You think iCute PSU's are bad?

[RoBo]

I just brought this PSU and wow, I'm amazed I thought it would be a total POS but instead,

• It's quiet, very quiet, even at 300w load
• It runs very cool
• 5v rail runs at 4.96v
• 12v rail runs at 12.14v
• It cost £10

Anything else I should know before I put it up with my Q6600 full time?

 

[ring.of.steel]

I ran that psu with 2 7900gs's in sli and a a64 oc'd to 3ghz with a dfi ultra d.

 

[Falling Anvil]

Isn't icute another name from Xclio, which has some fairly good and cheap CWT PSUs?

 

[Bbq]

• It cost £10

That's enough reason. I don't think there's ever been a decent psu for 10£.

 

[RamonGTP]

I just brought this PSU and wow, I'm amazed I thought it would be a total POS but instead,

• It's quiet, very quiet, even at 300w load
• It runs very cool
• 5v rail runs at 4.96v
• 12v rail runs at 12.14v
• It cost £10

Anything else I should know before I put it up with my Q6600 full time?

Yes, you should know it's a bad idea. Why some people buy nice equipment like a Q6600 and suddenly get cheap on the PSU is beyond me.

 

[Master [H]]

^^ Exactly.

That's like buying a Ferrari and going with regular because premium is too expensive.

While I don't know enough about iCute to say one way or the other, the rule of thumb with PSU's is you get what you pay for. I don't know if iCute is the same as XClio or not, but perhaps one of the more enlightened PSU guys will prove or disprove this.