500 watt from CompUSA

OnDborder · 02-10-02, 01:45 AM

Anyone ever used one of these FMI powersupplies from CompUSA?
If so, what is your opinion.

*JEREMY* · 02-10-02, 02:20 AM

Heres a thread about those
http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/sho...threadid=60178

OnDborder · 02-10-02, 10:44 AM

Thanks for the reply.
But the thread got directed into a discussion on Powmax PS's.
Anything on the FMI's that Comp sells?

FRANK · 02-10-02, 09:06 PM

I've got an FMI CompUSA 400 watt psu and am pleased with it to this point.

I'm using it with a Epox 8KHA+ / XP1600+@ 1625 (200+MHz FSB)combination. I upgraded to this psu because of the 5v line issue on the 8KHA+ motherboard. This unit has given me stable voltages across the board and I believe it's helped me be able to attain the high FSB's that I've been able to reach as well.

I can't vouch for the 500w unit, but for $59.00, the 400w unit is hard to beat.

My .02

Good Luck!

diehrd · 02-10-02, 09:39 PM

I use the 500 watt from Comp Usa.

See Sig I have no problems with the power supply.

fuzzba11 · 02-11-02, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by diehrd
I use the 500 watt from Comp Usa.

See Sig I have no problems with the power supply.

Awwwwww...dual XPs!?!? YOU SUCK!!!

diehrd · 02-11-02, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fuzzba11

Awwwwww...dual XPs!?!? YOU SUCK!!!

LMAO I know I know.But after encoding video on my 1.4 at 1.53.And finding it impossible to do anything else.

I had to do something that would allow me to game and encode at the same time LOL.

And the 1.4 at 1.53 still rocks my wife uses it for her email machine not that is funny aint it ?

customrig · 03-04-02, 06:09 PM

i might get one of those i saw them at my local compusa

Hoot · 03-05-02, 07:47 AM

I assume you read this sticky:
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...threadid=70644
and when you went there, they were out of stock?

Hoot

NedClocker · 03-05-02, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hoot
I assume you read this sticky:
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...threadid=70644
and when you went there, they were out of stock?

Hoot

Is it $50.00 or $59.00???

It shows to be $59.99 on the net.

Hoot · 03-05-02, 01:33 PM

You got me there. This is the quote from Ed's article:

Antec PP-403X 400W Power Supply: $100 - $30 IR = $70 - $20 MIR = $50. This isn't bad even before the MIR.

At either price, it is a super deal. This is one of the best PSUs available. I've bought two at the full price and even then I did not mind, they're that good.

Hoot

NedClocker · 03-05-02, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hoot
You got me there. This is the quote from Ed's article:

Antec PP-403X 400W Power Supply: $100 - $30 IR = $70 - $20 MIR = $50. This isn't bad even before the MIR.

At either price, it is a super deal. This is one of the best PSUs available. I've bought two at the full price and even then I did not mind, they're that good.

Hoot

Thank you very much, Hoot!!!

I stopped by on the way home and picked one up. Ed's article is correct; compusa web page is wrong.

I walked out paying $75.06 and have to mail in for the $20 rebate; I hate those. BUT, $75.06 is cheeper than I could have gotten it even online from newegg.

Thanks again for the heads up!

NedClocker · 03-05-02, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hoot
You got me there. This is the quote from Ed's article:

Antec PP-403X 400W Power Supply: $100 - $30 IR = $70 - $20 MIR = $50. This isn't bad even before the MIR.

At either price, it is a super deal. This is one of the best PSUs available. I've bought two at the full price and even then I did not mind, they're that good.

Hoot

Hoot, are you online? You've got pm.

Hoot · 03-05-02, 11:36 PM

Jeff, share that PM with the gang here. It is truly unbelievable!

Hoot

NedClocker · 03-06-02, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hoot
Jeff, share that PM with the gang here. It is truly unbelievable!

Hoot

ok. Here it is.

quote

NedClocker wrote on 03-06-2002 03:51 AM:
Hoot, you wont believe this; at least I'm not believing it.

I just opened the box and there's an L & C Technology 300 watt power supply in the box. Looks like it's been used.

I'm ****ed off. But even more, I'm worried that they wont want to beleive me and trade it out.

Any tips?

/end quote

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Open it before you leave the check out register.

ocean · 03-06-02, 08:46 PM

Looks like some troll pulled the old "switcheroo" on Comp USA and unfortunatly you are the beneficiary. I would go back there and demand a new unit. Politely of course. HEHE
Hope you paid with a credit card.
Condolances.

NedClocker · 03-06-02, 11:02 PM

They swaped it out for me with no problem and no hassel.

The manager lady said it was factory shrink wrap. Also said it happens to them sometimes with vid cards.

She figures it must be a bad employee.

Guess what! The next box we opened had a Sparkle ps in it!
But it had been opened.

All's well. PS is installed and running fine. It didn't help me get a better oc though.

I'll try it in another machine tomorrow.

Thanks again, Hoot.

ocean, Yes, I did pay by credit card.

Hoot · 03-07-02, 12:55 PM

After you posted your original experience, we were talking about it at lunch and a lot of the PC guys felt that in all likelihood, CompUSA re-shrinkwraps open box returns, often without even looking at what is inside the box. Every one of them had a similar experience with some piece of hardware, either at CompUSA or BestBuy.

Hoot

NedClocker · 03-08-02, 01:10 AM

Maybe. But she did show me one of there shrink wrap boxes and it was very different looking.

Who knows? Just glad I got my antec without a hassle.

kaltag · 10-08-02, 03:32 AM

i don't know about your store but at the compusa i work at we can't reshrink merhcandise or return to the manufacturer so the employees buy it for 10 bux or so. a coworker got a $600 ipaq for 20 bux!!! got my eye on a 21 inch monitor return in back

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02-10-02, 02:20 AM	#2
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02-10-02, 10:44 AM	Thread Starter #3
OnDborder Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: HOT 'n Arizona	Thanks for the reply. But the thread got directed into a discussion on Powmax PS's. Anything on the FMI's that Comp sells? __________________ You're a plague and we are the cure. ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/2600k......MSI p67a-GD55/2600k CORSAIR Vengeance 16gb.......4gigZ Corsair 7970'z crossfire ....................Sapph 7870 crossfired X-Fi Elite Pro.........................H2O cooling 600gb Raptor/256ssd3..... .......40 Kingston ssd Siverstone 1500wt'r.....................Corsair1000HX MyHeat
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02-10-02, 09:06 PM	#4
FRANK Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburgh Pa	I've got an FMI CompUSA 400 watt psu and am pleased with it to this point. I'm using it with a Epox 8KHA+ / XP1600+@ 1625 (200+MHz FSB)combination. I upgraded to this psu because of the 5v line issue on the 8KHA+ motherboard. This unit has given me stable voltages across the board and I believe it's helped me be able to attain the high FSB's that I've been able to reach as well. I can't vouch for the 500w unit, but for $59.00, the 400w unit is hard to beat. My .02 Good Luck! __________________ AMD, eXPperience the difference ---------- ---------- ----------*SETI 24/78**
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02-10-02, 09:39 PM	#5
diehrd Senior SMP Gawd Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: NY	I use the 500 watt from Comp Usa. See Sig I have no problems with the power supply. __________________ .
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03-04-02, 06:09 PM	#8
customrig Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wethersfield, CT	i might get one of those i saw them at my local compusa
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03-05-02, 07:47 AM	#9
Hoot Inactive Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Twin Cities	I assume you read this sticky: http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...threadid=70644 and when you went there, they were out of stock? Hoot __________________ DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D 7.04-3 Bios A64 3700+ San Diego 11x257 (2827 Mhz) @ 1.57Vcore 2x1Gb Crucial Ballistix 7:6 (300 Mhz) 3-3-3-8-1T @ 2.77Vdimm Connect 3D x850xt 620/625(1250) 2x WD 36GB Raptors in Raid0 DIY Jet Impingement WB on CPU / Pipecap WB on GPU Shrouded Camaro Heater Core / Swiftech MCP655 Pump Antec P-160 Tower / Seasonic S12 600W PSU
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03-05-02, 01:33 PM	#11
Hoot Inactive Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Twin Cities	You got me there. This is the quote from Ed's article: Antec PP-403X 400W Power Supply: $100 - $30 IR = $70 - $20 MIR = $50. This isn't bad even before the MIR. At either price, it is a super deal. This is one of the best PSUs available. I've bought two at the full price and even then I did not mind, they're that good. Hoot __________________ DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D 7.04-3 Bios A64 3700+ San Diego 11x257 (2827 Mhz) @ 1.57Vcore 2x1Gb Crucial Ballistix 7:6 (300 Mhz) 3-3-3-8-1T @ 2.77Vdimm Connect 3D x850xt 620/625(1250) 2x WD 36GB Raptors in Raid0 DIY Jet Impingement WB on CPU / Pipecap WB on GPU Shrouded Camaro Heater Core / Swiftech MCP655 Pump Antec P-160 Tower / Seasonic S12 600W PSU
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03-05-02, 11:36 PM	#14
Hoot Inactive Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Twin Cities	Jeff, share that PM with the gang here. It is truly unbelievable! Hoot __________________ DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D 7.04-3 Bios A64 3700+ San Diego 11x257 (2827 Mhz) @ 1.57Vcore 2x1Gb Crucial Ballistix 7:6 (300 Mhz) 3-3-3-8-1T @ 2.77Vdimm Connect 3D x850xt 620/625(1250) 2x WD 36GB Raptors in Raid0 DIY Jet Impingement WB on CPU / Pipecap WB on GPU Shrouded Camaro Heater Core / Swiftech MCP655 Pump Antec P-160 Tower / Seasonic S12 600W PSU
	QUOTE Thanks

03-06-02, 08:46 PM	#16
ocean Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago Illinois	Looks like some troll pulled the old "switcheroo" on Comp USA and unfortunatly you are the beneficiary. I would go back there and demand a new unit. Politely of course. HEHE Hope you paid with a credit card. Condolances. __________________ I'm not so sure I understand everything I don't know about this stuff. Need to update this someday. :cool:
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03-06-02, 11:02 PM	#17
NedClocker Join Date: Sep 2001	They swaped it out for me with no problem and no hassel. The manager lady said it was factory shrink wrap. Also said it happens to them sometimes with vid cards. She figures it must be a bad employee. Guess what! The next box we opened had a Sparkle ps in it! But it had been opened. All's well. PS is installed and running fine. It didn't help me get a better oc though. I'll try it in another machine tomorrow. Thanks again, Hoot. ocean, Yes, I did pay by credit card. __________________ Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returneth, Was not spoken of the soul. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still archieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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03-07-02, 12:55 PM	#18
Hoot Inactive Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Twin Cities	After you posted your original experience, we were talking about it at lunch and a lot of the PC guys felt that in all likelihood, CompUSA re-shrinkwraps open box returns, often without even looking at what is inside the box. Every one of them had a similar experience with some piece of hardware, either at CompUSA or BestBuy. Hoot __________________ DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D 7.04-3 Bios A64 3700+ San Diego 11x257 (2827 Mhz) @ 1.57Vcore 2x1Gb Crucial Ballistix 7:6 (300 Mhz) 3-3-3-8-1T @ 2.77Vdimm Connect 3D x850xt 620/625(1250) 2x WD 36GB Raptors in Raid0 DIY Jet Impingement WB on CPU / Pipecap WB on GPU Shrouded Camaro Heater Core / Swiftech MCP655 Pump Antec P-160 Tower / Seasonic S12 600W PSU
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03-08-02, 01:10 AM	#19
NedClocker Join Date: Sep 2001	Maybe. But she did show me one of there shrink wrap boxes and it was very different looking. Who knows? Just glad I got my antec without a hassle. __________________ Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returneth, Was not spoken of the soul. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still archieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
	QUOTE Thanks

10-08-02, 03:32 AM	#20
kaltag Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Boise Idaho	i don't know about your store but at the compusa i work at we can't reshrink merhcandise or return to the manufacturer so the employees buy it for 10 bux or so. a coworker got a $600 ipaq for 20 bux!!! got my eye on a 21 inch monitor return in back __________________ `______ /l ,[____], l---L –0lllllll0- ()_) ()_)--o-)_)
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