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ENHANCE ENP-0735 350W power supply; any good?

NFS4

NFS4

No Lifer
My 350W Sparkle won't stop whining and screeching, and my 300W Antec isn't on AMD's approved list. So is this Enhance brand any good? NewEgg has it for $35, and it's on AMD's approved list. It's either this, or get another Sparkle 350W from FS/FT for $50 shipped.

System is in sig (T-Bird 1.4 @ 1.533).
 
I have the exact same model. 3 and 5V voltages are fine except 12V which seems tad bit too high (12.44 or something like that).
I have not experienced any problem with the PSU but I'm using Duron850 so I wouldn't know how it would perform with Athlons.
It wasn't as quiet as I hoped it to be though. I replaced the fan and made huge chunk of hole at the back to improve airflow.
Also it doesn't come with seperate fan grill, it has cut-out grill holes.
 
I could care less about the grill or the noise. My YS-Tech Fan on my Athlon would drown it out anyway😉

So if I don't hear any HUGE rejections by 8PM, I'm gonna go ahead and order it from NewEgg, my favorite place in the whole world 😀
 


<< 8? What happens at 8? Turn into a pumkin or somethin'? >>


If I put a time limit, I can get people to respond faster 😉

MUAHAHAHA😀

Anyway, I want to get it ordered tonight so that I can have it by the end of next week.
 
Can't you just go over to the lab and borrow a spare sitting around there. Which brings up somthing I have always wondered. When Anandtech gets hardware in do they have to return to the vendor after a fixed time?
 


<< Can't you just go over to the lab and borrow a spare sitting around there. Which brings up somthing I have always wondered. When Anandtech gets hardware in do they have to return to the vendor after a fixed time? >>


I'm already using a "lab spare." The spare is screaming its head off 😉 And I'm not close to "the lab" right now and won't be until the first week in January. Besides, I got an early Christmas gift of $50 in the mail from my uncle today and he said "Blow it on whatever you want." Who am I to let down my uncle? 😀
 
Well, I went ahead and ordered the PS from NewEgg (I had PM'd the guy on FS/FT for his Sparkle, but he never answered). I guess I'll see soon enough how good it is...it can't be THAT bad 😀
 
Mine works great for me. I used it to replace an antec 303x. With MBM, the lowest readings i get are 4.95V for the +5, 3.44V for the +3.3, and 12.5 for the +12. This is with a athlon XP 1.4, 3 HD's, radeon, cd-r, ect and the readings are from hours of use including games and video conversion. The fan IS loud though, i changed it out with a quieter one.
 
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