How good are TCWO branded power supplies?

[gmccall]

Need a new power supply for a system I am building and came across their 420watt self branded PS. Anyone have experience with these? I plan to run an XP2100 system and doubt my old Enlight 300watt would do the job.

 

[gmccall]

bump

 

[gmccall]

hmmm...

 

[CTho9305]

people are really going overboard on PSUs. What are the full specs? Unless you have a LOT of drives, i'd say 300 is more than enough. Give it a try. If it crashes / you see the voltages more than 5% below what they should be, THEN you might try a new PSU.

 

[gmccall]

This will be my new system:

AMD XP2100
MSI KT3 Ultra2 ARU
Gforce 4 ti4200 128mb
256mb PC2700
Antec Solution Series heatsink/fan
WD 60gb - 5200rpm
WD 20gb - 7200rpm
3.5" floppy
Lite-On 16x DVD
Plextor CD-RW 12x10x32
Lite-On CD-RW 32x12x40
Enlight 7237 case, modded with three 120mm Panaflow fans


I normally only have 1 or 2 of the Panaflows running. Since I am about to order I all my parts, I was going to buy a new Power supply anyway (not only to save on shipping, but to also go into a secondary system). I just want to know if the TCWO models are reputable.

 

[gmccall]

anyone?

 

[jonnyGURU]

Depends on the power supply.

The cheaper TCWO cases have Allied power supplies. They are AMD approved, but are cheap. these are the 300 and 350 Watt power supplies.

The 420 and up power supplies KICK ASS. They're even better than Antecs or Enlight and are half the price. They are made by TTGI and feature two dual bearing fans.