishy. BTW, I am using one of their 600W
models for my AMD 64 system. It was $24. I've also used the $12 500W for
the AMD 64 system. Both still functioning fine after a few months.

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"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:06:12 +0100, REMUS wrote:

I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good to
be
true, what do you guys reckon?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

2 things.
First, you can get it for $28 at the mrtech website.
Second, and more important. The 550W rating and the individual rail
ratings don't add up so somerthing is wrong. They have 2 other 550W
supplies listed that I wouldn't have a problem using, and they're even
cheaper, but this one looks fishy. BTW, I am using one of their 600W
models for my AMD 64 system. It was $24. I've also used the $12 500W for
the AMD 64 system. Both still functioning fine after a few months.

--
Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm
If you plan to Overclock, Enermax
http://www.xpcgear.com/eg851ax.html
This comes with a 24 Pin to 20 Pin caple, also comes with a 8 Pin to 4 Pin
cable.
In search for a good PSU for myself, I found it.
What I read about this PSU is you'll never use the power in full in a Normal
desktop.
However, using it on a Server/Workstation it's one of the better PSU's on
the open market.

Denny. :-) ;-) High on life @ the time, not drugs. But some drugs
are not so bad.

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:06:12 +0100, REMUS wrote:

I think it looks pretty sweet, but the price seems a little too good
to
be
true, what do you guys reckon?



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6077 768&rd=1

2 things.
First, you can get it for $28 at the mrtech website.
Second, and more important. The 550W rating and the individual rail
ratings don't add up so somerthing is wrong. They have 2 other 550W
supplies listed that I wouldn't have a problem using, and they're even
cheaper, but this one looks fishy. BTW, I am using one of their 600W
models for my AMD 64 system. It was $24. I've also used the $12 500W for
the AMD 64 system. Both still functioning fine after a few months.

--
Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm
If you plan to Overclock, Enermax
http://www.xpcgear.com/eg851ax.html
This comes with a 24 Pin to 20 Pin caple, also comes with a 8 Pin to 4
Pin
cable.
In search for a good PSU for myself, I found it.
What I read about this PSU is you'll never use the power in full in a
Normal
desktop.
However, using it on a Server/Workstation it's one of the better PSU's on
the open market.

Denny. :-) ;-) High on life @ the time, not drugs. But some
drugs
are not so bad.

Dude that psu costs $289 o_0 why would I want that? I would rather just buy
a nice amd 64 processor and use my current psu!