AOpen QF50A

[General FUp]

Hi.

I'm thinking about buying this particular case for my "smaller" computer, but I'm not too sure about it yet. It's OK looking, quite nicely priced, and I've heard rumours that it might have a Fortron PSU in it. Well, at least I've heard that AOpen uses Fortron PSUs and brands them as their own. Could anyone confirm this?

I have found out that the PSU is Component Pro ATX 300 GTF, could it still be a Fortron? Or does anyone have something to say about this PSU? Or maybe someone knows a better place to ask for this information? All help is very much appreciated.

On AOpen website I found this: Could be the power in QF50A

What do more trained people say about those specifications? Is passive PFC a bad thing? Will this unit fry my PC if/when it decides to malfunction?

Thank you very much to all who can help me.

 

[Zepper]

That probably is the Sparkle/Fortron budget line PSU. I haven't heard anything particularly bad about them. But there are many cases as good or better than that for about the same money (e.g. the AOpen has room for only one hard drive, etc.).
. I recommend looking at the Evercase 42x2 series (where x could be 5, 7 , 9 etc). They are some of the quietest cases in standard form (per silentpcreview.com and other users here) and can be made even more so with a few accessories you can buy direct from Evercase for low $s. Most of them at newegg also come with the Fortron budget line PSU.
. And the Compucase 6A19 (twin of the Antec SLK3700AMB under the skin) - see coolcases.com for some ideas. Not too easy to find, but not expensive. Is supposed to come with the excellent Heroichi (HEC) PSUs.
. Another to consider is the Athenatech A-747 series. Some of them at newegg also have Sparkle PSUs, one level better than their budget line (GT instead of GU, the FSP model numbers are Sparkle/Fortron's top line). Some of the other Athenatech models use the GU models.
.bh.

Where's the :sun: ?

 

[General FUp]

Thank you very much for your help, at least i make progress this way