Which Case brands come with good PSUs?

[ath50]

I know the antec cases that come with a PSU usually have a good Antec one...
What other brands come with a good psu? It looks like you can save a bit of money by getting a combo case and psu, but most of them are crappy ones.

 

[viivo]

Some of Thermaltake's cases include their own TT PurePower PSUs, fairly good from what I have heard. Most combos (like the Kingwin) include a terrible Raidmax or Codegen PSU.

 

[gordanfreeman]

yea all i know for sure are antecs, as i have one.

 

[Cerb]

Enlight (same PSUs as TT uses, from High Power, owned by Syrtec)
Antec (Channel Well, IIRC)
Enermax (duh)

 

[ath50]

It looks like a lot of the Enermax cases use the same 350w psu here, doesn't look too great:

link to enermax case

 

[Falloutboy]

If you not liking the antec cases your best bet is to buy seperatly. I bought a Antec Tru 430 and its lasted me through 2 cases and 3 upgrades, and looks like I can get another year or two out of it before I need to upgrade to some 500-600watt monstosity.

 

[Zap]

Some of the OEM AOpen power supplies seem pretty decent. Looks like they are made by Fortran for AOpen. Some cases (Athenatech, Evercase, etc.) use "PowerQ" labeled power supplies that also look like Fortran units. Now, I'm not sure on any of these, just a "oh, looks and performs like Fortran" thought in my head when I've used these. Tip-offs are the heavier-than-cheapie construction, quiet operation and the tiny sticker separate from the main label that says "W/Noise Killer."

 

[jswjimmy]

Originally posted by: ath50
It looks like a lot of the Enermax cases use the same 350w psu here, doesn't look too great:

link to enermax case

im running one of the enermax cases with a 300watt enermax psu. it runs fine even with all the crap i have in my case.

 

[Zepper]

A lot of Enermax cases don't come with the good Enermax PSUs - they come with some 3rd string brand (L&C in the case of the links posted above - comes under many names, but look for LC in the model no. - can be LC-Axxx, LC-Bxxx ). CompuCase cases are supposed to come with excellent Heroichi (HEC) PSUs, but some unscrupulous retaliers buy the cases w/o PSU and bundle them with bottom-feeders like L&C... Caveat emptor!
. In the case of Enlight, their 360W PSU is excellent, the wattages above and below that aren't as good. Silverstone cases with Silverstone PSUs (made by Enhance) are very good.
. If the PSU with the case you want has the UL cert mark on it (looks like "RU"), just below the RU symbol should be a file no. (Exxxxxx). You can look that file no. up at http://www.ul.com and find out who actually makes it. Also look for the TUV cert. - another good indicator of a decent PSU.
. And sometimes you can tell by the model no. of the PSU. If it starts with FSP, then it's made by Fortron which has a very good rep. But their economy line (Power Q) hasn't proved itself yet. And sometimes PSUs made by ChannelWell (as most Antec PSUs are) have the letters CW in the first part of the model no. But this isn't a 100% reliable rule.
.bh.

 

[Jhhnn]

Inwin powerman supplies are manufactured by Fortron, Antecs generally by Channelwell or HEC. They're all good.

Any psu whose model # begins with FSP is a Fortron...