[dfi]

can anyone list a few psu brands besides(antec,forton,sparcle)
thx

[BC|Wulf]

I was looking at teh PC Power and Cooling PSUs, but they are pretty pricey, so I settled for and Antec. PC Power and Coolings thing is there power output is based at a temperature of 40 celsius where most companies base the ouput and a lower temp.

I konw there is also OCZ I think, but don't know much about those.

Hope this helps!

[dicecca112]

ocz, enermax, and pcp&C

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Zippy/Emacs hasn't been mentioned yet... I would put them up there with Fortron/Sparkle in build quality, though not many people on these forums use them yet. Fortron is available under a few names: Nexus, Zalman, SilenX, and Aopen being the main ones I can think of right now. Right now my top 4 are Fortron, Zippy, OCZ, and Antec.

Here's a few that are decent that I don't usually recommend for one reason or another: PC Power & Cooling, Seasonic, Enermax, Superflower/TTGI/Hiper, Enhance/Silverstone, Globalwin/BeQuiet/Aerocool/Topower, Channel Well Tech (Antec), and HEC/Compucase. I'm probably forgetting a few. Tagan/Epower is also Topower based, but I'm only recommending them for Europe since people on this side of the pond have complained often about poor customer service and cut warranty stickers.

Avoid all incarnations of Deer... I don't know them all, they seemingly invent new ones daily, but here are the Deer names I can recall offhand: Austin, US-Can, Tsunami, Turbolink, Allied, Mustang, Eagle, L&C, Duro, and Okia. If the model number starts with LC or DR and is dirt cheap, it's probably a Deer. Also keep away from Powmax, Leadman, Robanton, and Raidmax if you can... not quite as bad as Deer, but you'll never catch me buying one.