Great value PSUs!

**ceewi1** · 10-28-2006, 04:44 AM

Just found these two on Frys.com:

Ultra V Series 500W Power Supply (free after $40 MIR)
Not the best PSU, but for the price...

Antec NeoHE 550W ($69.99)
This one is a darned good PSU.

Yasu · 10-28-2006, 04:53 AM

From my experience with Ultra, they are very good. The only problem I had was with the cables. They were very thick and didn't like to bend much, but that was fixed when they decided to release Flex Force 2 cables.

And about Fry's. I've never used their site because their store is about 5 minutes away, but their prices are the best I've seen. Antec 500 watt smartpower for $15 = WIN! And their newly released games are $10 cheaper than everywhere else, excluding some really big name titles. Of course, Fry's has a dark side according to some employees. Such as having to have at least 1 person sign up for a Fry's card every week, but if you don't you are either fired or moved to another position...but that's a different story...

**ceewi1** · 10-28-2006, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yasu

From my experience with Ultra, they are very good. The only problem I had was with the cables. They were very thick and didn't like to bend much, but that was fixed when they decided to release Flex Force 2 cables.

Ultra are a mixed bag. Some of their higher end units, such as the X2s and upcoming X3s are quite good, while the Youngyear OEM'd models are pretty terrible. Don't forget that this is one of their budget units. It is a Wintech unit at least, but a low end Wintech. Neither the voltage regulation or efficiency are great, and the performance under crossloading is worse.

Even at $40 there are far better PSUs available. For free, though, I wouldn't complain, and it would certainly be fine for a lowend/second PC or backup PSU.

ETSA · 10-28-2006, 05:40 AM

Damn that antec is nice, I have it.

I bought it for 99.99 on sale from newegg, thats a good deal.

edit: I wish I had a few extra bucks to order some for my next build.

**ceewi1** · 11-01-2006, 06:16 AM

+1 for the list of superb value PSUs:

Ultra X-Finity 500W ($24.99 after MIR)
A modular PSU capable of handling a midrange system without issues.

10-28-2006, 04:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,187	Great value PSUs! Just found these two on Frys.com: Ultra V Series 500W Power Supply (free after $40 MIR) Not the best PSU, but for the price... Antec NeoHE 550W ($69.99) This one is a darned good PSU. __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides Last edited by ceewi1; 10-28-2006 at 05:52 AM.

10-28-2006, 04:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Yasu Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: TX Age: 20 Posts: 1,199	From my experience with Ultra, they are very good. The only problem I had was with the cables. They were very thick and didn't like to bend much, but that was fixed when they decided to release Flex Force 2 cables. And about Fry's. I've never used their site because their store is about 5 minutes away, but their prices are the best I've seen. Antec 500 watt smartpower for $15 = WIN! And their newly released games are $10 cheaper than everywhere else, excluding some really big name titles. Of course, Fry's has a dark side according to some employees. Such as having to have at least 1 person sign up for a Fry's card every week, but if you don't you are either fired or moved to another position...but that's a different story... __________________ CPU: Intel P4 3.0 HT Mobo: ASUS P5P800 RAM: 2x512 PC3200 VC: ATI Radeon X850PRO HDD: 160GB Seagate SATA PSU: 500watt Ultra X-connect

10-28-2006, 05:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
ETSA Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Age: 24 Posts: 2,216	Damn that antec is nice, I have it. I bought it for 99.99 on sale from newegg, thats a good deal. edit: I wish I had a few extra bucks to order some for my next build. __________________ DESKTOP Antec P180B(4 x 120mm Tricool fans) Antec 500W neoHE Gigabyte GA 965p DS3 E6400 /w Zalman cnps9500 led 92mm (OC'ed to 3.2Ghz) 2 GB Corsair xms2 DDR2 800 @ 920mhz x1900xtx 512mb ddr3 /w Zalman VF900(688/792) Soundblaster Audigy 4 LAPTOP Core 2 Duo T5750(2.00GHz)/4GB ddr2 667/250GB HD/8600M GT Last edited by ETSA; 10-28-2006 at 05:46 AM.

11-01-2006, 06:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,187	+1 for the list of superb value PSUs: Ultra X-Finity 500W ($24.99 after MIR) A modular PSU capable of handling a midrange system without issues. __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

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