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A-1 cheapo 350-watt surprising!

rogue1979

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A-1 350-watt dual fan, nickel plated power supply.

Under $15 shipped, wouldn't expect much.

First of all this is not technical and I don't suggest putting one in a high end system.
I am not claiming they are great or better then a lower end name brand.

This is what I have observed so far.

1. They are heavy, much heavier than a generic 500-550 watt.

2. In any computer I have installed them in, they never run more than luke warm.

3. I have installed over 150 in the last two years, not one has returned to my shop for replacement.

4. Just for a "let's see what happens" I installed one each in two seperate machines with e2180's @ 3GHz+ and 9600 GT's that both see a lot of gaming. Ran them for one month, they never got more than
slightly warm, computers were rock solid, and the voltages still held steady after the abuse.

I didn't try to overload them to failure, or do any electrical measurments on them, or try a quad core with dual video cards.

I am just amazed that they are this robust and thought it was noteworthy enough to share.
 
Mwave.com, for the longest time they were on special for $9.99 each limit 5.

Now they are $12.99, not much more.
 
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