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What's the difference between these two?

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I'm looking at the Sparkle 530w and the Fortron 530w. According to the PS sticky, they're made by the same company or something. So anyways, the diffence in price is only a few dollars, and all the specifications appear to be the same:

sparkle 530w specs
Fortron 530w specs

the outputs seem to be the only remarkable difference

Sparkle output:+3.3V@28A; +5V@40A; +12V@18A; -5V@0.3A; -12V@0.8A; +5Vsb@2.0A

fortron: Output: +3.3V@30/17A,+5V@44/24A,-5V@0.3A,+12V@16/28A,-12@0.8A,+5VSB@2A

Alas, I am retarded. Which is superior? I am unable to tell. Thank you for your help!

Oh, and do these have SATA power connectors? I am not sure how to tell.
 
They're both the same power supply. Link to Fortron page for 530w. ..Same specs on that page as Newegg has for the Sparkle branded one..

The only difference between the two that I can see is that the SParkle is OEM, and the Fortron is the Retail/branded version..and of course *slight* difference in price.
[edit] Not sure if they all come w/ it or not, but the Forton should come with those EZ-Grip Molex connectors, and the Sparkle with regular ones..
techimo review on Fortron model says 1xSATA connector...
 
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