http://www.anandtech.com/casec...owdoc.aspx?i=3173&p=16
Excellent for Antec 1000w, reviewed right here.
http://www.anandtech.com/casec...howdoc.aspx?i=3186&p=2
Editors choice for the Antec Truepower 850w PSU of the year (note seasonic makes a lot of their psu's, and guess who is #1...Seasonic).
http://www.anandtech.com/casec...owdoc.aspx?i=3146&p=14
"Seasonic is one of the few companies that continue to cater to this market, so it's not too surprising that in addition to their own brand they are also the production facility for the Earthwatts and Corsair power supplies.
Same story in 400-450's. shown above and in comparison:
"Comparing the acoustics is interesting because the Antec shows its potential here. The fan turns slightly faster but still produces less noise. Both the Antec and Corsair have a very low noise level and are practically silent. If you're interested in a low wattage, low noise level PSU, Antec and Corsair are definitely worth a look (as well as Seasonic, naturally). The other two power supplies don't do nearly as well. Thermaltake is even louder than the Ultra unit is, even though the fan spins at lower RPMs. Thermaltake should definitely think about changing the fan -- or maybe redesigning the fan grill, heatsinks, or whatever else is necessary -- to bring performance up to the level of Seasonic, et al."
"The Antec Earthwatts 430W comes next, with prices starting at $60. That may be 50% more than the Ultra, but we hope it's now clear that this is money well spent."
They'd prefer the seasonic but it's clear they think Antec is a bargain.
Note I ONLY used Anandtech. If it's that easy for me to find review after review at ONE site I think you get the point. They make (or have made) good PSU's. Almost everyone slaps someones elses name on their PSU etc. The question is WHO asks for higher end specs BEFORE slapping their name on it. Antec seems to ask for pretty good stuff. Excellent value for the money. This is only a YEARs worth of reviews...
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With regards to your comments about power I still don't get it:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...y/core2quad-q9300.html
Even a Q9300 QUAD core running at 3.5ghz with 8800GTX PIG graphics card only hits 324watts at LOAD. Note at default it's 100watts less (Overclocking rises disproportionately but still doesn't hit 325watts, even the PIG Q6600 at 3.6GHZ doesn't reach 400w). Considering an 85% efficiency rating you can knock another 15% off those totals since they are measuring the WALL. His PSU could handle one of these and he's using Integrated video...LOL. Note anandtech pushes PSU's BEYOND 100% (usually 110% in testing). They pushed his 430w to 461w! NO fail.
I don't care how many employees a company has. Nvidia doesn't have many and doesn't even MAKE a product. They DESIGN something others produce. That doesn't stop them from being the best graphics chip maker in the industry does it? As long as the company that is slapping their name on the product requests HIGH STANDARDS/SPECS in said product I'll keep buying them. I don't care who makes it, or where it's made as long as it's a GOOD product. I don't care if my case was made on MARS by ALIENS as long as they did a good job...ROFL. You can see this kind of stuff in everything, for instance look at the Samsung 226BW S, A and C panels. If you get the S panel you're golden. IF you get the A or the C you probably hate life and that's in the same product just manufactured in different countries. Everyone has a misstep, just read and avoid them (your smart power 2 is an example I guess). Get over it. I've shown Gigabyte, INtel, Samsung, IBM and apparently Antec (smart power2), all excellent companies by and large and none immune to a bad product. I could probably find a bad product line in every company known to man. So what. Everyone outsources something etc, read and avoid the ones who do it poorly on X product.
