Bad powersupplies...

[Craig_Johnson]

I go thru about 100 powersupplies each year at my store and recently we've had a lot of bad ones - made by A-Power 450w. Historically our track record with these has been good, but not lately. Anyone know of a more reliable powersupply manufacturer? I'm tired of replacing these under warranty and the MB's they blow.

 

[Crashman]

A-Power is just a brand of cheap power supply made, so far as I know, by PowMax. Should be called MaxKaPow instead!

OK, lots of good power supplies about, Fortron Source, Sparkle Power, Aopen, Seasonic are all solid, followed by Antec's standard-grade, Enermax, followed by Codegen, JLE, and Foxconn. And that's only about half of the passable brands.

I'd probably go with the smallest-rating Fortron Source or Sparkle Power you think you can get by with (probably 300W) and get the model with 120mm fan. Be ready for huge prices, we're talking $25-30!

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[shawnlizzle =]]

dont' forget PC POWER&COOLING!!

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[Crashman]

The guy sounds like he's more interested in reasonably priced quality power supplies. I grouped them according to which were the most stable.

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[Guest]

look into Xion supplies. I recently purchased one for my own machine on the recomendation of a local tech. It was low cost, looks to be a quality design/build and has performed flawlessly for the short time it has been in operation.

 

[Memhorder]

I go thru about 100 powersupplies each year at my store and recently we've had a lot of bad ones - made by A-Power 450w. Historically our track record with these has been good, but not lately. Anyone know of a more reliable powersupply manufacturer? I'm tired of replacing these under warranty and the MB's they blow.

Don't scrimp on your PSU. A lot of people do and it costs more in the long run. Go Corsair, Seasonic. There's reasonable priced ones that are stable