Another 'Is this PSU any good' thread...

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RedChief

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The CoolMax PSU I got about 8 months ago decided to crap out on me. I need to get a good psu and I need to do it cheap (wife getting mad at all the new egg and Fry's purchases...). The box this is going in is a second comp, although I do play games on it.

Sempron 2600
ECS 755 motherboard
4 hard drives
1 dvd drive
768meg memory
PCI-IDE Raid Card
Radeon 9800 Pro vid card.

The PSU I saw on sale at New Egg is this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023

The basic specs are enough (wattage and 12v) but what about quality?
 
Unfortunately, there is only one Thermaltake PSU that's 'recommended' by the PSU gurus - and that's the W0057 model. The W0070 model is not one of Thermaltake's higher-quality units to begin with.

Moreover, that low-end Thermaltake unit does not specify the maximum combined wattage of the +3.3v/+5V/+12V rails or even the combined +3.3V/+5V wattage. So, you'll never know what you'll get when you buy that unit.
 
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