DEAL OVER! Delta DPS-300BB 300W ATX PSU, OEM ***Now back to full price...$29.99***

[sleefer]

EDIT 08/08/02: Deal is over! Directron has now raised the price from $13 back to $29.99

Wow this is a hot one boys and girls! Directron has it here!. Picked up 3 of them and the shipping was $9.50, not bad at all! This is not a generic or "cheap" PSU! Delta is a big OEM provider of quality products.

EDIT: I'm adding some more info since I have received mine now:
No 4-pin P4 connector. Does have a 6-pin AUX connector. The output on the unit is very nice for a 300 watt unit. The TCO (+3.3v and +5v combined) is 245 watts. Total output not to exceed 300 watts, that would include the +12v. To compare, my Antec PP-412X has a TCO of 245 watts, with a combined not to exceed 380 watts. The unit has one fan in the back with vents in the front only, no vents\fans on bottom or sides. No on\off switch on the back of unit. Main 20-pin ATX connector is 10" long. That might cause a problem with a large case, depending on where your ATX connector is located on your motherboard. You can get a 6" extension here, for $3.49, but you'd probably pay too much for shipping unless your buying something else along with it.

SPECIAL NOTE: originally post by mindless 1: Unless Directron changes the voltage switch to reduce RMA, expect them to be set for 230V (adjust according to your location).

***All three of the one's I received and several others are posting that these are set to 230V as mindless 1 indicated!
Make sure that you check this!***
Thanks to mindless 1 for letting us know about it!

***Looks like some of the DOA units may work with a load applied to the 3V line. Thanks to mindless 1 for his theory on what is causing the problem, and to CartysCrib for testing it! ***

Below is a list of known working and non-working boards so everyone knows up front if they need to do the mod or not. You can PM or email me if you want to add in your results. I've either tested these boards myself or added those that I some of you have. So here's what I know so far:


Passes without the mod:

- AOpen AX6BC Pro II (millenium edition)
- Soyo SY-K7ADA
- Pcchips M760v (tested by wasamicron)
-Soltek 75DRV (tested by longhorn)
-MSI K7T266 Pro2A (tested by longhorn)
-ECS K7S5A (tested by CuriousG and Wurlybird9)
-MSI 6340 (tested by Jhhnn)

Passes with the mod:

-IWill KK-266R
-IWill KK-266 (tested by CartysCrib)
-EPOX 8KHA+
-Asus P2B-LS
-Abit KG7 (tested by wasamicron and GridironAssassin)
-Epox 8K7A (tested by Gracjan)
-MSI K7T Pro2 Ver 1 (tested by CuriousG)



Does not pass either way:

???

 

[alm99]

hows the quality of these?

 

[sleefer]

Delta makes a very good psu. I've got a couple Delta server psu's and they are rock solid (1 Intel, one AMD). They are mainly in the OEM market so you don't see much about them. Well worth this price! Every bit as good as Antec!

 

[alm99]

how loud are they? Since its OEM do I need to add anything to it?

 

[nugglife4me]

Originally posted by: alm99
how loud are they? Since its OEM do I need to add anything to it?

huh?, its not a crippled version if OEM just not beefier than it needs to be for "normal" use.


thanks, I have ordered from this co couple of times, good $ on ship and fast

 

[alm99]

what I meant was, is that directron asks if you want to add fan grills and connector covers, do I need those?

 

[sleefer]

No, you don't need grill covers, etc. Maybe a power cord if you don't have one. Otherwise it's ready to go.

 

[WiseOldMan]

I wonder if these Delta PSU are good for AMD XP 2000+ or P4.

Directron doesn't say if these are "AMD Recommended" or "P4 Ready" like
the other PSU they sell.

From the picture I don't see a 4-pin P4 power connector.
There's no ON/OFF switch on the back either. That means you'd have to pull
the power cord if your system wouldn't shut down properly.

 

[fxsts]

From my experience, Delta power supplies are well designed and cost effectively constructed (meaning cheaply well made).

For example, they got a bunch of holes on the bottom of the power supplies for better air circulation. They got pretty decent heatsinks inside them also.

I personally like their solution better than some of the other manufacturers (ie. Enhance) which put a higher speed fan to do the job instead. (Noise level is the most important thing for me when I buy a power supply and case fans)

Because of this, Delta units are fairly quiet using a lower speed fan. I have read somewhere that they are the biggest OEM supplyer of power supplies. I am pretty sure that OEMs are pretty concern about the noise level when choosing their power supplies.

However, just to remind you, they are not heavy, solid power supplies like Enermax.

 

[SoundBoy]

Hmm, it's 3.68 lbs, which is heavy for 300w.


http://www.deltaww.com/products/powersupply/pdf/DPS300KB_1.pdf


Nominally the same specs. The TCO of 220w is actually better than the enermax 330w.

 

[gplanet]

Bleh, come on people. "AMD Recommended", "P4 Ready" on power supplies doesn't mean anything ....ppl on this board really exaggerate the kind of PS needed for their computer, probably they're getting sucked into marketing tactics to sell them expensive PSUs. Most power supplies are just fine with any computer - just make sure they really supply the numbers in their specs

 

[sleefer]

Got the tracking info for the three I ordered yesterday. They shipped the same day. Directron is a decent vendor in case anyone is wondering, I've ordered from them several times without any probs. Anybody else notice the description at the top says retail box, below says OEM? I don't think Delta sells PSU's retail, I may be wrong though.

 

[sleefer]

Units arrived yesterday so I can provide more info now on the units. They arrived new OEM, meaning they have no box, power cord, literature, etc., just bubble wrapped. It has the standard 20-pin ATX. They also have a 6-pin Aux. power connector (the one that looks like one half of the old AT style connectors). The TCO off of the label on the units themselves is 245 watts. They have a single exhaust fan and no on/off switch on the back. That TCO is high for a 300 watt PSU, most of the one's I have are around 180 watts or so. Hope that helps if anyone was wondering about them. They are still showing at $13 as I write this.

 

[WiseOldMan]

Sleefer, so no 4-pin Pentium4 connector huh?
Just as I suspected.

 

[sleefer]

Nope, no 4-pin P4 connector.

 

[AzNBoI28]

thnx for the deal

 

[mindless1]

I have one of these, though not from Directron. It's powering an Athlon XP o'c to XP2100+, Geforce3, etc... Rock solid. Only two (minor) problems with this PSU... the underside doesn't have vent holes, and no P4 4-pin (as already mentioned). Unless Directron changes the voltage switch to reduce RMA, expect them to be set for 230V (adjust according to your location).

Definitely a hot deal at $13, I was thinking about ordering another at $30... Now I get two for less! Directron has a few misc. items for cheap too.

 

[jayR]

Could someone clearup something for a ps novice? WiseOldMan said

There's no ON/OFF switch on the back either. That means you'd have to pull the power cord if your system wouldn't shut down properly.

Does that mean that there is no connector for the ON/OFF switch on the front of the case?

 

[hotstuff2000]

Someone mentioned these fans were relatively QUIET. Perhaps some of the models are quiet, but the one that came with my Palo Alto ATCX case is THE LOUDEST FAN I HAVE HEARD in a PSU. You can feel the air blowing out of it a foot away. I prefer my CPU to be as quiet as possible, and for that the best PSU I have tried is the PC Power & Coolings Silencer ATX, although its expensive
Zalman has a "silent" PSU but I found it *SLIGHTLY* louder than the PC Power & Cooling one, although slightly better as well (I/O switch on the back, heavier (I assume higher quality) etc.)

 

[mindless1]

Originally posted by: fxsts
From my experience, Delta power supplies are well designed and cost effectively constructed (meaning cheaply well made).
However, just to remind you, they are not heavy, solid power supplies like Enermax.

Please elaborate. Delta supplies use name-brand, high-cost components, like Delta or Panaflow fans, Rubicon caps... Enermax are average quality in pretty packaging. They are over-rated, meaning that a 350W Enermax can't compete against most name-brand PSU higher than 300W, making them essentially equal to everyone else's supplies of a lower wattage rating, but at around twice the cost.

If you really want to spend more, closer to the cost of an Enermax, do yourself a favor and get a
Turbolink, which is the Channel Well's OEM version of the Antec 400W Dual-Fan model. You'd be spending the money on what counts, not enhancements with no real purpose beyond marketability.

 

[fxsts]

mindless1,

I just picked up one 350W Enermax, and it turned out to be DEAD. So it was funny to see your post right after putting my system back up with the other old Enermax of mine. I have been pretty happy with this 330W Enermax and 250W Enermax which I was using in the past, but........

I have not a big fan of older Antec units because they were pretty loud. But it seems that the new Antec True units are pretty good. I may pick one up.

 

[sleefer]

jayR-We were talking about an on\off switch on the psu itself, no switch on the back by the fan. Your on\off switch on the case would still control the unit going on and off like normal. You could still hold the power button down on the case until it shuts off if it's not responding, usually a few seconds. I personally never use the switch on the psu's I have anyway.
The only other drawback that I've noticed is that the atx connector is only about 10" long, so you guys might want to check the distance to make sure it'll work without an extenstion with your case and mb.

 

[Xidus]

Is there a ventalation grate on the underside (underside according to the orientation it's pictured in) or is just solid like the opposite side with the label on it?

 

[sleefer]

Nope, no vents on the bottom, top, or sides. It's vented in the front only, were the connectors come out. With the fan on the back to suck the air across it. It's probably not going to help cool your case much.

 

[rcraig]

I recently looked at one of my computers that has the ps in front of the cpu instead of above it. This is a celery 1 gig retail on a slotket, which means the cpu is perpendicular to the mb. The retail hsf on this only vents on two sides, which with the slotket means toward and away from the mb. This means it blows right onto the mb and the solid wall of the ps. On close inspection, this doesn't leave any room for the hsf to vent, seeing as both sides are closed off, so I cut a 2 inch hole in the cover of the ps right above the cpu. This allows the cpu to exhaust directly into the ps, then out the case.

If this ps does not have vent holes where you want it, cut your own! Sounds like a good deal to me.

RCraig