4W4K3 said:It looks liek a POS, what brand is it?
Maximum Power: 500W (advertised as 550watter?)
Hold-up Time: Not specified
Efficiency: Not specified
Overload Protection: Not specified
What are the amperage rating on each rail? Is it active or Passive PFC? They basically tell you NOTHING abotu the PSU.
Nothing against you, just the PSU itself lol.
I was looking for the link for the actual one that I bought. it's an echo star 580 PSU for 25.00. no, there is no fancy colors or gimmicks (it don't look as cheesy as that one in the picture do, but that one works too. it's in my other computer,an amd 2800)
http://www.gotink4u.com/EVER/items/PWR-ESTAR-580-N.htm
I can't tell you the amp rating without taking that psu out of the computer. But Let me tell you about the store. it's call computer factory. it's the best store here in Columbus Ohio. they guarantee their parts for 90 day (everybody else store is good 30 days), they don't carry junk. they have the cheapest prices around that isn't an online store.
My echo star 580 watt psu is hooked up to a amd 3700 , an asus A8V mobo with 1 gig ram. I have a nvtv hardware encoder card (for my MCE2005 side), and an osprey 2000 ($3000.00 card for my xp sp2 side of a dual boot system) hardware encoder card. I have a netstream 2000 dvd hardware decoder card ($300.00) a soundblaster audigy 2, 3 hardrives (50, 160 sata, 250 gig) a samsung dvdrom cd burner, a pioneer dvd burner dvr 109 and 6 fans. it run them with no problems
check out their $49.00 one. it's a hundred dollars at all of the others stores around here
http://www.dotdotpc.com/powersupplies.htm