Really good prices on PSUs at jr.com, too good?

[thewalrusking]

I was searching jr.com for PSU and found that they have a number for almost half newegg. Ive been burned before at online stores selling refurb or returned products, why is JR.com so cheap, can I trust it?
Examples:

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4199396 = $50 at JR
which is $20 cheaper than any other retailer.

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.pro...oglebase.datafeed.ANT+27500#productTabDetails $50

but at Newegg, its $90

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4186503 $40
but at newegg its 50.

Ill jump at the $50 ultra, or the $40 coolermaster.

 

[zenmaster]

NewEgg tends to be Overpriced for PSUs unless they are having a sale.

Those are good prices, but nothing I have not seen with sales before.
They are likely just good deals.

 

[paq7512]

The only one that seems good is the Antec. But I heard they fired there oem for some bad batches of caps. So I dunno.

 

[rockyjohn]

I don't know anything about JR but it is not uncommon for suppliers to have steep discounts on a few PSUs.

Of the above, I would strongly recommend the Antec - it is by far the best of the three. For instance, its efficiency is over 80% compared to 70+% for the Coolermaster - which translates into lower energy bills.

I purchased the Antec Earthwatts 500 for about the same price on sale at Fry's - THE local computer store here.

The Antec PSU is the only one of the above that appears on this list:

http://www.jonnyguru.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1460

 

[thewalrusking]

shoot i bought the coolermaster, its not a bad one right? i bought it cause the price and i heard coolermaster werent bad ones but damn, i knew i should have gone with antec

 

[tlmck]

If you have a medium to low end system, the Coolermaster will be OK. I would not run a high end processor or vid card on it though. Even on a low end system, it will likely only last a year or so. Probably a day after the warranty runs out!