400w Power Supply $17.95 shipped..good unit?

[ChiliCOnCarnage]

Just had a Powmax go out on me yesterday - low quality, but if you need a backup....

 

[MOONKEY]

Power Max's high end units are not bad.

You can read it here.

 

[mr_cheesy]

dude.. your name is pedo clown ...

😀

other than that, and not to crap, i'd give it a go I've ran the same hardware full bore on cheapy 230w and 400w PS

and these are AMD setups

 

[SSSS]

Originally posted by: MOONKEY
Power Max's high end units are not bad.

You can read it here:
http://www.asound.net/Asound%20Web/Power%20Supplies/LP-6100C_pass.PDF

That's the good ole Leadman model. I don't know exactly the relationship between Powermax and Leadman. But the difference between their quality is night and day. Leadman still has its own web site.

 

[freshspace]

Hi everyone,

I have this power supply running my sytem. This is what I have.

xp2100+ with Soltek SL-75FRN2-L overclocked to XP2700+
GF3 Ti200 (Gainward) 128MB DDR videocard
120GB 7200 RPM HD with 8mb cache (Maxtor)
20GB 7200 RPM HD with 2 mb cache (Maxtor)
16X Lite-on DVD
48X Lite-on CD-RW
generic floppy
4 additional case fans (3-80mm, 1-60mm)
Logitech Z340 speakers with a subwoofer

AND, this power supply doesn't even sweat! 🙂 This is a good power supply. I read some reviews, and the author said this was "adequate." What more do you want?

Have a good day people.

 

[freshspace]

Ooh, I forgot. I am also running Volcano 9. NO problem what-so-ever. Dang, Powmax should give me commission.

 

[LilHen]

Originally posted by: freshspace
Hi everyone,

I have this power supply running my sytem. This is what I have.

xp2100+ with Soltek SL-75FRN2-L overclocked to XP2700+
GF3 Ti200 (Gainward) 128MB DDR videocard
120GB 7200 RPM HD with 8mb cache (Maxtor)
20GB 7200 RPM HD with 2 mb cache (Maxtor)
16X Lite-on DVD
48X Lite-on CD-RW
generic floppy
4 additional case fans (3-80mm, 1-60mm)
Logitech Z340 speakers with a subwoofer

AND, this power supply doesn't even sweat! 🙂 This is a good power supply. I read some reviews, and the author said this was "adequate." What more do you want?

Have a good day people.

You must've got lucky. I've had bad luck with cheap PS's. And how the heck did you manage to power the speakers with the PS (J/K)
😉

 

[bige]

even the best of power supplies die. I have seen an enermax and have had a personal Sparkle fail.

 

[ViperV990]

Originally posted by: bige
even the best of power supplies die. I have seen an enermax and have had a personal Sparkle fail.

Enermax P/Ses don't come with any mfr. warrany. Sparkle isn't any better than no-name. I'd only recommend Antec P/Ses.

 

[GnatGoSplat]

I just received one of these yesterday that I bought for $16.98 with Free Shipping a week ago to replace a blowing generic PS in my stepdad's machine.

I figured it'd be okay, because I'm running 2 of these Powmax 400W supplies in 2 separate XP1700+ systems (both oc'd to XP2000+) and have absolutely no issues to speak of. Granted, I don't run them 24-7. My server runs 24-7, but I just have a 250W Antec in it.