how good are these?

tomchong

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• Apr 22, 2004

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i was browsing through ebay and i came accross a couple of power supplys, one 550 watt by okia and one by 450 by powertek any chance either of these dont suck? anyone have experiance with either of these brands?

 

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• Apr 22, 2004

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If I have learned anything from the past I would say stick with brand name quality PSU. You don't want to go through the pain of figuring what's wrong with your system when it doesn't boot up, starts restarting randomly, or some components start frying...

 

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dicecca112

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• Apr 22, 2004

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I second what Tawcan said. I bought an FMI (Compusa brand) psu, and it fried out within two weeks. And I was not overclocking either. I would suggest and Antec.

 

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tomchong

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• Apr 22, 2004

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darn, those were just so cheap! guess ill have to save up some more money

 

nissmo300

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• Apr 22, 2004

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If I have learned anything from the past I would say stick with brand name quality PSU. You don't want to go through the pain of figuring what's wrong with your system when it doesn't boot up, starts restarting randomly, or some components start frying...

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What he said.

 

Mr.Radar

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• Apr 22, 2004

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I'd reccomend a 350 watt Fortron/Spakle (about $35). They're better than either of the PSUs linked.

 

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mcoleg

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• Apr 22, 2004

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a bit too cheap to last long...

 

larrymoencurly

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• Apr 22, 2004

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I don't know anything about Okia, although I'm not impressed, but Powertek is junk. However Powertech is really good because it's one of the brands from Fortron-Source, but you have to be careful when buying Powertech because it's sometimes Powertek with the wrong spelling.

If you can see a close-up of the label, the numbers printed under the safety registrations, like UL ("RU", where the "R" is backwards -- www.ul.com) and CSA (www.csa.ca) can help you find the actual manufacturer.