1coolpc 500w PSU any good?

[Aviator747]

Anyone out there using this PSU? Is it any good? Or does anyone know anything about it, such as who the real maker is?

I'm using a generic 300W PSU at the moment on a A7V, mildly oc'd T-bird 1.33\266 "axia" @ 1.4, 2 HD's, burner, cdrom & 5 12v fans & 384 meg of ram. I'm also oc'in my GF2 mx400

I'm planning on upgrading to a NF7-S, with 512 DDR ram & plan on pushing my chip. My cooler fan will be a 92mm tornado plus various case fans as above.

My voltages are good & high in both MBM 5 & in the bios. So will the 300W PSU suffice or should I upgrade?

Thanks Guys :)

[larva]

*junk alert*

There is no 3.3+5V rating on the supply, this is almost always a dead giveaway that the supply is junk. The Antec True Powers are the only quality supply that does not carry this rating.

As well, $40 is too cheap for a 500W supply. If it too good to be true, it probably isn't.

At the 40 dollar level the 350W Fortron/Sparkle is indisputably the best supply available. Your supply may well be overloaded with your new mb, NF2 tends to be thirsty. Likely the 350 Fortron/Sparkle would do nicely though, and there is a spiffy new model with a 120mm fan availble from one source. If you want to sure you've got enough capacity, the 400W Fortron/Sparkle is $65 and a true horse. Unfortunately a 120mm equipped version is yet to appear though.

[Lithan]

I believe directron is the source with the 120mm fan version of the 350.

probably www.directron.com

[larva]

Nope, directron has the 300W Fortron model with the 120mm fan, but not the 350. There is a thread on this very forum detailing the quest for the 350 model, it may be found via the search function.

[Aviator747]

Cool, just as I thought.

Man I love this forum :cool: