Hey, a friend of mine gave me a used Ultra ULT-VX600 modular supply. It's got one "small" fault (which I'll mention in a minute) but it's my first modular PSU ever, and it looks and feels really solid.
It's remarkably heavy for its size (so it passes the "heft test" with flying colors) and it does power on (always a good thing) and the looks are AWESOME -- unless you need to find the "green" wire on the ATX connector, since everything is the color of asphalt on this thing, even the wires. "You can have any color you want as long as it's black" comes to mind, lol.
The "small" fault --which my friend was very honest about-- is that one of the filter caps is on its way out. Friend says that it came out of a box that would work fine, except that it couldn't burn a CD. The cap in question is one of two utterly ginormous 1000uF 200v electrolytic monster caps in the supply. It's not leaking or anything, just slightly domed on top. Worth noting: the supply also had a slight case of dust (which I mostly remedied with a can of Dust Off).
My friend told me that it would likely be fine unless the PSU was stressed in any significant way. Apparently this box had an A64 X2 in it and at least one moderately potent graphics card (I suspect it was a gaming rig).
What I want to know from you guys is...
(1) how accurate is my friend's assessment? Is it genuinely "OK as long as it doesn't get too stressed" or does it need capacitor surgery?
(2) how good is this supply, really? I'm limited to a heft test with my knowledge of these things.
I can post pictures if necessary.
It's remarkably heavy for its size (so it passes the "heft test" with flying colors) and it does power on (always a good thing) and the looks are AWESOME -- unless you need to find the "green" wire on the ATX connector, since everything is the color of asphalt on this thing, even the wires. "You can have any color you want as long as it's black" comes to mind, lol.
The "small" fault --which my friend was very honest about-- is that one of the filter caps is on its way out. Friend says that it came out of a box that would work fine, except that it couldn't burn a CD. The cap in question is one of two utterly ginormous 1000uF 200v electrolytic monster caps in the supply. It's not leaking or anything, just slightly domed on top. Worth noting: the supply also had a slight case of dust (which I mostly remedied with a can of Dust Off).
My friend told me that it would likely be fine unless the PSU was stressed in any significant way. Apparently this box had an A64 X2 in it and at least one moderately potent graphics card (I suspect it was a gaming rig).
What I want to know from you guys is...
(1) how accurate is my friend's assessment? Is it genuinely "OK as long as it doesn't get too stressed" or does it need capacitor surgery?
(2) how good is this supply, really? I'm limited to a heft test with my knowledge of these things.
I can post pictures if necessary.